Higher education teaching professionals. SOC code 2311.
This page gives the official unit-group title and shows exactly where code 2311 sits in the SOC 2010 hierarchy.
Where this code sits in SOC 2010
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- Major Group
- PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATIONS
- Sub-major Group
- TEACHING AND EDUCATIONAL PROFESSIONALS
- Unit Group
- 2311 · Higher education teaching professionals
Other unit groups in Teaching and Educational Professionals
- Further education teaching professionals2312
- Secondary education teaching professionals2314
- Primary and nursery education teaching professionals2315
- Special needs education teaching professionals2316
- Senior professionals of educational establishments2317
- Education advisers and school inspectors2318
- Teaching and other educational professionals n.e.c.2319
DETE occupation lists
Named on the Critical Skills List, with stated conditions
The published row sets out skills, qualifications, experience or employment-context conditions, so the broad unit group alone does not describe the position.
- Critical Skills List, published employment
- Academics who hold a qualification equivalent to Level 10 of the National Framework of Qualification in a given discipline awarded no less than two calendar years prior to the date of application for an employment permit, with a minimum of one academic year of relevant teaching experience, and the employment concerned is in a third level institution governed by the Irish Universities Act 1997 (No. 24 of 1997), the Institutes of Technology Act 2006 (No. 25 of 2006) and the Technological Universities Act 2018 (No. 3 of 2018); or involves delivering a programme largely or wholly concerned with information and communications technology, which leads to a major award at QQI level 8 and/or level 9 as validated by Quality and Qualifications Ireland.
Lists effective 13 May 2026 (SI 213 of 2026). Official sources: Ineligible List · Critical Skills List. Confirm against the official page before acting.
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Important
An occupation (SOC) code classifies the kind of work. It does not by itself determine permit eligibility, Critical Skills status, or sponsorship. Job duties, salary, employer and permit route also matter.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Standard Occupational Classification 2010 · Version: SOC 2010 · Reference: soc-occupation.v2