The 2020 List of Occupations in High Demand

2020

The 2020 List of

Occupations in

High Demand:

A Technical

Report

Labour Market Intelligence

research programme

NSF

National Skills Fund

FUNDING TO SKILL OUR NATION

2020

The 2020 List of

Occupations in

High Demand:

A Technical

Report

Labour Market Intelligence

research programme

Michele Capazario, Fouch¨¦ Venter (DNA Economics)

Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank everyone who assisted with and contributed to

the creation of the List of Occupations in High Demand for 2020. We extend our

gratitude to the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) and the

Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU) for their guidance and input throughout

the process. In particular, the contributions of Ms Mamphokhu Khuluvhe (DHET),

Ms Sybil Chabane (DHET), Dr Hersheela Narsee (independent consultant), Prof.

Mike Rogan (Rhodes University), and Prof. Haroon Bhorat (UCT and DPRU) were

invaluable to the process of developing this list. Lastly, we would like to thank the

South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA), under the leadership of Dr Julie

Reddy, for assisting with mapping qualifications to each of the occupations.

Authors

Michele Capazario, Fouch¨¦ Venter (DNA Economics)

Suggested citation

DNA Economics (2020). The 2020 List of Occupations in High Demand: A Technical

Report. Produced for the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) as

part of its Labour Market Intelligence (LMI) research programme.

The 2020 List of Occupations in High Demand: A Technical Report

Contents

List of figures

5

List of tables

6

Acronyms and abbreviations

7

PART 1:

INTRODUCTION TO THE LIST OF OCCUPATIONS IN

HIGH DEMAND

8

PART 2:

ORGANISING FRAMEWORK FOR OCCUPATIONS

10

PART 3:

THEORETICAL FOUNDATION

13

PART 4:

METHODOLOGY

16

4.1 Quantitative methodology

17

4.2 Qualitative methodology

20

4.3 Validation

22

4.3.1

Why validation is required

22

4.3.2

Validation

23

4.3.3

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

24

PART 5:

ANALYSIS OF RESULTS

32

5.1 Quantitative analysis

33

5.2 Qualitative analysis

40

5.2.1

Transversal occupational demand

40

5.2.2

Moderate occupational demand

42

5.2.3 Sector-specific demand

44

5.2.4

45

List of Priority Occupations (LPO) and Critical Skills List (CSL)

5.2.5 Summary list of occupations

5.3 Validation

51

59

5.3.1 Stakeholder inputs

60

5.3.2 Sensible, skilled, and in shortage

72

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