The National Skills Commission’s annual update of the skills priority list, released on Thursday, shows there are 286 occupations with national shortages, compared with 153 in 2021.
Newly listed occupations include dentists, paediatricians, a range of surgeons, specialised nurses, and intensive care and emergency medicine specialists.
Teachers – primary, secondary and special needs – are also newly listed. General practitioners and registered nurses remain on the list, as they were in 2021.
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