Grape Grower (ANZSCO 121215)

On the Short-term Skilled 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 Grape Grower on?

STSOL — Short-term Skilled Occupation List. Occupations on the STSOL can access state-nominated and regional skilled visas (190/491), but not the Skilled Independent 189.

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

Grape 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 Grape Grower comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

VETASSESS assesses Grape Grower as a Group B occupation, requiring a qualification comparable to an Australian Bachelor degree or higher through one of four pathways, the same structure used across this family. Its own occupation page names Viticulturist as a suitable occupation title, so someone working under that title is assessed under this code rather than a different one. Standard evidence applies: a Statement of Service on employer letterhead, payslips, and taxation records naming the employer and applicant.

Where these applications come unstuck

The trap here sits in the list tier rather than the task description. Grape Grower carries the Short-term Skilled Occupation List, which reads as a genuine skilled-list placement on a quick check — but it does not carry the Core Skills Occupation List that its neighbours Apiarist and Flower Grower do. An applicant comparing crop codes by list membership alone can wrongly assume Grape Grower opens the same employer-sponsored routes those two codes do.

An honest read on this pathway

Grape Grower's Short-term Skilled Occupation List placement adds the state-nominated permanent visa that the six Regional Occupation List-only crop codes in this family cannot reach — but it still does not open the Skills in Demand or Employer Nomination Scheme visas, since neither the Core Skills Occupation List nor the Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List cover it. The routes actually open are the training visa, the state-nominated visa, and the two regional visas.

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 Grape 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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