UK Needs Welders

UK has vacancies for actuaries, high integrity pipe welders, environmental scientists and geochemists.
A British High Commission press release further said that the UK government recently accepted recommendations from the independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) for changes to the Shortage Occupation List (SOL). “SOL is part of the Tier 2 of the Points Based System for skilled migrants.” It comprises skilled occupations where there are currently shortages that can be filled by enabling employers to recruit migrants from outside the European Economic area.
MAC recommended changes where evidence from a range of industries and sectors showed resident workers are now available to fill the vacancies. As a result, the number of jobs covered by the list will come down from 230,000 to 190,000.
Immigration Minister Damian Green said: “Alongside our limits on overseas workers we are also taking action to provide businesses with the skills they need from the British workforce and reduce their need for migrants.
‘We want the brightest and the best people from outside the EU with the skills we can benefit from in the UK.”
Occupations that the MAC recommended be removed from the list include: Secondary education biology teachers, speech and language therapists, pharmacists; orthoptists, veterinary surgeons; and rank and file orchestral musicians.
The government has accepted MAC’s recommended list in full; however, orchestral musicians will not be removed from the list immediately until further discussions take place with the industry to discuss the resident labour market test.
The revised list will come into effect from November 14, 2011.