Australia has announced the new skilled occupation list for the immigration intake program for the year 2017-18. The new occupation list takes effect on Saturday, 1st July 2017.
Applicants for General Skilled Mirgration are required to nominate an eligible occupation from the Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List.
Applicants for the following visas can nominate an occupation from the MLTSL
Subclass 189 (Skilled—Independent) visas; and
Subclass 489 (Skilled—Regional (Provisional)) visas by applicants who are not nominated by a State or Territory government agency; and
Subclass 485 (Temporary Graduate) visas.
The new MLTSSL has 178 occupations that can be nominated for skilled migration to Australia.
Each year, the Department of Education and Training advises the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection on the composition of the skilled occupation list.
The suitability of occupations for inclusion on the SOL is assessed through a two-step process. The first step involves identifying occupations that are most susceptible to supply constraints and are likely to warrant government intervention to address these constraints.
The second step involves assessing the medium to long-term skill needs of the economy for each occupation identified in step one, to determine if the occupation would benefit from skilled migration.
12 occupations have been entirely removed from the list of eligible skilled occupations, nine of these were eligible for 457 and 186 visas on 19 April 2017.
Occupation | ANZSCO code |
---|---|
Equipment Hire Manager^ | 149915 |
Fleet Manager^ | 149411 |
Picture Framer^ | 394212 |
Property Manager^ | 612112 |
Psychotherapist^ | 272314 |
Real Estate Agent Principal^ | 612113 |
Real Estate Agent^ | 612114 |
Real Estate Agent Representative^ | 612115 |
Ship’s Engineer | 231212 |
Ship’s Master | 231213 |
Ship’s Officer | 231214 |
University Tutor^ | 24211
|
A number of occupations have been added to the lists for certain visa programmes and some additional occupations have moved between the STSOL to the MLTSSL.
The Short-term Skilled Occupation List (STSOL) replaced the Consolidated Skilled Occupation List in April this year.

Those applying for Skilled Nomiated Subclass 190 visa, Skilled Regional Provisional Subclass 489 visa (state nominated), Employer Nomination Scheme Subclass 186 visa, Temporary worker (Skilled) Subclass 457 visa and Training Subclass 407 visa- Occupational Training Stream must nominate an occupation on the STSOL.
Medium and Long‑term Strategic Skills List | ||||
Item | Column 1
Occupation |
Column 2
ANZSCO code |
Column 3
Assessing authority |
Column 4
Specified for only certain classes (see subsection (2)) |
1 | construction project manager | 133111 | VETASSESS | |
2 | project builder | 133112 | VETASSESS | Y |
3 | engineering manager | 133211 | (a) Engineers Australia; or
(b) AIM |
|
4 | child care centre manager | 134111 | TRA | |
5 | medical administrator | 134211 | VETASSESS | Y |
6 | nursing clinical director | 134212 | ANMAC | |
7 | primary health organisation manager | 134213 | VETASSESS | |
8 | welfare centre manager | 134214 | ACWA | |
9 | accountant (general) | 221111 | (a) CPAA; or
(b) ICAA; or (c) IPA |
|
10 | management accountant | 221112 | (a) CPAA; or
(b) IPA; or (c) CAANZ |
|
11 | taxation accountant | 221113 | (a) CPAA; or
(b) IPA; or (c) CAANZ |
|
12 | external auditor | 221213 | (a) CPAA; or
(b) IPA; or (c) CAANZ |
|
13 | internal auditor | 221214 | VETASSESS | |
14 | actuary | 224111 | VETASSESS | |
15 | land economist | 224511 | VETASSESS | |
16 | valuer | 224512 | VETASSESS | |
17 | architect | 232111 | AACA | |
18 | landscape architect | 232112 | VETASSESS | |
19 | surveyor | 232212 | SSSI | |
20 | cartographer | 232213 | VETASSESS | |
21 | other spatial scientist | 232214 | VETASSESS | |
22 | chemical engineer | 233111 | Engineers Australia | |
23 | materials engineer | 233112 | Engineers Australia | |
24 | civil engineer | 233211 | Engineers Australia | |
25 | geotechnical engineer | 233212 | Engineers Australia | |
26 | quantity surveyor | 233213 | AIQS | |
27 | structural engineer | 233214 | Engineers Australia | |
28 | transport engineer | 233215 | Engineers Australia | |
29 | electrical engineer | 233311 | Engineers Australia | |
30 | electronics engineer | 233411 | Engineers Australia | |
31 | industrial engineer | 233511 | Engineers Australia | |
32 | mechanical engineer | 233512 | Engineers Australia | |
33 | production or plant engineer | 233513 | Engineers Australia | |
34 | aeronautical engineer | 233911 | Engineers Australia | |
35 | agricultural engineer | 233912 | Engineers Australia | |
36 | biomedical engineer | 233913 | Engineers Australia | |
37 | engineering technologist | 233914 | Engineers Australia | |
38 | environmental engineer | 233915 | Engineers Australia | |
39 | naval architect | 233916 | Engineers Australia | |
40 | agricultural consultant | 234111 | VETASSESS | |
41 | agricultural scientist | 234112 | VETASSESS | |
42 | forester | 234113 | VETASSESS | |
43 | medical laboratory scientist | 234611 | AIMS | |
44 | veterinarian | 234711 | AVBC | |
45 | physicist (medical physicist only) | 234914 | ACPSEM | |
46 | early childhood (pre‑primary school) teacher | 241111 | AITSL | |
47 | secondary school teacher | 241411 | AITSL | |
48 | special needs teacher | 241511 | AITSL | |
49 | teacher of the hearing impaired | 241512 | AITSL | |
50 | teacher of the sight impaired | 241513 | AITSL | |
51 | special education teachers (nec) | 241599 | AITSL | |
52 | medical diagnostic radiographer | 251211 | ASMIRT | |
53 | medical radiation therapist | 251212 | ASMIRT | |
54 | nuclear medicine technologist | 251213 | ANZSNM | |
55 | sonographer | 251214 | ASMIRT | |
56 | optometrist | 251411 | OCANZ | |
57 | orthotist or prosthetist | 251912 | AOPA | |
58 | chiropractor | 252111 | CCEA | |
59 | osteopath | 252112 | AOAC | |
60 | occupational therapist | 252411 | OTC | |
61 | physiotherapist | 252511 | APC | |
62 | podiatrist | 252611 | (a) APodA; or
(b) ANZPAC |
|
63 | audiologist | 252711 | VETASSESS | |
64 | speech pathologist | 252712 | SPA | |
65 | general practitioner | 253111 | MedBA | |
66 | specialist physician (general medicine) | 253311 | MedBA | |
67 | cardiologist | 253312 | MedBA | |
68 | clinical haematologist | 253313 | MedBA | |
69 | medical oncologist | 253314 | MedBA | |
70 | endocrinologist | 253315 | MedBA | |
71 | gastroenterologist | 253316 | MedBA | |
72 | intensive care specialist | 253317 | MedBA | |
73 | neurologist | 253318 | MedBA | |
74 | paediatrician | 253321 | MedBA | |
75 | renal medicine specialist | 253322 | MedBA | |
76 | rheumatologist | 253323 | MedBA | |
77 | thoracic medicine specialist | 253324 | MedBA | |
78 | specialist physicians (nec) | 253399 | MedBA | |
79 | psychiatrist | 253411 | MedBA | |
80 | surgeon (general) | 253511 | MedBA | |
81 | cardiothoracic surgeon | 253512 | MedBA | |
82 | neurosurgeon | 253513 | MedBA | |
83 | orthopaedic surgeon | 253514 | MedBA | |
84 | otorhinolaryngologist | 253515 | MedBA | |
85 | paediatric surgeon | 253516 | MedBA | |
86 | plastic and reconstructive surgeon | 253517 | MedBA | |
87 | urologist | 253518 | MedBA | |
88 | vascular surgeon | 253521 | MedBA | |
89 | dermatologist | 253911 | MedBA | |
90 | emergency medicine specialist | 253912 | MedBA | |
91 | obstetrician and gynaecologist | 253913 | MedBA | |
92 | ophthalmologist | 253914 | MedBA | |
93 | pathologist | 253915 | MedBA | |
94 | diagnostic and interventional radiologist | 253917 | MedBA | |
95 | radiation oncologist | 253918 | MedBA | |
96 | medical practitioners (nec) | 253999 | MedBA | |
97 | midwife | 254111 | ANMAC | |
98 | nurse practitioner | 254411 | ANMAC | |
99 | registered nurse (aged care) | 254412 | ANMAC | |
100 | registered nurse (child and family health) | 254413 | ANMAC | |
101 | registered nurse (community health) | 254414 | ANMAC | |
102 | registered nurse (critical care and emergency) | 254415 | ANMAC | |
103 | registered nurse (developmental disability) | 254416 | ANMAC | |
104 | registered nurse (disability and rehabilitation) | 254417 | ANMAC | |
105 | registered nurse (medical) | 254418 | ANMAC |