Skilled Migration - Eligible Skilled Occupations (SOL)

The Skilled Occupation List (SOL) is prepared by the Australian Government to identify specific skill shortages in Australia. You must be able to demonstrate your work experience and/or qualifications matches an occupation that is on the SOL.

The current Skilled Occupations List (SOL) is set out below.

Please click on the occupation for a detailed job description to confirm if the tasks you have completed for your occupation meet the Australian Standard Classification of Occupations (ASCO) requirements.

SOL Occupations

Accounting and Finance

• Accountant (60 points)
• Accountant - Corporate Treasurer (60 points)
• Accountant - External Auditor (60 points)
• Accountant - Internal Auditor (50 points)
• Actuary (50 points)
• Branch Accountant (Financial Institution) (40 points)
• Commodities Trader (40 points)
• Company Secretary (Corporate Compliance, Board/Shareholder Meetings) (50 points)
• Economist (50 points)
• Finance Manager (60 points)
• Financial Dealers and Brokers (not elsewhere classified) (40 points)
• Financial Institution Branch Manager (40 points)
• Financial Investment Adviser (40 points)
• Financial Market Dealer (40 points)
• Futures Trader (40 points)
• Insurance Broker (40 points)
• Mathematician (50 points)
• Statistician (50 points)
• Stockbroking Dealer (40 points)

Administration

• Electorate Officer (50 points)
• Office Manager (40 points)
• Project or Program Administrator (40 points)

Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing

• Agricultural Adviser (50 points)
• Agricultural Scientist (50 points)
• Environmental Research Scientist (50 points)
• Forester (50 points)
• Master Fisher (40 points)
• Park Ranger (50 points)
• Soil Scientist (50 points)

Air and Sea Transport

• Seafarer - Ship's Engineer (40 points)
• Seafarer - Ship's Master (40 points)
• Seafarer - Ship's Officer (40 points)

Architecture

• Architect (60 points)
• Architectural Associate (40 points)
• Landscape Architect (50 points)

Art and Design

• Fashion Designer (50 points)
• Graphic Designer (50 points)
• Illustrator (50 points)
• Industrial Designer (50 points)
• Interior Decorator (40 points)
• Interior Designer (50 points)

Arts and Entertainment

• Conservator (50 points)
• Museum/Art Gallery Technician (40 points)
• Museum/Gallery Curator (50 points)

Building and Construction

• Bricklayer (60 points)
• Bricklayers - Supervisor (60 points)
• Building Associate (40 points)
• Building Associate Professionals (Not Elsewhere Classified) (40 points)
• Building Inspector (40 points)
• Construction Project Manager (50 points)
• Project Builder (50 points)

Consulting and Business Analysis

• Management Consultant (50 points)
• Organisation and Methods Analyst (50 points)
• Policy Analyst (50 points)
• Quality Assurance Manager (50 points)

Education and Teaching

• Art Teacher (Private) (50 points)
• Dance Teacher (Private) (50 points)
• Drama Teacher (Private) (50 points)
• Education Managers (Not Elsewhere Classified) (50 points)
• Music Teacher (Private) (50 points)
• Regional Education Manager (50 points)
• Teacher - Education Officer (50 points)
• Teacher - Pre-Primary School Teacher (60 points)
• Teacher - Primary School Teacher (60 points)
• Teacher - Secondary School Teacher (60 points)
• Teacher - Vocational Education Teacher (Non-trades) (50 points)
• Teacher - Vocational Education Teacher (Trades) (60 points)

Engineering and Mining

• Biomedical Engineering Associate (40 points)
• Civil Engineering Associate (40 points)
• Civil Engineering Technician (40 points)
• Electrical Engineering Associate (40 points)
• Electrical Engineering Technician (40 points)
• Electronic Engineering Associate (40 points)
• Electronic Engineering Technician (40 points)
• Engineer - Aeronautical Engineer (60 points)
• Engineer - Agricultural Engineer (60 points)
• Engineer - Biomedical Engineer (60 points)
• Engineer - Building and Engineering Professionals (Not Elsewhere Classified) (60 points)
• Engineer - Chemical Engineer (60 points)
• Engineer - Civil Engineer (60 points)
• Engineer - Civil Engineering Technologist (60 points)
• Engineer - Electrical Engineer (60 points)
• Engineer - Electrical or Electronics Engineering Technologist (60 points)
• Engineer - Electronics Engineer (60 points)
• Engineer - Engineering Technologists (not elsewhere classified) (60 points)
• Engineer - Industrial Engineer (60 points)
• Engineer - Materials Engineer (60 points)
• Engineer - Mechanical Engineer (60 points)
• Engineer - Mechanical Engineering Technologist (60 points)
• Engineer - Mining Engineer (excluding Petroleum) (60 points)
• Engineer - Naval Architect (60 points)
• Engineer - Petroleum Engineer (60 points)
• Engineer - Production or Plant Engineer (60 points)
• Engineering Associate Professionals (not elsewhere classified) (40 points)
• Engineering Manager (60 points)
• Extractive Metallurgist (50 points)
• Mechanical Engineering Associate (40 points)
• Mechanical Engineering Technician (40 points)
• Mine Deputy (40 points)
• Production Manager (Mining) (50 points)

Environment

• Environment, Parks and Land Care Manager (50 points)
• Environmental Health Officer (50 points)

Health and Medical Services

• Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health Worker (40 points)
• Acupuncturist (50 points)
• Ambulance Officer (40 points)
• Anatomist / Physiologist (50 points)
• Audiologist (50 points)
• Chemist (50 points)
• Chiropractor (60 points)
• Dental Hygienist (40 points)
• Dental Specialist (60 points)
• Dental Technician (60 points)
• Dental Therapist (40 points)
• Dentist (60 points)
• Dietitian (60 points)
• Director of Nursing (60 points)
• Disabilities Services Officer (40 points)
• Health Information Manager (50 points)
• Intensive Care Ambulance Paramedic (40 points)
• Massage Therapist (40 points)
• Medical Administrator (50 points)
• Medical Practitioner - Anaesthetist (60 points)
• Medical Practitioner - Dermatologist (60 points)
• Medical Practitioner - Emergency Medicine Specialist (60 points)
• Medical Practitioner - General Medical Practitioner (60 points)
• Medical Practitioner - Obstetrician and Gynaecologist (60 points)
• Medical Practitioner - Ophthalmologist (60 points)
• Medical Practitioner - Pathologist (60 points)
• Medical Practitioner - Pediatrician (60 points)
• Medical Practitioner - Psychiatrist (60 points)
• Medical Practitioner - Radiologist (60 points)
• Medical Practitioner - Specialist Medical Practitioner (60 points)
• Medical Practitioner - Specialist Physician (60 points)
• Medical Practitioner - Surgeon (60 points)
• Naturopath (50 points)
• Nurse - Registered Developmental Disability Nurse (60 points)
• Nurse - Registered Mental Health Nurse (60 points)
• Nurse - Registered Midwife (60 points)
• Nurse - Registered Nurse (60 points)
• Occupational Health & Safety Officer (50 points)
• Occupational Therapist (60 points)
• Optometrist (60 points)
• Orthoptist (50 points)
• Orthotist (50 points)
• Osteopath (60 points)
• Pharmacist - Hospital Pharmacist (60 points)
• Pharmacist - Retail Pharmacist (60 points)
• Physiotherapist (60 points)
• Podiatrist (60 points)
• Psychologist - Clinical Psychologist (60 points)
• Psychologist - Educational Psychologist (60 points)
• Psychologist - Organisational Psychologist (60 points)
• Psychologist - Psychologists (Not Elsewhere Classified) (60 points)
• Radiographer - Medical Diagnostic Radiographer (60 points)
• Radiographer - Nuclear Medicine Technologist (60 points)
• Radiographer - Radiation Therapist (60 points)
• Radiographer - Sonographer (60 points)

Hospitality and Tourism

• Hotel/Motel Manager (Degree Level) (50 points)
• Hotel/Motel Manager (Diploma Level) (40 points)

Human Resources/Personnel

• Careers Counsellor (50 points)
• Human Resource Manager (min. 5 years senior management experience) (60 points)
• Industrial Relations Officer (50 points)
• Personnel Consultant (50 points)
• Personnel Officer (50 points)
• Training Officer (50 points)

Information Services

• Archivist (50 points)
• Business and Information Professionals (Not Elsewhere Classified) (50 points)
• Historian (50 points)
• Librarian (50 points)
• Library Technician (40 points)
• Records Manager (50 points)

Information Technology/Computing

• Computing Professionals - .Net technologies (60 points)
• Computing Professionals - Applications and Analyst Programmer (60 points)
• Computing Professionals - Computer Systems Auditor (60 points)
• Computing Professionals - Computing Professionals (not elsewhere classified) (60 points)
• Computing Professionals - Linus (60 points)
• Computing Professionals - Software Designer (60 points)
• Computing Professionals - Solaris (60 points)
• Computing Professionals - Specialising in C++/C#/C (60 points)
• Computing Professionals - Specialising in Data Warehousing (60 points)
• Computing Professionals - Specialising in E-commerce Security (60 points)
• Computing Professionals - Specialising in J2EE (60 points)
• Computing Professionals - Specialising in Java (60 points)
• Computing Professionals - Specialising in Network Security/Firewall/Internet (60 points)
• Computing Professionals - Specialising in Oracle (60 points))
• Computing Professionals - Specialising in PeopleSoft (60 points)
• Computing Professionals - Specialising in SAP (60 points)
• Computing Professionals - Specialising in Security Professional (CISSP) (60 points)
• Computing Professionals - Specialising in Siebel (60 points)
• Computing Professionals - Specialising in Sybase SQL Server (60 points)
• Computing Professionals - Systems Designer (60 points)
• Computing Professionals - Systems Manager (60 points)
• Computing Professionals - Systems Programmer (60 points)
• Computing Professionals - Unix (60 points)
• Computing Support Technician (40 points)
• Information Technology Manager (60 points)

Legal and Compliance

• Intelligence Officer (50 points)
• Legal Practitioner - Barrister (60 points)
• Legal Practitioner - Solicitor (60 points)
• Patents Examiner (50 points)
• Safety Inspector (40 points)

Management/Planning/Policy

• General Manager (min. 5 years senior management experience) (60 points)
• Policy and Planning Manager (50 points)
• Urban and Regional Planner (50 points)

Manufacturing/Production/Logistics

• Oenologist (Wine Maker) (50 points)
• Primary Products Inspector (40 points)
• Production Manager (Manufacturing) (50 points)
• Supply and Distribution Manager (min. 5 years senior management experience) (60 points)

Media

• Copywriter (50 points)
• Editor (50 points)
• Journalists and Related Professionals (Not Elsewhere Classified) (50 points)
• Print Journalist (50 points)
• Radio Journalist (50 points)
• Technical Writer (50 points)
• Television Journalist (50 points)

Property and Real Estate

• Property Manager (40 points)
• Real Estate Agency Manager (40 points)
• Real Estate Salesperson (40 points)

Sales/Marketing/Advertising

• Advertising Specialist (50 points)
• Market Research Analyst (50 points)
• Marketing Specialist (50 points)
• Public Relations Officer (50 points)
• Sales and Marketing Manager (min. 5 years senior management experience) (60 points)
• Sales Representative (Industrial Products) (50 points)
• Sales Representative (Information and Communication Products) (50 points)
• Sales Representative (Medical and Pharmaceutical Products) (50 points)
• Sales Representative Technical (Not Elsewhere Classified) (50 points)

Science and Research

• Biochemist (50 points)
• Botanist (50 points)
• Chemistry Technical Officer (40 points)
• Geologist (50 points)
• Geophysicist (50 points)
• Industrial Pharmacist (50 points)
• Laboratory Manager (50 points)
• Life Scientist (Not Elsewhere Classified) (50 points)
• Marine Biologist (50 points)
• Materials Scientist (50 points)
• Medical Laboratory Technical Officer (40 points)
• Medical Scientist (60 points)
• Metallurgical and Materials Technician (40 points)
• Meteorologist (50 points) (60 points)
• Natural and Physical Science Professionals (Not Elsewhere Classified) (50 points)
• Physical Metallurgist (50 points)
• Physicist (50 points)
• Research and Development Manager (50 points)
• Social Professionals (Not Elsewhere Classified) (50 points)
• Veterinarian (60 points)
• Zoologist (50 points)

Social and Community Services

• Child Care Coordinator (60 points)
• Community Worker (50 points)
• Counsellors (Not Elsewhere Classified) (50 points)
• Drug and Alcohol Counsellor (50 points)
• Family Counsellor (50 points)
• Family Support Worker (40 points)
• Parole or Probation Officer (40 points)
• Rehabilitation Counsellor (50 points)
• Residential Care Officer (40 points)
• Social Worker (60 points)
• Speech Pathologist (60 points)
• Welfare Centre Manager (50 points)
• Welfare Worker (60 points)
• Youth Worker (40 points)

Sports and Recreation

• Recreation Officer (50 points)
• Sports Administrator (50 points)

Surveying and Valuing

• Building Surveyor (50 points)
• Cartographer (50 points)
• Land Economist (50 points)
• Quantity Surveyor (60 points)
• Surveying and Cartographic Associate (40 points)
• Surveyor (60 points)
• Valuer (50 points)

Trades - Aircraft Maintenance

• Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (Avionics) (60 points)
• Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (Mechanical) (60 points)
• Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (Structures) (60 points)
• Aircraft Maintenance Engineers - Supervisor (60 points)

Trades - Automotive

• Diesel Fuel Injection Technicians (60 points)
• Motor Mechanic (60 points)
• Motor Mechanics - Supervisor (60 points)
• Panel Beater (60 points)
• Panel Beaters - Supervisor (60 points)
• Vehicle Body Maker (60 points)
• Vehicle Body Makers - Supervisor (60 points)
• Vehicle Painter (60 points)
• Vehicle Painters - Supervisor (60 points)
• Vehicle Trimmer (60 points)
• Vehicle Trimmers - Supervisor (60 points)

Trades - Electrical/Electronics/Communications

• Automotive Electrician (60 points)
• Automotive Electricians - Supervisor (60 points)
• Broadcast Transmitter Operator (60 points)
• Cable Jointer (60 points)
• Communications Linesperson (60 points)
• Communications Trades Persons - Supervisor (60 points)
• Electrical Distribution Trades Persons - Supervisor (60 points)
• Electrical Powerline Trades Person (60 points)
• Electrician - Special Class (60 points)
• Electronic and Office Equipment Trades Persons - Supervisor (60 points)
• Electronic and Office Equipment Trades Persons - Supervisor (60 points)
• Electronic Equipment Trades Person (60 points)
• Electronic Instrument Trades Person - Special Class (60 points)
• Electronic Instrument Trades Persons - Supervisor (60 points)
• General Communications Trades Person (60 points)
• General Electrician (60 points)
• General Electronic Instrument Trades Person (60 points)
• Lift (Elevator) Mechanic (60 points)

Trades - Food and Beverage

• Baker (60 points)
• Bakers and Pastry Cook - Supervisor (60 points)
• Buttermaker / Cheesemaker (60 points)
• Chef (60 points)
• Chef - Head Chef (60 points)
• Confectioner (60 points)
• Cook (60 points)
• Meat Trades Persons - Butcher (60 points)
• Meat Trades Persons - Supervisor (60 points)
• Pastry Cook (60 points)
• Smallgoods Maker (60 points)

Trades - Gardening/Horticulture

• General Gardener (60 points)
• Greenkeeper (60 points)
• Head Gardener (60 points)
• Landscape Gardener (60 points)
• Nursery Person (60 points)
• Tree Surgeon (60 points)

Trades - General Mechanical and Fabrication

• Business Machine Mechanic (60 points)
• General Fabrication Engineering Trades Person (60 points)
• General Fabrication Engineering Trades Persons - Supervisor (60 points)
• General Mechanical Engineering Trades Person (60 points)
• General Mechanical Engineering Trades Persons - Supervisor (60 points)
• Optical Mechanic (60 points)
• Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Mechanic (60 points)
• Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Mechanics - Supervisor (60 points)
• Structural Steel and Welding Trades Persons - Metal Fabricator (Boilermaker) (60 points)
• Structural Steel and Welding Trades Persons - Welder (First Class) (60 points)
• Structural Steel and Welding Trades Persons - Supervisor (60 points)
• Structural Steel and Welding Tradespersons - Pressure Welder (60 points)

Trades - Hairdressing

• Hairdresser (60 points)
• Hairdressers - Supervisor (60 points)

Trades - Metal and Machinists

• Electroplater (First Class) (60 points)
• Engraver (60 points)
• Forging Trades Person - Blacksmith (60 points)
• Forging Trades Person - Farrier (60 points)
• Forging Trades Person - Supervisor (60 points)
• Gunsmith (60 points)
• Locksmith (60 points)
• Metal Casting Trades Person (60 points)
• Metal Casting Trades Persons - Supervisor (60 points)
• Metal Finishing Trades Persons - Supervisor (60 points)
• Metal Fitters and Machinists - Fitter (60 points)
• Metal Fitters and Machinists - Supervisor (60 points)
• Metal Machinist (First Class) (60 points)
• Metal Polisher (60 points)
• Precision Instrument Maker and Repairer (60 points)
• Precision Metal Trades Persons - Supervisor (60 points)
• Saw Maker and Repairer (60 points)
• Sheet Metal Trades Persons - Supervisor (60 points)
• Sheetmetal Worker (First Class) (60 points)
• Textile, Clothing or Footwear Mechanic (60 points)
• Watch and Clock Maker and Repairer (60 points)

Trades - Other Trades and Services

• Boat Builder and Repairer (60 points)
• Flat Glass Trades Person (60 points)
• Floor Finisher (60 points)
• Floor Finisher - Supervisor (60 points)
• Gem Cutter and Polisher (60 points)
• Glass Blower (60 points)
• Jeweller (60 points)
• Painter and Decorator (60 points)
• Painter and Decorators - Supervisor (60 points)
• Piano Tuner (60 points)
• Picture Framer (60 points)
• Shipwright (60 points)
• Signwriter (60 points)
• Signwriters - Supervisor (60 points)
• Toolmaker (60 points)
• Toolmakers - Supervisor (60 points)
• Trades Persons and Related Workers (Not Elsewhere Classified) (60 points)

Trades - Plumbing

• Drainer (60 points)
• Gasfitter (60 points)
• General Plumber (60 points)
• Mechanical Services and Airconditioning Plumber (60 points)
• Plumbers - Supervisor (60 points)
• Plumbing Engineering Associate (40 points)
• Plumbing Inspector (40 points)
• Roof Plumber (60 points)

Trades - Printing

• Binder and Finisher (60 points)
• Graphic Pre-Press Trades Person (60 points)
• Printing Machinist (60 points)
• Screen Printer (60 points)
• Small Offset Printer (60 points)

Trades - Textile and Clothing

• Canvas Goods Maker (60 points)
• Clothing - Apparel Cutter (60 points)
• Clothing - General Clothing Trades Person (60 points)
• Clothing - Pattern Maker-Grader (Clothing) (60 points)
• Clothing - Tailor (60 points)
• Clothing - Dressmaker (60 points)
• Furniture Finisher (60 points)
• Furniture - Upholsterer (60 points)
• Leather Goods Maker (60 points)
• Medical Grade Shoemaker (60 points)
• Sail Maker (60 points)
• Shoemaker (60 points)
• Upholsterers and Bedding Trades Persons (Not Elsewhere Classified) (60 points)

Trades - Tilers and Plasterers

• Fibrous Plasterer (60 points)
• Fibrous Plasterers - Supervisor (60 points)
• Roof Slater and Tiler (60 points)
• Roof Slater and Tilers - Supervisor (60 points)
• Solid Plasterer (60 points)
• Solid Plasterers - Supervisor (60 points)
• Stonemason (60 points)
• Wall and Floor Tiler (60 points)
• Wall and Floor Tilers and Stonemasons - Supervisor (60 points)

Trades - Wood and Carpentry

• Cabinet Maker (60 points)
• Cabinet Makers - Supervisor (60 points)
• Carpenter (60 points)
• Carpenter and Joiner (60 points)
• Carpenter and Joinery Trades Persons - Supervisor (60 points)
• Joiner (60 points)
• Wood Trades Persons (Not Elsewhere Classified) (60 points)
• Wood Turner (60 points)

Translating/Interpreting

• Interpreter (60 points)
• Translator (60 points)

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