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Technical Qualifications by occupations

 

Table 1.9 shows the number of vacancies by field of technical qualifications and by selected occupations. As shown by the data, private sector has most required persons with NDT qualifications for immediate requirement for the occupations such as professionals and Technicians & Associate Professionals.

There were significant number of vacancies for persons with NCT qualifications within the occupations of professionals and Technicians and Associate Professionals for immediate requirement during the last six month in year 2008.

 

Table 1.9 Highest number of vacancies by diploma and certificates by occupations

Diploma & Certificate Managers Professionals Technicians & associate
professionals
Clerical support workers Total %
HRM
19
20
1
4
44
3.39
Computer & IT
6
40
25
7
78
6.01
NDES
12
111
31
0
154
11.87
HNDE
10
87
66
0
163
12.57
NCT
6
159
142
1
308
23.75
NDT
49
329
170
2
550
42.41
Total
102
746
435
14
1297
100.00
       

Managerial skills essential

 

Table 1.10 indicates the recorded vacancies with skill requirement for selected occupations. The most required skills for jobs is English knowledge which stands for global communication. The skill of ability to utilize information technology is also more important for almost all selected occupations. Apart from that job seekers must be aware that communication and interpersonal skills have also important for jobs in the private sector.

       

Table 1.10 Highest numbers of vacancies by skills by occupations

Skills Managers Professionals Technicians & associate
professionals
Clerical support workers Service workers Total %
Writing
28
43
75
19
2
167
1.09
Result Orientation
77
51
65
6
5
204
1.33
Outgoing Personality
39
82
42
87
17
267
1.74
Analytical
119
147
38
14
1
319
2.07
Leadership
210
90
35
7
7
349
2.27
Tamil-Language
50
163
95
60
17
385
2.50
Being Positive & Motivated
151
222
134
36
18
561
3.65
Team Work
174
202
153
43
14
586
3.81
Sinhala-Language
126
294
165
153
34
772
5.02
Interpersonal-PR
322
379
178
170
55
1104
7.17
Communication Skilled
553
820
361
281
100
2115
13.75
Ability to Utilized IT
506
949
693
1021
156
3325
21.61
English-Language
685
1803
882
1318
545
5233
34.01
Total
3040
5245
2916
3215
971
1533
100.00
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