Changes to Occupation Lists as of 11 March 2019

All 482 and permanent residence applications lodged under Employer Nomination/Regional Sponsored Migration must be in the one of the below occupations (unless otherwise exempt).  

Added to Medium Long Term (4-year occupation list) and a pathway to permanent residence

• Telecommunications network planner
• Pressure welder
• Environmental Manager
• Musician (Instrumental)
• Statistician
• Economist
• Mining Engineer (excluding Petroleum)
• Petroleum Engineer
• Engineering Professionals nec
• Chemist
• Food Technologist
• Environmental Consultant
• Environmental Research Scientist
• Environmental Scientists nec
• Geophysicist
• Hydrogeologist
• Life Scientist (General)
• Biochemist
• Biotechnologist
• Botanist
• Marine Biologist
• Microbiologist
• Zoologist
• Life Scientists nec
• Conservator
• Metallurgist
• Meteorologist
• Natural and Physical Science Professionals nec
• University Lecturer
• Multimedia Specialist
• Software and Applications Programmers nec
• Horse Trainer
• Physicist - no longer restricted to medical physicist
  • Arts Administrator or Manager
  • Dancer or Choreographer
  • Music Director
  • Artistic Director
  • Tennis Coach
  • Footballer
  • Telecommunications Network Planner 
  • Pressure Welder 

  Added to Short Term Occupation List (2-year visa) with no pathway to permanent residence 

• Visual Arts and Crafts Professionals (nec)
• Textile, Clothing and Footwear Mechanic
• Watch and Clock Maker and Repairer
• Chemical Plant Operator
• Library Technician

  Removed from Short Term List and some have been added to Long Term List

• Visual Arts and Crafts Professionals
• Textile, Clothing and Footwear Mechanic
• Watch and Clock Maker and Repairer
• Chemical Plant Operator
• Library Technician
• Arts Administrator or Manager
• Dancer or Choreographer
• Music Director
• Artistic Director
• Footballer
• Aquaculture Farmer
• Cotton Grower
• Fruit or Nut Grower
• Grain, Oilseed or Pasture Grower
• Mixed Crop Farmer
• Sugar Cane Grower
• Crop Farmers nec
• Beef Cattle Farmer
• Dairy Cattle Farmer
• Mixed Livestock Farmer
• Pig Farmer
• Sheep Farmer
• Livestock Farmers nec
• Mixed Crop and Livestock Farmer
• Dentist
• Anaesthetist  
• Tennis Coach 

Added to Regional Occupation List for sponsors who are in regional Australia

• Deer Farmer
• Goat Farmer
• Aquaculture Farmer
• cotton grower
• Fruit or Nut Grower
• Grain, Oilseed or Pasture Grower (Aus) / field crop grower (NZ)
• Mixed Crop Farmer
• Sugar Cane Grower
• Crop Farmers (nec)
• Beef Cattle Farmer
• Dairy Cattle Farmer
• Mixed Livestock Farmer
• Pig Farmer
• Sheep Farmer
• Livestock Farmers (nec)
• Mixed Crop and Livestock Farmer
• Dentist
• Anaesthetist