Horse Breeder (ANZSCO 121316)

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 Horse Breeder 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

Horse Breeder 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 Horse Breeder comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

VETASSESS assesses Horse Breeder 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 Stud Master/Mistress as a suitable occupation title. Unlike the crop-grower codes in this family, its highly relevant fields of study are narrow and specific: Animal Science or breeding, and Veterinary Science — a shorter, more targeted list than the agronomy-based fields listed for the cropping codes.

Where these applications come unstuck

The narrow field-of-study list is the trap most specific to this code. A general agriculture or agronomy degree that would satisfy "highly relevant" for a crop-grower code in this family does not obviously fit Horse Breeder's much tighter list of animal-science and veterinary fields, so an applicant qualified for one neighbouring code should not assume the same qualification carries across to this one without checking VETASSESS's own field list first.

An honest read on this pathway

Horse Breeder sits on the Regional Occupation List only, so the Skills in Demand and Employer Nomination Scheme visas are not reachable under this code, leaving the training visa and the two regional visas, both regionally conditioned. Unlike six of its ROL-only siblings, Horse Breeder does not appear anywhere in the Horticulture Industry Labour Agreement's occupation table — no lower-bar employer-sponsored lane was found for this code in researching this family.

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

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