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2.2.4: Job Orders Received from Foreign Principals and Ranking as per Job
Demand in 1st half of 2020

Table 2.2.4.1: Service Occupations Table 2.2.4.2: Plant and Machine Operators

Job Category Job orders Rank Job Category Job orders Rank

House Cook -Female 4,145 1 Driver - House 3,755 1
House Driver - Gulf
Worker - General 3,287 2 2,035 2
Licenced
Babysitter/Nanny 1,760 3 House Driver - 1,855 3
Kuwait Licence
Caregiver -
Domestic Female 830 4 House Driver - S/L Licence 1,790 4
Operator - Machine
Waiter - General 591 5 1,582 5
(Garment Factory)
Housekeeper - 565 6 Driver - Tractor 1,220 6
Non Domestic
Caregiver - Domestic Male 365 7 Operator - Machine 1,154 7
Driver - General 1,046 8
Caretaker - Domestic 200 8
House Driver - Lady 805 9
Caregiver - Domestic 150 9
Operator - Sewing Machine 800 10
Tea Boy 115 10

The above ranking was done on the basis of the number of job orders offered to Sri Lankan employment agencies
by their foreign principals.

Table 2.2.4.3: Craft and Related Occupations Table 2.2.4.4: Technicians and Associate
Professionals

Job Category Job orders Rank Job Category Job orders Rank

Cleaner - Male -Non 993 1 Technician - General 413 1
Domestic
Mechanic - Auto 892 2 Associate I 121 2

Cleaner - Female -Non 860 3 Technician - AC 104 3
Domestic
Technician - H.V. AC 97 4
Mechanic - Heavy Vehicle 795 4
Technician - AC & Ref. 50 5
Cleaner -Non Domestic 750 5
Technician Security 50 6
Mason - General 743 6 System

Carpenter 730 7 Sales - Executives 48 7
Assistant - Technician 30 8
Welder - General 643 8
Merchandiser 30 9
Blacksmith 500 9
Technician - Electrical 26 10
Mechanic - Electro 420 10
Source: Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment
*Provisional
Note :-
The amount of job orders given above represent the total number of job placements offered to local employment agencies by their foreign principals.
The actual number of job placements offered may be less than the figures given above since there may be instance where the foreign principals
may refers the same job order to more than one local agency. The jobs offered under the occupational title of “Tailor” are sometimes for Housemaid,
Houseboy or other type of domestic workers.