Singapore Ministry of Manpower Launch Strategic Skill List
The Strategic Skills List is drawn up following consultations with industry and other government agencies. It lists the skills for which there is expected to be strong industry demand in the coming years.
Job seekers can use this list to help plan their career. In view of the expected demand for, and shortage of people with such skills, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) will also accord added consideration to Employment Pass/S Pass applicants possessing such skills.
MOM will regularly update the Strategic Skills List to take into account broader labour market trends and information.
| INDUSTRY | OCCUPATION |
| Biomedical | 1. Chemist 2. Production Engineer 3. Quality Assurance Engineer 4. Quality Controller/Quality Control Engineer |
| Chemicals | 5. Chemical/Process Engineer 6. Chemist 7. Instrument Engineer 8. Process Control Engineer |
| Electronics |
9. IC Designer 10. Media Engineer 11. Wafer Fabrication Engineer |
| Engineering & Environmental Services |
12. Environmental Engineer 13. Instrument Engineer 14. Materials Engineer 15. Planning Engineer 16. Process Engineer 17. Process Control Engineer 18. Project Engineer/Manager 19. Research Scientist |
| Finance | 20. Asset Securitisation Structurer 21. Compliance Officer 22. IT Development Officer 23. Operations Officer 24. Private Banker 25. Product Controllers/Risk Managers/Analyst |
| Healthcare | 26. Auditory Verbal Therapist 27. Clinical Audiologist 28. Clinical Laboratory Technician/Medical Technologist 29. Doctor 30. Dietitian 31. Nurse 32. Occupational Therapist 33. Pharmacist 34. Physiotherapist 35. Podiatrist 36. Radiographer 37. Radiation Therapist 38. Respiratory Therapist Speech 39. Speech Therapist |
| Info-communications & Digital Media |
40. Applications Developer 41. Animator 42. Computer Graphics Artist 43. Game Designer 44. Game Developer 45. Game Programmer 46. Interactive and Digital Media Producer/Production Manager 47. Network Engineer/Analyst/Manager 48. Radio Frequency Engineer 49. Solutions Architect |
| Maritime/Marine & Offshore | 50. Designer Engineer 51. Geologist 52. Geophysicist 53. Geoscientist 54. Marine Engineer 55. Naval Architect 56. Petroleum Engineer 57. Process Engineer 58. Project Manager 59. Reservoir Engineer 60. Well Engineer |
| Others | 61. Creative Director 62. Embedded System Engineer 63. Nano-Engineer 64. Rearch & Development Engineer 65. Software Engineer 66. Research Scientists and Engineers/Post-doctoral fellows in Biomedical Sciences (e.g. those at: Genome Institute of Singapore, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, and etc.) [only for PhDs] 67. Research Scientists and Engineers/Post-doctoral fellows in Physical and Engineering Sciences (e.g. those at: Institute of High Performance Computing, Data Storage Institute, and etc.) [only for PhDs] 68. Systems Engineer |