Occupations in Shortage in New Zealand: 2006 - Archive
Occupations in Shortage At a Glance
This section contains archived information that has been retained for reference purposes. To view current reports, please go to the Labour Market Information section.
Published: March 2007
Description
This report presents a summary of key findings from the 2006 Survey of Employers who have Recently Advertised (SERA). The purpose of this annual survey is to identify which occupations in New Zealand are currently in shortage. Employers are contacted to establish whether the positions they advertised were filled, and the number and suitability of applicants. Occupations where less than 80% of vacancies are filled with a suitable candidate are typically regarded as experiencing skill shortages. The latest report presents a summary of key findings from SERA 2006, and where possible, compares the findings to those from the 2003 and 2005 surveys.
Link to full report
Occupations in Shortage in NZ: 2006 HTML | PDF [33 pages, 193 KB]
Summary
When considering the New Zealand labour market overall in 2006, there were widespread skill and labour shortages with only 61% of the 5,486 advertised vacancies included in SERA 2006 being filled within ten weeks of advertising.
Shortages existed for all major occupational groups in 2006. Less than half (48%) of all trades workers vacancies were filled, as were only just over half the plant and machine operator and assemblers vacancies.
Skill shortages eased considerably in 2006 for both the professional and trades worker occupation groups following a significant deepening of shortages between 2003 and 2005.
Architects, engineers and related professionals were found to be in extreme shortage in 2006, and health professionals, computing professionals, nurses and midwives, and social and related science professionals were all found to be in severe shortage.
Related information
Downloads: data files of fill rates
- SERA 1 digit fill rates [CSV 2KB]
- SERA 2 digit fill rates [CSV 4KB]
- SERA 3 digit fill rates [CSV 8KB]
- SERA 5 digit fill rates [CSV 20KB]
Future updates
This is an annual report. SERA 2007 will be reported in March / April 2008.
Author or contact details
For further information please contact the Labour Market Skills team