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High Demand Jobs in South Africa For 2019
15 February 2019 | 0 comments | Posted by Che Kohler in Talent Agents
The South African unemployment rate currently sits at a staggering 26% with many of those being semi-skilled and unskilled labour. We may have a country filled with able-bodied people ready to be put to work but the jobs we need are of a very high calibre. Education is key if we are to reduce the unemployment numbers and filter skilled labour into the sectors they are needed in.
The South African Department of Higher Education and Training has recently released a comprehensive report detailing 370 high-demand jobs in South Africa. The list features jobs that have had strong employment growth or are experiencing shortfalls in the labour market or jobs that are likely to be in demand in the future. The list highlights the high demand occupations at a national level to help universities and post-matric training programmes with the vast developmental objectives of South Africa.
Requirements for a high demand job in South Africa
It is also targeted at public and private employers who are encouraged to the list in the creation of their own development and training programmes. High demand occupations According to the department, occupations were in high demand if:
- They show that there has been strong employment or wage growth in the past five years.
- They could possibly show relatively strong employment growth in the future.
- It has been recognised that there is a shortage in the labour market.
- Are new and are expected to come out in the future because of innovation, technological progress, the developments of new industries or the introduction of government strategic priorities.
The list of high-demand occupations was further broken down into three levels of demand including highest demand, higher demand and high demand. This pointed out the job shortages that need to urgently be focused on.
The most in demand in South Africa are:
Occupation | OR Code | Level of Demand |
---|---|---|
Adjudicator | 261901 | Highest |
Advocate | 261106 | Highest |
Aeronautical Engineering Technician | 311503 | Highest |
Agricultural Engineer | 214905 | Highest |
Agricultural Engineering Technologist | 214906 | Highest |
Agricultural Scientist | 213202 | Highest |
Agriculture Consultant | 213201 | Highest |
Application Development Manager | 133104 | Highest |
Archives Manager | 134907 | Highest |
Armature Winder | 671207 | Highest |
Attorney | 261101 | Highest |
Broadcast Transmitter Operator | 352101 | Highest |
Building Associate | 312301 | Highest |
Camera Operator (Film, Television or Video) | 352102 | Highest |
Chef | 343401 | Highest |
Chief Financial Officer | 121101 | Highest |
Chief Information Officer | 133101 | Highest |
Child Care Worker | 531101 | Highest |
Civil Engineer | 214201 | Highest |
Civil Engineering Technician | 311201 | Highest |
Civil Engineering Technologist | 214202 | Highest |
Clerk of Works | 312301 | Highest |
Client Services Advisor | 122105 | Highest |
Coding Clerk | 441301 | Highest |
Construction Project Manager | 132301 | Highest |
Construction supervisor | 312303 | Highest |
Contract Manager | 121904 | Highest |
Corporate General Manager | 121901 | Highest |
Corporate Services Manager | 121902 | Highest |
Credit Manager | 121103 | Highest |
Customer Service Manager | 122105 | Highest |
Data Management Manager | 133103 | Highest |
Director of Marketing | 122103 | Highest |
Draughtsperson | 311801 | Highest |
Electric Substation Operations Manager | 311302 | Highest |
Electrical Engineering Technician | 311301 | Highest |
Electrical Installation Inspector | 671102 | Highest |
Electrician | 671101 | Highest |
Energy Efficiency Technician | 311303 | Highest |
Engineering Manager | 132104 | Highest |
Environmental Manager | 134901 | Highest |
Family Court Registrar | 261904 | Highest |
Farm Manager | 131101 | Highest |
Finance Manager | 121101 | Highest |
Financial Markets Practitioner | 241204 | Highest |
Fleet Manager | 132405 | Highest |
Food and Beverage Scientist | 213205 | Highest |
Forest scientist | 213203 | Highest |
Foundational Phase School Teacher | 234101 | Highest |
General | 111202 | Highest |
Geomatician | 311202 | Highest |
ICT Communications Assistant | 351201 | Highest |
ICT Project Manager | 133102 | Highest |
Industrial Engineer | 214101 | Highest |
Industrial engineer | 214201 | Highest |
Industrial Engineering Technologist | 214102 | Highest |
Information Systems Director | 133106 | Highest |
Information Technology Manager | 133105 | Highest |
Interactive and Direct Marketing Strategist | 122104 | Highest |
Internal Audit Manager | 121104 | Highest |
Investment Advisor | 241203 | Highest |
Investment Analyst | 241201 | Highest |
Investment Manager | 241202 | Highest |
Junior Secondary School Teacher (Grades 8 - 9) | 233108 | Highest |
Laboratory Manager | 134902 | Highest |
Labour Recruitment Manager | 121907 | Highest |
Legislation Facilitator | 261902 | Highest |
Lift Mechanic | 671204 | Highest |
Logistics Manager | 132402 | Highest |
Management accountant | 121101 | Highest |
Manufacturer | 132101 | Highest |
Manufacturing Quality Manager | 132106 | Highest |
Master of the Court | 261903 | Highest |
Materials engineer | 214907 | Highest |
Materials engineering technologist | 214908 | Highest |
Materials non-destructive testing operators | 214908 | Highest |
Mechanical Engineering Technician | 311501 | Highest |
Mechatronics Technician | 671203 | Highest |
Medical Laboratory Technician | 321201 | Highest |
Millwright | 671202 | Highest |
Mining engineer | 214601 | Highest |
Mining engineering technologist | 214602 | Highest |
Museum Manager | 134909 | Highest |
Office Manager | 134904 | Highest |
Operations Foreman (Non-Manufacturing) | 134916 | Highest |
Operations Manager (Non-Manufacturing) | 134915 | Highest |
Payroll Manager | 121102 | Highest |
Physical Asset Manager | 121903 | Highest |
Power Generation Operations Manager (G) | 132105 | Highest |
Pressure Equipment Inspector | 311502 | Highest |
Process engineer | 214101 | Highest |
Production / Operations Manager (Manufacturing) | 132102 | Highest |
Production / Operations Supervisor (Forestry) | 131103 | Highest |
Production Assistant (Film, Television or Radio) | 352106 | Highest |
Production Engineer | 214103 | Highest |
Production Engineering Technologist | 214104 | Highest |
Production/Operations manager | 131102 | Highest |
Programme or Project Manager | 121905 | Highest |
Project Builder | 132302 | Highest |
Proof Reader | 441302 | Highest |
Quality Assurance Analyst (Computers) | 251901 | Highest |
Quality Systems Manager | 121908 | Highest |
Quantity Surveyor | 214904 | Highest |
Radio Station Operator | 352105 | Highest |
Road Transport Manager | 132403 | Highest |
Sales and Marketing Manager | 122101 | Highest |
Sales Executive | 122102 | Highest |
Sales Manager | 122102 | Highest |
Seismologist | 211402 | Highest |
Senior Government Manager | 111207 | Highest |
Senior Government Official | 111204 | Highest |
Senior Primary School Teacher (Grades 4-7) | 234102 | Highest |
Senior Secondary School Teacher (Grades 10-12) | 233107 | Highest |
Small Business Manager | 134903 | Highest |
Sound Technician | 352103 | Highest |
Supply And Distribution Manager | 132401 | Highest |
Surveying or Cartographic Technician | 311202 | Highest |
Sustainability Manager | 121909 | Highest |
Television Equipment Operator | 352104 | Highest |
Tourist Information Officer | 422101 | Highest |
Town Planning Technician | 311203 | Highest |
Transportation Electrician | 671208 | Highest |
Travel Consultant | 422102 | Highest |
Warehouse Manager | 132404 | Highest |
Waste Materials Plant Operator | 313202 | Highest |
Water Plant Operator | 313201 | Highest |
Water Process Controller | 313203 | Highest |
Weapon Systems Mechanic | 671205 | Highest |
Wine Maker | 213204 | Highest |
To view the complete list you can download the report here
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