Shortage of Electricity Generation Engineer in the UK

I just received a news about the shortage of electrical engineer in the UK from my friend. Therefore, the UK government is relaxing the requirements for visa application for this field. It is a good news for all graduates who does not have a job yet especially those who are not bonded like me. Hopefully, it is still valid in the next 4 years.

source: http://www.workpermit.com/uk/work_permit/occupations.htm

Changes to the national shortage occupational list for work permits

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06 June 2008

We have added new occupations to the national shortage occupation list for work permits and amended two occupation titles. From 18 July 2008 we will remove certain occupations from the list. Full details of all these changes are below.

Addition of new occupations

With immediate effect, we have added the following occupations to the national shortage occupation list for work permits (PDF 24K opens in a new window)

• electricity generation engineers (27 engineering occupations, specific to the electricity generation industry, listed below); and
• high integrity pipe welders.

These changes to the shortage list follow recent research by EUSkills (the Sector Skills Council for Utilities) and the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB). The research has been endorsed by the Engineering Sector Advisory Panel.

As a result of these changes, work permit applications for electricity generation engineers and high integrity pipe welders will no longer need to be subject to a full resident labour market test. The guidance on business and commercial work permit ( PDF 199K opens in a new window) gives full details.

The electricity generation engineer occupations relate only to the electricity generating industry. They are:

• mechanical engineer;
• senior project mechanical engineer;
• project mechanical engineer;
• electrical engineer;
• senior project electrical engineer;
• project electrical engineer;
• senior project civil engineer;
• project civil engineer;
• system health engineer (nuclear);
• design engineer (nuclear);
• work cycle planner (nuclear);
• shift or team leader;
• production controller;
• plant process engineer;
• network planners;
• network design engineers;
• senior project control and instrumentation engineer;
• project control and instrumentation engineer;
• senior project control engineer;
• central control room supervisor;
• assistant engineer (shift operations);
• performance engineer;
• system infrastructure engineer;
• assistant chemist;
• reactor physicist;
• assistant reactor physicist; and
• assistant physicist.