Mixed Crop and Livestock Farmer (ANZSCO 121411)

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 Mixed Crop and Livestock Farmer 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

Mixed Crop and Livestock Farmer 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 Mixed Crop and Livestock Farmer comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

VETASSESS Group B, with the Bachelor-comparable qualification requirement and the substantial-experience pathway for applicants whose study does not match. This code covers enterprises running both cropping and livestock, and the assessment looks for management of that combined operation rather than for competence across both kinds of work. VETASSESS offers four pathways at this level, and the fourth rests on substantial experience rather than a relevant field of study, which is the route most working farmers use.

Where these applications come unstuck

The breadth of a mixed operation makes the evidence harder rather than easier, because the assessor is looking for one coherent enterprise you ran rather than a wide range of things you can do. Applicants who worked across both crops and stock as employees are in the Farm Worker groups, and mixed experience does not change that. Where the property was family-owned, the business role still has to be documented rather than inferred from the family relationship, and that catches applicants who assume the connection speaks for itself.

An honest read on this pathway

This code is ROL-only, so the 482 and 186 visas are unavailable and the 407, 491 and 494 are what remain, with the regional condition on the last two. Where an enterprise leans clearly toward one side, a code carrying CSOL — Dairy, Goat, Pig, Sheep or Aquaculture — may describe it just as accurately and reach more visas. Worth testing that against your own operation before applying, because the difference between a ROL-only code and one carrying CSOL is the difference between having sponsored routes and not.

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 Mixed Crop and Livestock Farmer 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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