Highly Skilled Eligible Occupations List

211

Natural and Social Science Professionals

2111

Chemical scientists in manufacturing (including food & beverages, medical devices), product development, analytical development, clinical co-vigilance, or biotechnology or related and relevant specialist skills, qualifications or experience

2112

Medical laboratory scientists, Biological scientists and biochemists in manufacturing (including food & beverages, medical devices), product development, analytical development, clinical co-vigilance, or biotechnology or related and relevant specialist skills, qualifications or experience

2113

Physical scientists in manufacturing (including food & beverages, medical devices), product development, analytical development, clinical co-vigilance, or biotechnology or related and relevant specialist skills, qualifications or experience

212

Engineering Professionals

2121

Civil engineers

2122

Mechanical engineers specialising in:

•     Quality control, or validation and regulation engineering (high tech industry; food and 

     beverages), or

•     Mechanical engineering (especially polymer engineering skills in the areas of 

    pharmaceuticals, medical devices or green economy), or

•     Chemical process engineering, or
•     Process automation engineering, or
•     Power generation, transmission and distribution, or
•     BIM, or
•     Related and relevant specialist skills, qualifications or experience

2123

Electrical engineers specialising in:

•     Chip design, test engineering, or application engineering, or
•     Process automation engineering, or
•     Power generation, transmission and distribution, or
•     BIM or,
•     Related and relevant specialist skills, qualifications or experience

2124

Electronics engineers specialising in:

•     Chip design, test engineering, or application engineering, or
•     Process automation engineering, or
•     Power generation, transmission and distribution, or
•     Related and relevant specialist skills, qualifications or experience

2126

Design and development engineers specializing in:

•     Quality control, or validation and regulation engineering (high tech industry; food 

    and beverages), or

•     Chip design, test engineering, or application engineering, or
•     Process automation engineering, or
•     Power generation, transmission and distribution, or
•     Related and relevant specialist skills, qualifications or experience

2127

Production and process engineers specialising in:

•     Quality control, or validation and regulation engineering (high tech industry; food 

    and beverages), or

•     Chemical process engineering, or
•     Process automation engineering, or
•     Power generation, transmission and distribution, or
•     Related and relevant specialist skills, qualifications or experience

2129

Material scientists

113

ICT Professionals

1136

Information technology and telecommunications directors

213

2133

IT specialist managers

2134

IT project and programme managers

2135

IT business analysts, architects and systems designers

2136

Programmers and software development professionals

2137

Web design and development professionals

2139

All other ICT professionals not elsewhere classified

221

Health Professionals

2211

Medical practitioners

2213

Industrial pharmacists

2217

•       Radiographers
•       Radiation therapists
•       Vascular technologists/physiologists
•       Gastro intestinal technologists/physiologists
•       Respiratory Physiologists

2219

•       Audiologists
•       Perfusionists

118

Health and Social Services Managers and Directors

1181

Senior health services and public health managers and directors

223

Nursing and Midwifery Professionals

2231

•       Registered Nurses (RGN, MHN, ID and Children’s nurses)
•       Clinical Nurse Specialists
•       Clinical Nurse Managers
•       Advanced Nursing Practitioners

2232

•       Registered Midwives
•       Clinical Midwife Specialists
•       Clinical Midwife Managers
•       Advanced Midwife Practitioners

222

Therapy Professionals

2229

Orthoptists

321

Health Associate Professionals

3218

•       Prosthetists
•       Orthotists

3213

•       PHECC Registered Paramedics
•       PHECC Registered Advanced Paramedic Practitioners

231

Teaching and Educational Professionals

2311

Academics who hold a qualification equivalent to Level 10 of the National Framework of 

Qualifications in a given discipline awarded no less than two calendar years prior to the date of 

application for an employment permit, with a minimum of one academic year of relevant teaching 

experience, and the employment concerned is in a third level institution governed by the Irish 

Universities Act 1997 (No. 24 of 1997), the Institutes of Technology Act 2006 (No. 25 of 2006) 

and the Technological Universities Act 2018 (No. 3 of 2018)

242

Business, Research and Administrative Professionals

2421

• Chartered and certified accountants and taxation experts specialising in tax, compliance, 

regulation, solvency, or financial management, or related and relevant specialist skills, 

qualifications or experience.

• Qualified accountants with at least three years' auditing experience, who are full members 

of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), Philippine Institute of 

• Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of 

Pakistan (ICAP) and whom have relevant work experience in the areas of US GAAP 

reporting and Global Audit and Advisory Services and the employment concerned is in 

MNC Global Audit Services.

• Tax consultants specializing in non-EEA tax consultancy and compliance with a professional 

tax qualification or legal qualification with tax specialism and has a minimum of three 

         years' experience of tax consultancy requirements and regulations in the relevant 

         non-EEA market.

2423

Management consultants and business analysts specialising in big data analytics with skills in IT, data mining, modelling, and advanced maths or related and relevant specialist skills, qualifications or experience

2424

Business and financial project management professionals specialising in finance & investment analytics, risk analytics, credit, fraud analytics or related and relevant specialist skills, qualifications or experience

2425

Actuaries, economists and statisticians specialising in big data analytics with skills in IT, data mining, modelling, and advanced maths or related and relevant specialist skills, qualifications or experience

243

Architects, Town Planners and Surveyors

2433

Quantity Surveyors

2436

Construction Project Managers

246

Quality and Regulatory Professionals

2461

Quality control and planning engineers

2462

Quality assurance and regulatory professionals

2463

Environmental health professionals

247

Media Professionals

2473

Art Director in 2D or 3D animation, with at least one year's experience in the role

341

Artistic, Literary and Media Occupations

3411

Animation Background and Design Artist in 2D or 3D animation with at least one year's experience in the role

342

Design Occupations

3421

•     Location Designer in 2D or 3D animation, with at least one year's experience in the role
•     Character Designer in 2D or 3D animation, with at least one year's experience in the role
•     Prop Designer in 2D or 3D animation, with at least one year's experience in the role
•     Animation Layout Artist in 2D or 3D animation, with at least one year's experience in 

    the role

344

Sports and Fitness Occupations

3442

High performance coaches and directors employed by

•   National sports organisations, or
•   High profile sports organisations engaging in international competition

354      

Sales, Marketing and Related Associate Professionals

3542

Business sales executives specialising in International Sales Roles or ITB2B sales roles and with fluency in the official language, apart from English, of a state which is not a Member State of the EEA

3543

International marketing experts with required domain knowledge specialising in product strategy development and management with technical and product/service knowledge (pharmaceutical, medical devices, Software B2B, SaaS products)