{"id":452088,"date":"2020-11-26T11:50:38","date_gmt":"2020-11-26T09:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=452088"},"modified":"2020-11-26T12:10:28","modified_gmt":"2020-11-26T10:10:28","slug":"heres-the-full-list-of-the-highest-demand-jobs-in-south-africa-right-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/452088\/heres-the-full-list-of-the-highest-demand-jobs-in-south-africa-right-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Here&#8217;s the full list of the jobs in high demand in South Africa right now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Higher Education and Training has published a list of over 340 high-demand occupations in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The list \u2013 which is reviewed every two years \u2013 highlights the occupations that show relatively strong employment growth and\/or are experiencing shortages in the labour market or which are expected to be in demand in future.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Skills \u2018mismatches,\u2019 real and perceived, are widely regarded as constraining economic growth and development, and a barrier to social inclusion and poverty reduction,&#8221; the department said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Consequently, it is imperative to identify skills needs in South Africa and ensure that education and training, at all levels, responds to the needs of the economy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The department said that occupations were in high demand if:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The show relatively strong employment or wage growth over the past five years.<\/li>\n<li>Are expected to show relatively strong employment growth in the future.<\/li>\n<li>Have been identified as being in shortage in the labour market<\/li>\n<li>Are new, and are expected to emerge in the near future as a result of innovation, technological advancements, the development of new industries, or the implementation of government strategic priorities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The list of occupations are further colour-coded based on their respective recovery due to the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>The full list can be viewed here:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Higher-Education.pdf\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/451826\/south-africa-has-moved-from-icu-to-high-care-economist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">South Africa has moved from ICU to high-care: economist<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Higher Education and Training has published a list of over 340 high-demand occupations in South Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":452108,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9872],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-452088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=452088"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":452126,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452088\/revisions\/452126"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/452108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}