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Database Designer and Administrator
OFO Code: 252101
Last checked 3 October 2026
1. Occupation identity
- OFO code
- 252101
- Occupation
- Database Designer and Administrator
- Classification
- OFO 2021
- Major group
- PROFESSIONALS
- Unit group
- 2521 · Database Designers and Administrators
Official description
Database designers and administrators design, develop, control, maintain and support the optimal performance and security of databases.
More official OFO detail
Specialisations: Data Administrator, Database Administrator, Database Analyst, Database Architect, Ecommerce Technical Architect
- Designing and developing database architecture, data structures, tables, dictionaries and naming conventions for information systems projects
- Developing policies and procedures for database access and usage and for the backup and recovery of data
- Conducting research and providing advice on the selection, application and implementation of database management tools
- Performing the operational establishment and preventive maintenance of backups, recovery procedures, and enforcing security and integrity controls
- Designing, constructing, modifying, integrating, implementing and testing database management systems
- Developing and implementing data administration policy, documentation, standards and models
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