Maintaining Ground Engineers on the Shortage of Occupations list
The Ground Forum has successfully lobbied to keep Ground Engineers on the Government’s Shortage of Occupations list.
The Migration and Advisory Committee (MAC) issued a report in February 2013 on the full review of the recommended shortage occupation lists for the UK and Scotland, a sunset clause and the creative occupations. On 20 August 2012 the Minister for Immigration commissioned the MAC to undertake a review of the shortage occupation lists for the UK and Scotland and to advise on proposals to automatically remove occupations from the shortage occupation list after 2 years (sunset clause).
The Ground Forum successfully argued that the following occupations within the ground engineering industry remained in shortage:
| SOC Title and Code | Job Title(s) | Former job titles on the current Tier 2 shortage occupation list |
| Civil Engineers SOC 2121 |
geotechnical engineer; tunnelling engineer | Tunnelling engineer, geotechnical design engineer, geotechnical specialist, reservoir panel engineer, rock mechanics engineer, soil mechanics engineer, geomechanics engineer |
| Physical Scientists SOC 2113 |
engineering geologist, hydrogeologist, geophysicist | hydrogeologist, geophysical specialist, engineering geophysicist, engineering geomorphologist |
| Environmental Professionals SOC 2142 |
Contaminated land specialist, geoenvironmental specialists, landfill engineer | geoenvironmental specialists, geoenvironmental engineer, contaminated land engineer, landfill engineer |
We continue to work to keep these occupations recognised through each review process.
To see the full MAC report visit http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/aboutus/workingwithus/mac/34mac-sixth-review/