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In Brief... Doctor

 Brief Description:

Examines, treats and advises sick people in a local surgery or hospital.




7 In Detail...
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Go.. Doctor - from:  Career Directions
Go.. Doctor - GP - from:  N.C.S. [UK]
Go.. Doctor/GP - from:  GradIreland
Go.. General Practitioner - from:  Career Directions
Go.. General Practitioner - from:  YouTube Video
Go.. Hospital Doctor - from:  N.C.S. [UK]
Go.. Hospital doctor - from:  GradIreland

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Education
Most of these occupations require qualifications at NFQ Levels 7 or 8 (Ordinary / Honours Degrees) but some do not.

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A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an engineer must complete four years of college and work for several years in engineering to be considered qualified.

Job Training
Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.

Job Zone Examples
Many of these occupations involve coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Examples include accountants, sales managers, computer programmers, teachers, chemists, environmental engineers, criminal investigators, and financial analysts.


Qualifications required?

Level 8 Honours Bachelor Degree

Typical entry routes:

Basic training is six years. Further training is required to become a specialist in a particular area, including General Practice (GP).

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Medical & Healthcare


Future Skills Requirements & Concerns

Current Labour Market Research highlights concerns in some occupations. These comments are presented here where available: [source: Forfas]

General practitioners. Non-consultant hospital doctors (Senior House Officer and Register grades) Specialist doctors


 
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1 Salary Information
Note: All salaries are in thousands of euros and refer to annual salaries.

Job Title
Doctor
Salary Range*
65 -
Related Information:
Data Source(s):
FAS

Last Updated: March, 2011
* The lower figures typically reflect starting salaries. Higher salaries are awarded to those with greater experience and responsibility. Positions in Dublin sometimes command higher salaries.

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1 LABOUR MARKET INFORMATION


The following information is based on the National Skills Bulletin 2012 and displays some useful information about selected occupations, or occupation groups.

Each occupation is examined in terms of its employment profile (based on the data from the Quarterly National Household Survey by the Central Statistics Office (CSO)), recent employment trends and other available indicators on the demand and supply of skills.

Identified shortages are defined in terms of their characteristics, i.e. skill shortage or labour shortage. For more information see the Labour Market Information section of this site.

 
Labour / Skills shortage indicator

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Growth Rate 2007 - 2011

This shows the average annual employment growth for the period. May be a guide to future trends
 
+4%
 
Scale
 
 
-0%
 
     
Part-time workers

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Total employed in this occupation: 11500
%
Part-time
14%
 
Scale
 
 
86%
Full-time
 
 
Older workers

This shows the percentage of workers over 55 in the total employment of an occupation
%
Over 55
14%
 
Scale
 
 
86%
Under 55
 
     
Ratio of Male / Female workers

This shows the percentage of male and female workers in the total employment of an occupation
%
Male
69%
 
Scale
 
 
31%
Female
 
 
Non-Irish National workers

This shows the percentage of Irish national and non-Irish national workers in the total employment of an occupation
%
Non-Irish
31%
 
Scale
 
 
70%
Irish
 

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