Skilled Occupation Lists

This information page can be used by potential applicants seeking to nominate skilled occupations which are acceptable for permanent and temporary skilled migration to Australia under two separate programs:

• General Skilled Migration
• Employer Nominated Scheme

An applicant must have a nominated occupation on one of following pages:

• General Skilled Migration Skilled Occupation Lists (SOL)
• Employer Nomination Scheme Occupation List (ENSOL)

General Skilled Migration Skilled Occupation Lists (SOL)

Applicants must have a nominated occupation which is on the SOL applicable to their circumstances at the time they apply:

• The SOL in existence prior to 1 July 2010 in ASCO code (schedule 1) – applies only to General Skilled Migration (GSM) applicants who lodged their application prior to 1 July 2010.
  See: Skilled Occupation List (SOL) – Schedule 1 (197KB PDF file)
  
  
• The SOL in existence prior to 1 July 2010 in ANZSCO code (schedule 2) – applies to GSM applicants who are eligible for transitional arrangements and who lodge their application before 1 January 2013.
  See: Skilled Occupation List (SOL) – Schedule 2 (169KB PDF file)
  
  
• The current SOL (schedule 3) – applies to all new GSM applications, including applicants eligible for transitional arrangements if they prefer to use it.
  See: Skilled Occupation List (SOL) – Schedule 3 (122KB PDF file)
  
  
• The State and Territory SOL (schedule 4 ) – relevant only for GSM applicants who are nominated by a State or Territory government agency under a State Migration Plan.
  See: Skilled Occupation List (SOL) – Schedule 4 (236KB PDF file)
  
  

Employer Nomination Scheme Occupation List (ENSOL)

If applicants are applying under the Employer Nomination Scheme, they must have been nominated by an Australian employer to fill a position in an occupation that appears in the ENSOL.
See: ENSOL (237KB PDF file)

Note: Applicants must obtain this skills assessment before they lodge their visa application and they must provide it to the department at the time they lodge their visa application.