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Microsystems Engineers
OFO Code: 214909
Last checked 3 October 2026
1. Occupation identity
- OFO code
- 214909
- Occupation
- Microsystems Engineers
- Classification
- OFO 2021
- Major group
- PROFESSIONALS
- Unit group
- 2149 · Engineering Professionals not Elsewhere Classified
Official description
This unit group covers engineering professionals not classified elsewhere in minor group 214, or in minor group 215. For instance, the group includes those who conduct research, advise on or develop engineering procedures and solutions concerning workplace safety, biomedical engineering, optics, materials, nuclear power generation and explosives.
More official OFO detail
- Identifying potential hazards and introducing safety procedures and devices
- Designing components of optical instruments such as lenses, microscopes, telescopes, lasers, optical disc systems and other equipment that utilize the properties of light
- Designing and developing nuclear equipment such as reactor cores, radiation shielding, and associated instrumentation and control mechanisms
- Assessing damage and providing calculations for marine salvage operations
- Studying and advising on engineering aspects of particular manufacturing processes, such as those related to glass, ceramics, textiles, leather products, wood, and printing
- Designing, testing, and coordinating the development of explosive ordnance material to meet military procurement specifications
- Applying knowledge of engineering to the design, development, and evaluation of biological and health systems and products, such as artificial organs, prostheses, and instrumentation
- Designing and overseeing construction and operation of nuclear reactors and power plants and nuclear fuels reprocessing and reclamation systems
- Designing devices used in various medical procedures, imaging systems such as magnetic resonance imaging and devices for automating insulin injections or controlling body functions
2. Demand status
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3. Salary evidence
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7. Industry, sector and provincial context
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10. Sources for this page
- DHET Organising Framework for Occupations (OFO 2021) · Planned
- DHET Occupations in High Demand · Planned
- Critical Skills List · Planned
- QCTO qualifications and occupational certificates · Planned
- Stats SA Quarterly Labour Force Survey · Planned
- SETA Sector Skills Plans / hard-to-fill vacancy tables · Planned