Vegetable Grower (ANZSCO 121221)
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 Vegetable 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).
- Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190) — Permanent, state or territory nominated · all occupations for the 190
- Skilled Work Regional visa (subclass 491) — Provisional, regional, points-tested · all occupations for the 491
- Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional visa (subclass 494) — Provisional, regional employer sponsored · all occupations for the 494
- Training visa (subclass 407) — Temporary, workplace training · all occupations for the 407
Skills assessment
A positive skills assessment for Vegetable Grower comes from:
- Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services (VETASSESS) (official site) · our guide to the VETASSESS process
What the assessment actually involves
VETASSESS assesses Vegetable Grower as a Group B occupation, requiring a qualification comparable to an Australian Bachelor degree or higher through one of four pathways. Its own page names Market Gardener (vegetables) as a suitable occupation title, so an applicant working under that title is still assessed under this code. Standard professional-occupation evidence applies: a Statement of Service on employer letterhead, payslips, and taxation records naming both the employer and the applicant.
Where these applications come unstuck
Vegetable Grower shares its broader task sentence with five sibling codes, naming grain, cotton, sugar cane, fruit and nuts and turf in the identical wording used across those pages. Nominating this code correctly depends on the reference letter naming vegetable growing as the primary crop, not on any distinct duty description — market gardening work spread across several crops without a named primary one risks the wrong sibling code being chosen.
An honest read on this pathway
Vegetable Grower carries the Short-term Skilled Occupation List, which adds the state-nominated permanent visa that the family's six Regional Occupation List-only codes cannot reach — but it still does not carry the Core Skills Occupation List, so the Skills in Demand and Employer Nomination Scheme visas remain out of reach. The Horticulture Industry Labour Agreement names vegetables directly in its "Horticulture Grower" role, at a lower Certificate III or IV bar — a different, employer-led door.
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 Vegetable 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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