There have been many amendments in skilled occupation lists in the recent past. There is no longer one single medium and long-term strategic skills list (MLTSSL) or short-term skilled occupation list (STSOL). Now there are about 15 skilled occupation list and it varies as per visa subclass. It has lead to more complicated Visa process under this category, and it is advisable to seek assistance of experts like Aspireglobal for self profile assessment and application under the right category as per one’s skill set.
The amended list of skilled occupations for Engineers and IT professionals are as follows:
Occupation |
ANZSCO Code |
Engineering Manager | 133211 |
Ship’s Engineer | 231212 |
Chemical Engineer | 233111 |
Materials Engineer | 233112 |
Civil Engineer | 233211 |
Geotechnical Engineer | 233212 |
Structural Engineer | 233214 |
Transport Engineer | 233215 |
Electrical Engineer | 233311 |
Electronics Engineer | 233411 |
Industrial Engineer | 233511 |
Mechanical Engineer | 233512 |
Production or Plant Engineer | 233513 |
Aeronautical Engineer | 233911 |
Agricultural Engineer | 233912 |
Biomedical Engineer | 233913 |
Engineering Technologist | 233914 |
Environmental Engineer | 233915 |
Naval Architect | 233916 |
ICT business Analyst | 261111 |
Systems Analyst | 261112 |
Analyst Programmer | 261311 |
Developer Programmer | 261312 |
Software Engineer | 261313 |
Computer Network and Systems Engineer | 263111 |
Telecommunications Engineer | 263311 |
Telecommunications Network Engineer | 263312 |
Civil Engineering Draftsperson | 312211 |
Civil Engineering Technician | 312212 |
Electrical Engineering Draftsperson | 312311 |
Electrical Engineering Technician | 312312 |
Telecommunications Field Engineer | 313212 |
Telecommunications Network Planner | 313213 |
Telecommunications Technical Officer or Technologist | 313214 |