Jamaica Labour Exchange

Human Resources Development

(i) Tertiary Graduates By Gender and Specialization

(ii) Secondary Certification By Course/ Subject

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(i) Tertiary Graduates by Gender and Specialization

Output of Selected Professionals and Skilled Persons

Health Professionals
	2008			2007			2006
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
Medical Doctors	98	35	63	76	25	51	78	26	52
Nurses	752	15	737	308	11	297	280	6	274
Laboratory Technicians	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dietician/ Food & Nutrition Specialists	29	6	23	101	11	90	86	12	74
Medical Technologists	47	8	39	58	14	44	25	12	13
Physiotherapists	31	3	28	11	0	11	9	4	5
Pharmacists	59	11	48	74	17	57	64	17	47
Dental Nurses/ Assts.	16	4	12	5	1	4	11	0	11
Others	134	11	123	179	41	138	179	41	138
Total	1,170	94	1,076	812	120	692	732	118	614

Source: Economic and Social Survey 2006-2008

Physical and Agricultural Scientists
	2008			2007			2006
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
Agriculturalists	31	14	17	128	44	84	121	71	50
Architects	81	57	24	31	16	15	31	24	7
Building Planners & Construction Engineers	149	112	37	83	76	7	77	61	16
Chemists	82	35	47	94	33	61	80	27	53
Computer Operators/ Programmers	439	288	151	237	151	86	201	125	76
Computer Technicians	175	78	97	668	381	287	631	351	280
Engineering Technicians	1	1	0	91	82	9	49	48	1
Engineers	266	235	31	114	90	24	179	157	22
Engineers/ Deck Officers	71	56	15	108	85	23	109	83	26
Land Surveyors	69	49	20	89	55	34	24	17	7
Mathematicians	54	25	29	21	10	11	15	4	11
Physicists	23	18	5	1	0	1	1	1	0
Others	112	39	73	239	118	121	404	149	255
Total	1,553	1,007	546	1,904	1,141	763	1,922	1,118	804

Source: Economic and Social Survey

Other Professionals/ Specialists
	2008			2007			2006
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
Accountants	1,930	551	1,379	1,868	570	1,298	1,044	403	641
Attorneys	60	13	47	60	13	47	56	11	45
Economists	76	21	55	170	58	112	83	32	51
Managers/ Administrators	3,708	1,132	2,576	3,972	1,107	2,865	3,435	992	2,443
Social Scientists	434	70	364	486	82	404	497	71	426
Teachers	2,784	576	2,208	2,917	525	2,392	3,224	669	2,555
Theologians	40	40	0	64	45	19	46	19	27
Vocational Instructors	1,129	488	641	1,386	560	826	2,711	1,220	1,491
Other	224	19	205	1,754	451	1,303	1,056	284	772
Total	10,385	2,910	7,475	12,677	3,411	9,266	12,152	3,701	8,451

Source: Economic and Social Survey

Skilled & Semi-Skilled Graduates By Programme (HEART Trust/NTA)
	2008			2007			2006
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
Agriculture	1,231	817	414	491	246	245	593	277	316
Apparel & Sewn Products	1,444	68	1,376	1,801	54	1,747	1,916	63	1,853
Art & Craft	246	66	180	108	71	37	258	88	141
Automotive Trade	2,271	2,210	61	2,330	2,267	63	2,393	2,282	184
Beauty Care & Services	1,393	44	1,349	1,224	40	1,184	1,277	24	727
Cabinet Making	623	602	21	115	107	8	541	526	9
Commercial Skills	7,616	3,025	4,591	2,935	705	2,230	10,924	3,791	4,192
Construction	8,938	8,421	517	5,816	5,465	351	8,166	7,748	2,033
Hospitality	14,148	3,478	10,670	11,101	2,893	8,208	10,788	3,000	7,788
Information Technology	9,864	4,539	5,325	6,928	2,680	4,248	11,884	4,174	7,710
Machine & Appliance	1,340	1,297	43	1,076	1,038	38	1,792	1,712	80
Early Childhood Education	3,367	421	2,946	2,844	356	2,488	1,501	79	1,422
Allied Health Care Servs.	141	3	138
Other	773	446	327	6,124	2,826	3,298	2,821	1,408	1,413
Total	53,395	25,437	27,958	42,893	18,748	24,145	54,854	25,172	29,682

Source: Economic and Social Survey

Graduates from Selected Tertiary Institutions by Programme, Certification Received and Gender

University of the West Indies 2007/2008 – [3,154]

Source: University of the West Indies Official Statistics

University of the West Indies 2006/2007 – [3,276]

Source: University of the West Indies Official Statistics

University of the West Indies 2005/2006 – [2,955]

Source: University of West Indies Official Statistics

University of Technology 2007/2008 – [1,896]

Source: Economic and Social Survey

University of Technology 2006/2007 – [1,591]

Source: Economic and Social Survey

University of Technology 2005/2006 – [1,688]