Fruit or Nut Grower (ANZSCO 121213)

On the Regional Occupation List

From the official Home Affairs skilled occupation lists, as at 2026-08-12. Lists change at each government update — always confirm on the official page before acting.

Which lists is Fruit or Nut Grower on?

ROL — Regional Occupation List. Occupations on the ROL are limited to the regional provisional visas — mainly the Skilled Work Regional 491 and Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional 494.

Visas this occupation can access

Being on a list makes the occupation nominatable for these visas — each visa still has its own requirements (points, age, English, a positive skills assessment, and for sponsored visas a willing employer or state).

Processing priority

Fruit or Nut Grower isn't in any of the ANZSCO groups that Directions 121 and 122 list for the priority sectors. Some of the first group is defined by the job rather than the code: a nominated position directly involved in agriculture, aquaculture or fishing, one that directly supports mining, oil and gas or coal production, or one related to defence. Otherwise the application is processed after the priority sectors. For the permanent and provisional skilled visas, applicants who were in Australia when they applied come next, then those who applied from outside Australia. For the 482, Specialist Skills stream applications come before both.

Priority changes the order in which lodged applications are looked at, not whether they are granted. Who is invited to apply through SkillSelect is decided separately. See all 202 occupations in the priority sectors.

Skills assessment

A positive skills assessment for Fruit or Nut Grower comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

VETASSESS assesses Fruit or Nut Grower as a Group B occupation, requiring a qualification comparable to an Australian Bachelor degree or higher, through one of four pathways. The occupation's suitable-title list names Market Gardener (Fruit), Olive Grower and Orchardist — an applicant working under any of those titles is still assessed under this code. Standard professional-occupation evidence applies: a Statement of Service on employer letterhead, payslips, and taxation records showing the employer's name alongside the applicant's.

Where these applications come unstuck

This code's task description is close to identical to five siblings in the family — the same sentence naming grain, cotton, sugar cane, turf and vegetables appears on Fruit or Nut Grower's own page too. The differentiator is entirely which crop the employment evidence names, not any duty distinction. Someone who managed an orchard alongside other cropping work needs the reference letter to name fruit or nut growing as the primary activity, or the wrong sibling code can end up nominated instead.

An honest read on this pathway

Fruit or Nut Grower sits on the Regional Occupation List only, so the Skills in Demand and Employer Nomination Scheme visas are structurally unavailable under this code, whatever the applicant's evidence. The training visa and the two regional visas remain, both regionally conditioned. The Horticulture Industry Labour Agreement does sponsor fruit-growing work through its own "Horticulture Grower" role, at a lower Certificate III or IV bar — a separate door, opened by an employer holding that agreement, not this ANZSCO code.

VETASSESS assesses qualifications and employment separately. Both need documentation that agrees with itself. The Employment History Builder and Document Vault organise each trail before you lodge.

Talk it through with a registered agent

Whether nominating Fruit or Nut Grower is your best route depends on your points, experience evidence and timing — exactly what a MARA-registered agent works through in an initial consultation. Describe your situation once through Migratio and compare real consultation quotes from registered agents, free.

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