Grain, Oilseed or Pasture Grower (ANZSCO 121214)

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 Grain, Oilseed or Pasture 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

Grain, Oilseed or Pasture 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 Grain, Oilseed or Pasture Grower comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

VETASSESS assesses Grain, Oilseed or Pasture Grower as a Group B occupation, needing a qualification comparable to an Australian Bachelor degree or higher through one of four pathways. Its suitable-title list names Lucerne Farmer, Soybean Grower and Wheat Farmer, so an applicant working under any of those titles is still assessed under this single code. Highly relevant fields of study include Agricultural Science alongside Agronomy and Crop Science, Horticultural Science and Plant Sciences — a broader list than several of its sibling grower codes.

Where these applications come unstuck

This code shares its core task sentence with five other codes in the family, naming cotton, sugar cane, fruit and nuts, turf and vegetables in the identical wording used on its own page. A wheat or soybean grower whose reference letter describes broad cropping duties without naming grain, oilseed or pasture as the primary product risks the wrong sibling code being nominated, since nothing in the shared task description itself distinguishes one crop from another.

An honest read on this pathway

This code sits on the Regional Occupation List only, so the Skills in Demand and Employer Nomination Scheme visas are not reachable under it, leaving the training visa and the two regional visas, both regionally conditioned. The Horticulture Industry Labour Agreement's "Protected Cropping Grower" role separately names grain among the crops it covers, sponsored at a Certificate III or IV bar — a different door, run through an employer holding that agreement.

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 Grain, Oilseed or Pasture 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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