Livestock Farmers nec (ANZSCO 121399)

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 Livestock Farmers nec 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

Livestock Farmers nec 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 Livestock Farmers nec comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

VETASSESS Group B, with the Bachelor-comparable qualification requirement and the substantial-experience alternative. This is the catch-all for livestock enterprises that do not fit the named codes. VETASSESS states that applicants nominating this managerial occupation must submit an organisational chart, and specifies what it must contain: company letterhead, your job position, and the positions of your superiors and subordinates. That chart requirement is the clearest statement of what the code is: a managerial occupation, assessed on the enterprise you ran rather than on your animal husbandry.

Where these applications come unstuck

Using this code because you are unsure which named code fits is usually the wrong move, since the named codes carry better list tiers in several cases and a specific code with clear evidence is stronger than a catch-all. Reserve it for enterprises that genuinely do not match a named livestock code rather than treating it as the safe option.

An honest read on this pathway

Livestock Farmers nec is ROL-only, which is the practical cost of defaulting to it: the 482 and 186 visas are structurally unavailable, while Dairy, Goat, Pig and Sheep all carry CSOL. If your operation could reasonably be described under one of those named codes, the difference in visa footprint is worth more than the comfort of the catch-all. Being ROL-only also means the 491 and 494 carry designated regional area conditions, so the pathway commits you to where you live and work, not only to how you apply.

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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