Note: Country specific skills are subject to the two-year foreign residence (home country physical presence) requirement.
1.00 Agriculture, General
1.01 Agricultural Business and Management
including Production Operations and Mechanization
1.06 Applied Horticulture/Horticulture
1.09 Animal Sciences
including Agricultural Animal Breeding; Animal Health and Nutrition; Dairy Science; Livestock Management; and Poultry Science
1.10 Food Science
1.11 Plant Sciences
including Crop Science; Horticulture Science; Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding; Pest Management; and Range Science
1.12 Soil Science and Agronomy
3.01 Natural Resources Conservation and Research & Environmental/ Wildlife/Wildlands Science/Studies including Environmental Protection
3.02 Natural Resources Management and Policy
3.03 Fishing and Fisheries Sciences and Management
3.05 Forestry
4.03 City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning; Architectural Urban Design and Planning
9.01 Communication and Media Studies
9.04 Journalism
including Broadcast Journalism; Photojournalism; On-Line/Web-page News
9.07 Radio, Television, and Digital Communication
including Media/Multimedia
10.01 Communications Technology/Technicians
11.01 Computer and Information Sciences, General
including Web Page Design; Database Administration; Cybernetics; Artificial Intelligence and Robotics and Information Technology
11.02 Computer Programming
11.03 Data Processing
11.04 Information Science/Studies
11.05 Computer Systems Analysis
11.07 Computer Science
including Systems Engineering
13.03 Curriculum and Instruction
including Media Design
13.12 Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
including all types of levels and types of teaching including, but not limited to Adult and Continuing Education; Early Childhood, Elementary, Middle School and Secondary Education; Montessori Teacher Education; and Waldorf/Steiner Teacher Education
13.13 Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
including, but not limited to Agriculture; Art; Business; Computers; Drama; Driver Safety; English, Foreign Languages; Geography; Health; History; Home Economics; Industrial Arts; Sales and Marketing; Math; Music; Physical Education; Psychology; Reading; Science; Social Studies; and Speech
14.02 Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
14.03 Agricultural/Biological Engineering and Bioengineering
14.05 Biomedical/Medical Engineering
14.07 Chemical Engineering
14.08 Civil Engineering
including Geotechnical, Structural, Water Resources, and Transportation and Highway Engineering
14.09 Computer Hardware and Software Engineering
14.10 Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
including Radio Engineering
14.14 Environmental Engineering
including Pollution Control; Waste and Hazardous Material Disposal
14.18 Materials Engineering
14.19 Mechanical Engineering
14.21 Mining and Mineral Engineering
14.22 Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
14.23 Nuclear Engineering
14.24 Ocean Engineering
14.25 Energy Engineering & Tech.
including Petroleum and Natural Gas
14.35 Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering
14.38 Surveying Engineering
There are no sub-groups for this category.
26.01 Biology
26.03 Botany/Plant Biology
26.05 Microbiological Sciences and Immunology
also under Medicine
26.07 Zoology/Animal Biology
26.08 Genetics
all types, including Animal; Plant; Molecular; Microbial and Eukaryotic; and Human; as well as Genetic Engineering
26.13 Ecology, Population Biology
There are no sub-groups for this category.
40.01 Physical Sciences
40.02 Astronomy; Astrophysics; Planetary Astronomy and Science; and Space Technology
40.04 Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology
40.05 Chemistry
40.06 Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences including Oceanography; Hydrology
40.08 Physics
There are no sub-groups for this category.
Including Law Enforcement, Fire Protection, And Corrections
There are no sub-groups for this category.
44.04 Public Administration
including City Planning, Urban Planning, Urban Transportation
44.07 Social Work/Youth Services
including Welfare and Probation
There are no sub-groups for this category.
49.01 Air Transportation
including Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science and Technology, General; Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew; Aviation/ Airway Management and Operations; Air Traffic Controller; Flight Instructor
49.02 Ground Transportation
including Construction/Heavy Equipment/Earthmoving Equipment Operation; Commercial Vehicle Operation; and Mobil Crane Operation
49.03 Marine Transportation
including Commercial Fishing; Diver, Professional and Instructor; Marine Science/ Merchant Marine
51.07 Health and Medical Administrative Services
including statistics and documentation
51.12 Medicine, Medical Research, including all specialties and fields
including, but not limited to: Allergy and Immunology, Anesthesiology, Audiology, Cancer, Cardiography, Cardiology, Colon and Rectal Surgery, Dermatology, Embryology, Emergency Medicine, Epidemiology, Family Practice, Forensic Medicine, Gastroenterology, Geriatrics, Hematology, Internal Medicine, Medical Genetics, Neurological Surgery, Neurology, Nuclear Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oncology, Ophthalmology, Orthopedic Surgery, Otolaryngology, Pathology, Pediatrics, Pharmacology and Pharmaceutics, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Physiology, Plastic Surgery, Podiatry, Preventive Medicine, Proctology, Psychiatry, Radiology, Radiation Oncology, Speech Pathology, Sports Medicine, Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Toxicology, Transitional, Thoracic Surgery, Urology, Virology
51.15 Mental and Social Health Services
including Substance Abuse Counseling; Marriage/ Family Counseling; and Psychoanalysis
51.16 Nursing
including all specialties
51.22 Public Health
including, but not limited to Environmental Health; Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene; Public Health Education and Promotion; International Health; Community Health and Preventive Medicine; and Health Services Administration
51.23 Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
52.02 Business Administration, Management and Operations
including Industrial Administration & Management; Small Business Administration/ Operations; Franchising
52.17 Insurance
Residency programs are designed to prepare medical doctors M.D. or osteopaths DO, dentists DDS, D.M.D., and veterinarians D.V.M. for certification as practitioners of recognized specialties in their respective professions. These programs are approved and accredited by designated professional associations and require from one to five years to complete, depending on the program. Medical residencies usually require completion of an internship after the M.D. degree for program entry, while requirements vary for dentistry and veterinary programs.
60.02 Medical Residency Programs The program sponsor for medical residency programs is The Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates