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Immigration Act, 2002 (Act No. 13 of 2002)

Notices

Specific Professional Categories and Specific Occupational Classes

Notice No. R. 125 of 2006

 

Notice No. R. 125

8 February 2006

GG 28480

 

Department of Home Affairs

 

The Minister of Home Affairs has, in terms of section 19(1) of the Immigration Act, 2002 (Act No. 13 of 2002), and regulation 16 of the Immigration Regulations, after consultation with the Ministers of Labour and Trade and Industry, determined the quotas for specific professional categories and occupational classes in the following schedule:

 

Schedule

 

The national scarce and critical skills' list

Broad Occupation Category

Specific Occupational Category

Applicable conditions

Applicable Quota

1. Science and Engineering:

Professionals and Associate Professional

Aeronautical Engineers

Registration with relevant Professional body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

500

Aircraft maintenance Engineers

Registration with relevant Professional body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

500

Autotronics: Vehicle diagnostic technicians

Registration with relevant Professional body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

500

Avionic Engineers

Registration with relevant Professional body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

250

Chemical Engineers including Rubber & Plastic

Registration with relevant Professional body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

100

Construction Civil/Structural Engineers

Registration with relevant Professional body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

5000

Design and Engineering: Piping and pipe laying

Registration with relevant Professional body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

500

Electronic: Radio frequency and Signal Engineers Microwave and satellite engineers

Registration with relevant Professional body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

500

Geologists

Registration with relevant Professional body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

100

Astronomers

Registration with relevant Professions body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

200

Astrophysicists

Registration with relevant Professions body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

200

Atmospheric physicist

Registration with relevant Professions body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

200

Surface physicist

Registration with relevant Professions body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

200

Space Scientist

Registration with relevant Professions body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

200

Geophysicists

Registration with relevant Professions body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

150

Industrial Engineers

Registration with relevant Professional body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

5000

Jewellery designers

Registration with relevant Professional body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

250

Mechanical Engineers including pressure vessel and stress analysis

Registration with relevant Professional body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

1000

Metallurgical engineers including material processes and development; Metrologists

Registration with relevant Professional body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

250

Mining: Rock and Colliery Engineers

Registration with relevant Professional body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

100

Aircraft maintenance technicians

Registration with relevant Professional body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

1000

Architectural Technicians

Registration with relevant Professional body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

1000

Aviations technicians

(Aviation specific design)

Registration with relevant Professional body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

1000

Dimensional Controllers

Registration with relevant Professional body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

100

Earth Sciences technician

Registration with relevant Professional body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

250

Electrical Mechanical including instrumentation,

Registration with relevant Professional body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

1000

Electronic technicians: Silicon and Microchip developers

Registration with relevant Professional body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

1000

Foundry metallurgists

 

Registration with relevant Professional body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

500

Hydraulics and Pneumatics Technicians

Registration with relevant Professional body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

1000

Industrial/Product development technologist

Registration with relevant Professional body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

1000

NDE Technicians

Registration with relevant Professional body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

500

Tool designers including Millwrights, Melters,

Coded Welders and Moulders

Registration with relevant Professional body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

3000

2. Education professionals

Maths and Science Teachers

Registration with relevant Professional body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

1000

3. Information Technology professionals

Software Developers

Registration with relevant Professional body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

1500

Software Engineers

Registration with relevant Professional body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

1500

ICT Security Specialists including Dimensional Controllers

Registration with relevant Professional body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

1000

4. Health and medical sciences professions

Biological science technician

Registration with relevant Professional body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

3000

Bio-informatics

Registration with relevant Professional body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

1000

Biomedical engineers

Registration with relevant Professional body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

1000

Combinational and Computational Chemistry

Registration with relevant Professional body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

150

Research and Development Pharmacologists

Registration with relevant Professional body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

300

5. Agricultural Sciences:

Professionals and associate professionals

Agricultural Economist

(Econometrics)

Registration with relevant Professional body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

500

Agricultural engineers including Farm Irrigation Systems engineers

Registration with relevant Professional body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

1000

Agricultural Extension officers: technology focused

Registration with relevant Professional body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

1000

Agricultural statistics:

Biometrician, crop modeller

Registration with relevant Professional body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

1000

Agricultural

Biotechnologists

Genetic markers and promoters

Registration with relevant Professional body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

1000

Virologists

Registration with relevant Professional body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

250

Oenologist/Viticulture

Registration with relevant Professional body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

350

Geneticists plant breeders

Registration with relevant Professional body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

1000

Pasture scientists

Registration with relevant Professional body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

500

Plant pathologists

Registration with relevant Professional body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

1000

Food Safety Quality Assurance Specialists

Registration with relevant Professional body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

500

Veterinarians

Registration with relevant Professional body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

500

6. Management and commerce professions

Actuaries

Registration with relevant Professional body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

500

Financial market analyst

Registration with relevant Professional body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

500

Risk managers

Registration with relevant Professional body where applicable.
At least 5 years relevant experience

500