List of Shortage Occupations in Germany. The list of shortage occupations in Germany is provided to lay out comprehensive information for (prospective) skilled workers and employers on the regulations of the new Skilled Immigration Act. Having knowledge of the current shortage occupations’ specific job titles is especially of significance for application procedure for the EU Blue Card and the point system for the opportunity card (Chancenkarte).
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List of Shortage Occupations in Germany
Group 132
132. Manufacturing, mining, construction, and distribution managers
- 1321 Manufacturing managers
- 1322 Mining managers
- 1323 Construction managers
- 1324 Supply, distribution and related managers
Group 133
133. Information and communications technology service managers
- 1330 Information and communications technology service managers
Group 134
134. Professional services managers
- 1341 Childcare services managers
- 1342 Health services managers
- 1343 Aged care services managers
- 1344 Social welfare managers
- 1345 Education managers
- 1346 Financial and insurance services branch managers
- 1349 Professional services managers not elsewhere classified
Group 21
21. Science and engineering professionals
- 211. Physical and earth science professionals
- 2111 Physicists and astronomers
- 2112 Meteorologists
- 2113 Chemists
- 2114 Geologists and geophysicists
212. Mathematicians, actuaries and statisticians
- 2120 Mathematicians, actuaries and statisticians
213. Life science professionals
- 2131 Biologists, botanists, zoologists and related professionals
- 2132 Farming, forestry and fisheries advisers
- 2133 Environmental protection professionals
214.Engineering professionals (excluding electrotechnology)
- 2141 Industrial and production engineers
- 2142 Civil engineers
- 2143 Environmental engineers
- 2144 Mechanical engineers
- 2145 Chemical engineers
- 2146 Mining engineers, metallurgists and related professionals
- 2149 Engineering professionals not elsewhere classified
215. Electrotechnology engineers
- 2151 Electrical engineers
- 2152 Electronics engineers
- 2153 Telecommunications engineers
216. Architects, planners, surveyors and designers
- 2161 Building architects
- 2162 Landscape architects
- 2163 Product and garment designers
- 2164 Town and traffic planners
- 2165 Cartographers and surveyors
- 2166 Graphic and multimedia designers
Group 221
221. Medical doctors
- 2211 Generalist medical practitioners
- 2212 Specialist medical practitioners
Group 222
222. Nursing and midwifery professionals
- 2221 Nursing professionals
- 2222 Midwifery professionals
Group 225
225. Veterinarians
Group 226
226. Other health professionals
- 2261 Dentists
- 2262 Pharmacists
- 2263 Environmental and occupational health and hygiene professionals
- 2264 Physiotherapists
- 2265 Dieticians and nutritionists
- 2266 Audiologists and speech therapists
- 2267 Optometrists and ophthalmic opticians
- 2269 Health professionals not elsewhere classified
Group 23
23. Teaching professionals
- 231. University and higher education teachers
- 2310 University and higher education teachers
- 232. Vocational education teachers
- 2320 Vocational education teachers
233. Secondary education teachers
- 2330 Secondary education teachers
234. Primary school and early childhood teachers
- 2341 Primary school teachers
- 2342 Early childhood educators
235. Other teaching professionals
- 2351 Education methods specialists
- 2352 Special needs teachers
- 2353 Other language teachers
- 2354 Other music teachers
- 2355 Other arts teachers
- 2356 Information technology trainers
- 2359 Teaching professionals not elsewhere classified
Group 25
25. Information and communications technology professionals
251. Software and applications developers and analysts
- 2511 Systems analysts
- 2512 Software developers
- 2513 Web and multimedia developers
- 2514 Applications programmers
- 2519 Software and applications developers and analysts not elsewhere classified
252. Database and network professionals
- 2521 Database designers and administrators
- 2522 Systems administrators
- 2523 Computer network professionals
- 2529 Database and network professionals not elsewhere classified
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