Registered Migration Australia

Medium and Long-term

Strategic Skills List

MLTSSL - Registered Migration Australia

Other Occupation Lists

MLTSS 2017 skilled occupations list. The Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List (MLTSSL) contains 178 occupations; MLTSSL list:
mltssl 2017 MLTSSL applies both Employer Sponsored and General Skilled Migration occupations; MLTSSL 2017-2018. Note, we do not have MLTSSL pdf for download.

Note: A list of added/removed occupations from the MLTSSL, in effect July 1st 2017, can be found on our blog

Last Update: July 3rd, 2017

Column A	Column B	Column C	Column D
OCCUPATION	ANZSCO CODE	COUNTRY	ASSESSING AUTHORITY
Chief Executive or Managing Director	111111 Change July 1st	All	AIM
Corporate General Manager	111211 Change July 1st	All	AIM
Construction Project Manager	133111	All	VETASSESS
Project Builder	133112	All	VETASSESS
Engineering Manager	133211	All	Engineers Australia/AIM
Child Care Centre Manager	134111	All	TRA
Medical Administrator	134211	All	VETASSESS
Nursing Clinical Director	134212	All	ANMAC
Primary Health Organisation Manager	134213	All	VETASSESS
Welfare Centre Manager	134214	All	ACWA/VETASSESS
Faculty Head	134411 Change July 1st	All	VETASSESS
Chief Information Officer	135111 Change July 1st	All	ACS
Environmental Manager	139912 Change July 1st	All	VETASSESS
Musician (Instrumental)	211213 Change July 1st	All	VETASSESS
Management Accountant	221112	All	CPA/ICAA/IPA
Taxation Accountant	221113	All	CPA/ICAA/IPA
External Auditor	221213	All	CPA/ICAA/IPA
Internal Auditor	221214	All	VETASSESS
Actuary	224111	All	VETASSESS
Statistician	224113 Change July 1st	All	VETASSESS
Economist	224311 Change July 1st	All	VETASSESS
Land Economist	224511	All	VETASSESS
Valuer	224512	All	VETASSESS
Architect	232111	All	AACA
Landscape Architect	232112	All	VETASSESS
Surveyor	232212	All	SSSI
Cartographer	232213	All	VETASSESS
Other Spatial Scientist	232214	All	VETASSESS
Chemical Engineer	233111	All	Engineers Australia
Materials Engineer	233112	All	Engineers Australia
Civil Engineer	233211	All	Engineers Australia
Geotechnical Engineer	233212	All	Engineers Australia
Quantity Surveyor	233213	All	AIQS
Structural Engineer	233214	All	Engineers Australia
Transport Engineer	233215	All	Engineers Australia
Electrical Engineer	233311	All	Engineers Australia
Electronics Engineer	233411	All	Engineers Australia
Industrial Engineer	233511	All	Engineers Australia
Mechanical Engineer	233512	All	Engineers Australia
Production or Plant Engineer	233513	All	Engineers Australia
Mining Engineer (excluding Petroleum)	233611 Change July 1st	All	Engineers Australia
Petroleum Engineer	233612 New July 1st	All	Engineers Australia
Aeronautical Engineer	233911	All	Engineers Australia
Agricultural Engineer	233912	All	Engineers Australia
Biomedical Engineer	233913	All	Engineers Australia
Engineering Technologist	233914	All	Engineers Australia
Environmental Engineer	233915	All	Engineers Australia
Naval Architect	233916	All	Engineers Australia
Engineering Professionals (nec)	233999 Change July 1st	All	Engineers Australia
Agricultural Consultant	234111	All	VETASSESS
Agricultural Scientist	234112	All	VETASSESS
Forester	234113	All	VETASSESS
Chemist	234211 Change July 1st	All	VETASSESS
Food Technologist	234212 New July 1st	All	VETASSESS
Environmental Consultant	234312 Change July 1st	All	VETASSESS
Environmental Research Scientist	234313 Change July 1st	All	VETASSESS
Environmental Scientists (nec)	234399 Change July 1st	All	VETASSESS
Geophysicist	234412 New July 1st	All	VETASSESS
Hydrogeologist	234413 New July 1st	All	VETASSESS
Life Scientist (General)	234511 New July 1st	All	VETASSESS
Biochemist	234513 New July 1st	All	VETASSESS
Biotechnologist	234514 New July 1st	All	VETASSESS
Botanist	234515 Change July 1st	All	VETASSESS
Marine Biologist	234516 Change July 1st	All	VETASSESS
Microbiologist	234517 New July 1st	All	VETASSESS
Life Scientists (nec)	234599 New July 1st	All	VETASSESS
Medical Laboratory Scientist	234611	All	AIMS
Veterinarian	234711	All	AVBC
Conservator	234911 Change July 1st	All	VETASSESS
Metallurgist	234912 New July 1st	All	VETASSESS
Meteorologist	234913 Change July 1st	All	VETASSESS
Physicist (Medical Physicist only)	234914	All	ACPSEM
Natural and Physical Science Professionals (nec)	234999 New July 1st	All	VETASSESS
Early Childhood (Pre-Primary School) Teacher	241111	All	AITSL
Secondary School Teacher	241411	All	AITSL
Special Needs Teacher	241511	All	AITSL
Teacher of the Hearing Impaired	241512	All	AITSL
Teacher of the Sight Impaired	241513	All	AITSL
Special Education Teachers (nec)	241599	All	AITSL
University Lecturer	242111 Change July 1st	All	VETASSESS
Medical Diagnostic Radiographer	251211	All	AIR
Medical Radiation Therapist	251212	All	AIR
Nuclear Medicine Technologist	251213	All	ANZSNM
Sonographer	251214	All	AIR
Optometrist	251411	All	OCANZ
Orthotist or Prosthetist	251912	All	VETASSESS
Chiropractor	252111	All	CCEA
Osteopath	252112	All	ANZOC
Occupational Therapist	252411	All	OTC
Physiotherapist	252511	All	APC
Podiatrist	252611	All	APodC/ANZPAC
Audiologist	252711	All	VETASSESS
Speech Pathologist	252712	All	SPA
General Practitioner	253111	All	Medical Board of Australia
Specialist Physician (General Medicine)	253311	All	Medical Board of Australia
Cardiologist	253312	All	Medical Board of Australia
Clinical Haematologist	253313	All	Medical Board of Australia
Medical Oncologist	253314	All	Medical Board of Australia
Endocrinologist	253315	All	Medical Board of Australia
Gastroenterologist	253316	All	Medical Board of Australia
Intensive Care Specialist	253317	All	Medical Board of Australia
Neurologist	253318	All	Medical Board of Australia
Paediatrician	253321	All	Medical Board of Australia
Renal Medicine Specialist	253322	All	Medical Board of Australia
Rheumatologist	253323	All	Medical Board of Australia
Thoracic Medicine Specialist	253324	All	Medical Board of Australia
Specialist Physicians (nec)	253399	All	Medical Board of Australia
Psychiatrist	253411	All	Medical Board of Australia
Surgeon (General)	253511	All	Medical Board of Australia
Cardiothoracic Surgeon	253512	All	Medical Board of Australia
Neurosurgeon	253513	All	Medical Board of Australia
Orthopaedic Surgeon	253514	All	Medical Board of Australia
Otorhinolaryngologist	253515	All	Medical Board of Australia
Paediatric Surgeon	253516	All	Medical Board of Australia
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon	253517	All	Medical Board of Australia
Urologist	253518	All	Medical Board of Australia
Vascular Surgeon	253521	All	Medical Board of Australia
Dermatologist	253911	All	Medical Board of Australia
Emergency Medicine Specialist	253912	All	Medical Board of Australia
Obstetrician & Gynaecologist	253913	All	Medical Board of Australia
Ophthalmologist	253914	All	Medical Board of Australia
Pathologist	253915	All	Medical Board of Australia
Diagnostic & Interventional Radiologist	253917	All	Medical Board of Australia
Radiation Oncologist	253918	All	Medical Board of Australia
Medical Practitioners (not elsewhere classified)	253999	All	Medical Board of Australia
Midwife	254111	All	ANMAC
Nurse Practitioner	254411	All	ANMAC
Registered Nurse (Aged Care)	254412	All	ANMAC
Registered Nurse (Child & Family Health)	254413	All	ANMAC
Registered Nurse (Community Health)	254414	All	ANMAC
Registered Nurse (Critical Care & Emergency)	254415	All	ANMAC
Registered Nurse (Developmental Disability)	254416	All	ANMAC
Registered Nurse (Disability & Rehabilitation)	254417	All	ANMAC
Registered Nurse (Medical)	254418	All	ANMAC
Registered Nurse (Medical Practice)	254421	All	ANMAC
Registered Nurse (Mental Health)	254422	All	ANMAC
Registered Nurse (Perioperative)	254423	All	ANMAC
Registered Nurse (Surgical)	254424	All	ANMAC
Registered Nurse (Paediatrics)	254425	All	ANMAC
Registered Nurses (nec)	254499	All	ANMAC
ICT Business Analyst	261111	All	ACS
Systems Analyst	261112	All	ACS
Multimedia Specialist	261211 Change July 1st	All	ACS
Analyst Programmer	261311	All	ACS
Developer Programmer	261312	All	ACS
Software Engineer	261313	All	ACS
Software & Applications Programmers (nec)	261399 Change July 1st	All	ACS
ICT Security Specialist	262112 Change July 1st	All	ACS
Computer Network & Systems Engineer	263111	All	ACS
Telecommunications Engineer	263311	All	Engineers Australia
Telecommunications Network Engineer	263312	All	Engineers Australia
Barrister	271111	All	SLAA
Solicitor	271311	All	SLAA
Clinical Psychologist	272311	All	APS
Educational Psychologist	272312	All	APS
Organisational Psychologist	272313	All	APS
Psychologists (nec)	272399	All	APS
Social Worker	272511	All	AASW
Civil Engineering Draftsperson	312211	All	Engineers Australia/ VETASSESS
Civil Engineering Technician	312212	All	VETASSESS
Electrical Engineering Draftsperson	312311	All	Engineers Australia
Electrical Engineering Technician	312312	All	TRA
Radio Communications Technician	313211	All	TRA
Telecommunications Field Engineer	313212	All	Engineers Australia
Telecommunications Network Planner	313213	All	Engineers Australia
Telecommunications Technical Officer or Technologist	313214	All	Engineers Australia
Automotive Electrician	321111	All	TRA
Motor Mechanic (General)	321211	All	TRA
Diesel Motor Mechanic	321212	All	TRA
Motorcycle Mechanic	321213	All	TRA
Small Engine Mechanic	321214	All	TRA
Sheetmetal Trades Worker	322211	All	TRA
Metal Fabricator	322311	All	TRA
Pressure Welder	322312	All	TRA
Welder (First Class)	322313	All	TRA
Fitter (General)	323211	All	TRA
Fitter & Turner	323212	All	TRA
Fitter-Welder	323213	All	TRA
Metal Machinist (First Class)	323214	All	TRA
Locksmith	323313	All	TRA
Panelbeater	324111	All	TRA
Bricklayer	331111	All	TRA
Stonemason	331112	All	TRA
Carpenter & Joiner	331211	All	TRA
Carpenter	331212	All	TRA
Joiner	331213	All	TRA
Painting Trades Workers	332211	All	TRA
Glazier	333111	All	TRA
Fibrous Plasterer	333211	All	TRA
Solid Plasterer	333212	All	TRA
Wall & Floor Tiler	333411	All	TRA
Plumber (General)	334111	All	TRA
Airconditioning & Mechanical Services Plumber	334112	All	TRA
Drainer	334113	All	TRA
Gasfitter	334114	All	TRA
Roof Plumber	334115	All	TRA
Electrician (General)	341111	All	TRA
Electrician (Special Class)	341112	All	TRA
Lift Mechanic	341113	All	TRA
Airconditioning & Refrigeration Mechanic	342111	All	TRA
Electrical Linesworker	342211	All	TRA
Technical Cable Jointer	342212	All	TRA
Electronic Equipment Trades Worker	342313	All	TRA
Electronic Instrument Trades Worker (General)	342314	All	TRA
Electronic Instrument Trades Worker (Special Class)	342315	All	TRA
Chef	351311	All	TRA
Horse Trainer	361112 New July 1st	All	TRA
Cabinetmaker	394111	All	TRA
Boat Builder & Repairer	399111	All	TRA
Shipwright	399112	All	TRA

Subclass 457 and Employer Nomination Scheme Direct Entry (ENS) Subclass 186

MLTSSL Occupation Lists

Occupation	ANZSCO code	Country	Assessment Authority	Condition
Chief executive or Managing director	111111	All	AIM	5
Corporate General Manager	111211	All	AIM	5
Construction project manager	133111	All	VETASSESS
Engineering manager	133211	All	Engineers Australia/AIM
Child care centre manager	134111	All	TRA
Nursing clinical director	134212	All	ANMAC
Primary health organisation manager	134213	All	VETASSESS
Welfare centre manager	134214	All	ACWA
Faculty Head	134411	All	VETASSESS
Chief Information Officer	135111	All	ACS
Environmental manager	139912	All	VETASSESS
Musician (instrumental)	211213	All	VETASSESS
Accountant (general)	221111	All	CPA/ICAA/IPA	6, 19, 21
Management accountant	221112	All	CPA/ICAA/IPA
Taxation accountant	221113	All	CPA/ICAA/IPA	6
External auditor	221213	All	CPA/ICAA/IPA
Internal auditor	221214	All	CPA/ICAA/IPA
Actuary	224111	All	VETASSESS
Statistician	224113	All	VETASSESS
Economist	224311	All	VETASSESS
Land economist	224511	All	VETASSESS
Valuer	224512	All	VETASSESS
Architect	232111	All	AACA
Landscape architect	232112	All	VETASSESS
Surveyor	232212	All	SSSI
Cartographer	232213	All	VETASSESS
Other spatial scientist	232214	All	VETASSESS
Chemical engineer	233111 New July 1^st, 2017	All	Engineers Australia
Materials engineer	233112	All	Engineers Australia
Civil engineer	233211	All	Engineers Australia
Geotechnical engineer	233212	All	Engineers Australia
Quantity surveyor	233213	All	AIQS
Structural engineer	233214	All	Engineers Australia
Transport engineer	233215	All	Engineers Australia
Electrical engineer	233311	All	Engineers Australia
Electronics engineer	233411 New July 1^st, 2017	All	Engineers Australia
Industrial engineer	233511 New July 1^st, 2017	All	Engineers Australia
Mechanical engineer	233512	All	Engineers Australia
Production or plant engineer	233513 New July 1^st, 2017	All	Engineers Australia
Mining engineer (excluding petroleum)	233611	All	Engineers Australia
Petroleum engineer	233612	All	Engineers Australia
Aeronautical engineer	233911	All	Engineers Australia
Agricultural engineer	233912	All	Engineers Australia
Biomedical engineer	233913	All	Engineers Australia
Engineering technologist	233914	All	Engineers Australia
Environmental engineer	233915	All	Engineers Australia
Naval architect	233916	All	Engineers Australia
Engineering professionals (nec)	233999	All	Engineers Australia
Agricultural consultant	234111	All	VETASSESS
Agricultural scientist	234112	All	VETASSESS
Forester	234113	All	VETASSESS
Chemist	234211	All	VETASSESS
Food technologist	234212	All	VETASSESS
Environmental consultant	234312	All	VETASSESS
Environmental research scientist	234313	All	VETASSESS
Environmental scientists (nec)	234399	All	VETASSESS
Geophysicist	234412	All	VETASSESS
Hydrogeologist	234413	All	VETASSESS
Life scientist (general)	234511	All	VETASSESS
Biochemist	234513	All	VETASSESS
Biotechnologist	234514	All	VETASSESS
Botanist	234515	All	VETASSESS
Marine biologist	234516	All	VETASSESS
Microbiologist	234517	All	VETASSESS
Zoologist	234518	All	VETASSESS
Life scientists (nec)	234599	All	VETASSESS
Medical laboratory scientist	234611	All	AIMS
Veterinarian	234711	All	AVBC
Conservator	234911	All	VETASSESS
Metallurgist	234912	All	VETASSESS
Meteorologist	234913	All	VETASSESS
Physicist	234914	All	VETASSESS
Natural and physical science professionals (nec)	234999	All	VETASSESS
Early childhood (pre‑primary school) teacher	241111	All	AITSL
Secondary school teacher	241411	All	AITSL
Special needs teacher	241511	All	AITSL
Teacher of the hearing impaired	241512	All	AITSL
Teacher of the sight impaired	241513	All	AITSL
Special education teachers (nec)	241599	All	AITSL
University lecturer	242111	All	VETASSESS	1
Medical diagnostic radiographer	251211	All	AIR
Medical radiation therapist	251212	All	AIR
Nuclear medicine technologist	251213	All	ANZSNM
Sonographer	251214	All	AIR
Optometrist	251411	All	OCANZ
Orthotist or Prosthetist	251912	All	AOPA
Chiropractor	252111	All	CCEA
Osteopath	252112	All	ANZOC
Occupational therapist	252411	All	OTC
Physiotherapist	252511	All	APC
Podiatrist	252611	All	APodC/ANZPAC
Audiologist	252711	All	VETASSESS
Speech pathologist	252712	All	SPA
General practitioner	253111	All	Medical Board of Australia
Specialist physician (general medicine)	253311	All	Medical Board of Australia
Cardiologist	253312	All	Medical Board of Australia
Clinical haematologist	253313	All	Medical Board of Australia
Medical oncologist	253314	All	Medical Board of Australia
Endocrinologist	253315	All	Medical Board of Australia
Gastroenterologist	253316	All	Medical Board of Australia
Intensive care specialist	253317	All	Medical Board of Australia
Neurologist	253318	All	Medical Board of Australia
Paediatrician	253321	All	Medical Board of Australia
Renal medicine specialist	253322	All	Medical Board of Australia
Rheumatologist	253323	All	Medical Board of Australia
Thoracic medicine specialist	253324	All	Medical Board of Australia
Specialist physicians (nec)	253399	All	Medical Board of Australia
Psychiatrist	253411	All	Medical Board of Australia
Surgeon (general)	253511	All	Medical Board of Australia
Cardiothoracic surgeon	253512	All	Medical Board of Australia
Neurosurgeon	253513	All	Medical Board of Australia
Orthopaedic surgeon	253514	All	Medical Board of Australia
Otorhinolaryngologist	253515	All	Medical Board of Australia
Paediatric surgeon	253516	All	Medical Board of Australia
Plastic and reconstructive surgeon	253517	All	Medical Board of Australia
Urologist	253518	All	Medical Board of Australia
Vascular surgeon	253521	All	Medical Board of Australia
Dermatologist	253911	All	Medical Board of Australia
Emergency medicine specialist	253912	All	Medical Board of Australia
Obstetrician and gynaecologist	253913	All	Medical Board of Australia
Ophthalmologist	253914	All	Medical Board of Australia
Pathologist	253915	All	Medical Board of Australia
Diagnostic and Interventional Radiologist	253917	All	Medical Board of Australia
Radiation oncologist	253918	All	Medical Board of Australia
Medical practitioners (nec)	253999	All	Medical Board of Australia
Midwife	254111	All	ANMAC
Nurse practitioner	254411	All	ANMAC
Registered nurse (aged care)	254412	All	ANMAC
Registered nurse (child and family health)	254413	All	ANMAC
Registered nurse (community health)	254414	All	ANMAC
Registered nurse (critical care and emergency)	254415	All	ANMAC
Registered nurse (developmental disability)	254416	All	ANMAC
Registered nurse (disability and rehabilitation)	254417	All	ANMAC
Registered nurse (medical)	254418	All	ANMAC
Registered nurse (medical practice)	254421	All	ANMAC
Registered nurse (mental health)	254422	All	ANMAC
Registered nurse (perioperative)	254423	All	ANMAC
Registered nurse (surgical)	254424	All	ANMAC
Registered nurse (paediatrics)	254425	All	ANMAC
Registered nurses (nec)	254499	All	ANMAC
ICT business analyst	261111	All	ACS
Systems analyst	261112	All	ACS
Multimedia specialist	261211	All	ACS
Analyst programmer	261311	All	ACS
Developer programmer	261312	All	ACS
Software engineer	261313	All	ACS
Software and applications programmers (nec)	261399	All	ACS
ICT security specialist	262112	All	ACS
Computer network and systems engineer	263111	All	ACS
Telecommunications engineer	263311	All	Engineers Australia
Telecommunications network engineer	263312	All	Engineers Australia
Barrister	271111	All	SLAA
Solicitor	271311	All	SLAA
Clinical psychologist	272311	All	APS
Educational psychologist	272312	All	APS
Organisational psychologist	272313	All	APS
Psychologists (nec)	272399	All	APS
Social worker	272511	All	AASW
Civil engineering draftsperson	312211	All	Engineers Australia/ VETASSESS
Civil engineering technician	312212 New July 1^st, 2017	All	VETASSESS
Electrical engineering draftsperson	312311	All	Engineers Australia
Electrical engineering technician	312312	All	TRA
Radio communications technician	313211	All	TRA
Telecommunications field engineer	313212	All	Engineers Australia
Telecommunications technical officer or technologist	313214	All	Engineers Australia
Automotive electrician	321111	All	TRA
Motor mechanic (general)	321211	All	TRA
Diesel motor mechanic	321212	All	TRA
Motorcycle mechanic	321213	All	TRA
Small engine mechanic	321214	All	TRA
Sheetmetal trades worker	322211	All	TRA
Metal fabricator	322311	All	TRA
Welder (first class)	322313	All	TRA
Fitter (general)	323211	All	TRA
Fitter and turner	323212	All	TRA
Fitter‑welder	323213	All	TRA
Metal machinist (first class)	323214	All	TRA
Locksmith	323313	All	TRA
Panelbeater	324111	All	TRA
Bricklayer	331111	All	TRA
Stonemason	331112 New July 1^st, 2017	All	TRA
Carpenter and joiner	331211	All	TRA
Carpenter	331212	All	TRA
Joiner	331213	All	TRA
Painting trades worker	332211	All	TRA
Glazier	333111	All	TRA
Fibrous plasterer	333211	All	TRA
Solid plasterer	333212	All	TRA
Wall and floor tiler	333411	All	TRA
Plumber (general)	334111	All	TRA
Airconditioning and mechanical services plumber	334112	All	TRA
Drainer	334113	All	TRA
Gasfitter	334114	All	TRA
Roof plumber	334115	All	TRA
Electrician (general)	341111	All	TRA
Electrician (special class)	341112	All	TRA
Lift mechanic	341113	All	TRA
Airconditioning and refrigeration mechanic	342111	All	TRA
Technical cable jointer	342212	All	TRA
Electronic equipment trades worker	342313	All	TRA
Electronic instrument trades worker (general)	342314	All	TRA
Electronic instrument trades worker (special class)	342315	All	TRA
Chef	351311	All	TRA	7, 8
Horse trainer	361112	All	TRA
Cabinetmaker	394111	All	TRA
Boat builder and repairer	399111	All	TRA
Shipwright	399112	All	TRA

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