Occupations for which Spain needs foreign workers in 2024

In an attempt to attract a qualified workforce in 2024, Spain has published theCatalog of Occupations that are Difficult to Cover for the first quarter of this year, in which it lists the categories in which companies could bring foreign workers to the Iberian Peninsula.

According toResolution of December 22, 2023 of the General Directorate of State Employment, which was published in the Official State Gazette (BOE), the Catalog is defined as a list made by the Public Employment Service.

It includes all those jobs and vacancies that are especially complicated to fill and through which the person who applies can obtain a residence and work permit in Spain.

It is updated periodically, and for example, for the third quarter of 2023 it included profiles from the construction sector, although not for positions as common as laborers or foremen, but rather some very technical and specialized ones.

In the current readjustment, occupations approved by Agreement with the Secretary of State for Sports stand out, which appear in all provinces and islands, such as:

1. Professional sportsmen
2. Sports trainers

Also, there are approved occupations, at the proposal of the General State Administration, in the Merchant Marine sector, which appear in all the coastal provinces, plus Lleida and Madrid:

1. Naval refrigerators
2. Merchant ship chief engineers
3. Naval machinists
4. Coastal mechanics
5. Naval mechanics
6. Merchant ship pilots
7. Ship surcharges
8. Radio-electronic officers of the merchant navy
9. Ship cooks
10. Passenger ship auxiliaries
11. Boat waiters
12. Ship Stewards
13. Boilermakers (masters)
14. Ship machine oilers
15. Specialized ship firefighters
16. Deck bosuns (except fishing)
17. Deck sailors (except fishing)
18. Deck porters

Other occupations are proposed for all provinces, such as:

1. Aluminum, metal and PVC carpenters
2. Metal, aluminum and PVC carpentry assemblers
3. Electrical installers of buildings and homes
4. Electrical installers, in general
5. Truck crane drivers-operators
6. Fixed crane drivers-operators, in general
7. Mobile crane drivers-operators

Detailed consultation of all occupations can be madeIn the following link, where you can also find the province in which you are located.