The Department of Home Affairs publishes a list of critical skills required to keep the economy growing. The latest list was published in April and includes:
500 actuaries and risk assessors
500 agricultural economists
500 statisticians
500 economists
200 chemical and materials engineers
1000 civil engineers
150 structural engineers
500 aeronautical engineers
500 aircraft maintenance engineers
250 avionics engineers
500 electrical and electronic engineers
100 industrial engineers
100 mechanical engineers
100 mining engineers
250 quality engineers and inspectors
500 specialists in pipe engineering and manufacturing
200 astronomers
200 astrophysicists
200 atmospheric physicists
200 space scientists
100 chemists, analytical chemists and industrial chemists
500 agricultural and forestry scientists
500 bioengineers and biotechnologists
100 food technologists
100 geologists
150 geophysicists
250 veterinarians
5000 clinical and biomedical engineers and technologists
300 research and development pharmacologists
4000 school teachers (maths, science, design and technology specialisations)
50 education planners
5000 agricultural science technicians
250 earth science technicians
1000 biological science technicians
1500 civil engineering draftsmen, technicians and technologists
500 electrical engineering draftsmen and technicians
250 electronics technicians
250 mechanical engineering draftsmen and technicians
250 hydraulics and pneumatics technicians
1000 industrial and product-development technologists and testers
350 autotronics technicians
150 mechatronics technicians
1000 aircraft and avionics technicians, including maintenance technicians
150 manufacturing technologists and technicians
500 sheet-metal tradesmen
1500 structural steel and welding tradesmen
