Use official sources
Occupation, demand, qualification, salary and pathway evidence.
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Method
How PathLens works
A block with no source is omitted, not guessed.
Match on OFO code
The six-digit code is the join key.
Label salary match quality
Exact six-digit match, broader proxy or unavailable.
Do not predict vacancies
Demand evidence is not a jobs-near-me feed.
Show defensible geography
National first, province where the source supports it.
Keep sources and dates
Every claim should be traceable.
Current data resolutionDegraded fallback active
Occupations1511 records
local-structured
no approved database snapshot exists; served from local-structured
Sources6 records
bundled-fallback
no approved database snapshot exists; served from bundled-fallback
Salaries0 records
bundled-fallback
no approved database snapshot exists; served from bundled-fallback
Source registerInputs are ingested into PathLens's own backend layer.
DHET Organising Framework for Occupations (OFO 2021)Department of Higher Education and Training
Occupation identity: six-digit OFO code and official title.
Official owner ↗Ingested · identity spine activeCanonical OFO identity data has been ingested and validated. 1511 occupation records are recorded in the ingest artifact.
DHET Occupations in High DemandDepartment of Higher Education and Training
Demand flag and publication year.
Official owner ↗Validated pipeline · graph publication not confirmedThe governed OIHD pipeline is active, but a successful populated graph run is not currently confirmed on this deployment.
Critical Skills ListDepartment of Home Affairs
Critical-skills flag where an OFO occupation can be matched honestly.
Official owner ↗Monitored · occupation linkage pendingOfficial migration sources are monitored, but PathLens does not infer visa eligibility or occupation-level eligibility from monitoring alone.
QCTO qualifications and occupational certificatesQuality Council for Trades and Occupations
Qualification or trade route linked to the occupation file.
Official owner ↗Candidate staging ready · not publishedQualification staging and human review are implemented; no qualification↔OFO relationship is published without an explicit source identifier or governed human review.
Stats SA Quarterly Labour Force SurveyStatistics South Africa
National and provincial labour-market context only.
Official owner ↗Acquisition active · no approved evidence on this deploymentOfficial QLFS artifact discovery is active. Dataset-specific schema, weighting, reliability and review gates remain separate; a discovered artifact or executable estimator does not itself create a public claim.
SETA Sector Skills Plans / hard-to-fill vacancy tablesSector Education and Training Authorities
Sector demand context and carefully sourced provincial notes.
Official owner ↗Partial · explicit source links onlyPathLens preserves explicit source-backed SETA/activity links where present and does not infer modern SIC relationships from occupation titles.