Human Resource Manager (ANZSCO 132311)

On the Short-term Skilled Occupation List and Core Skills 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 Human Resource Manager 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.

CSOL — Core Skills Occupation List. The employer-sponsorship list — occupations on the CSOL can be nominated for the Skills in Demand visa (subclass 482) and the Employer Nomination Scheme 186.

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).

Skills assessment

A positive skills assessment for Human Resource Manager comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

Unlike the sales, advertising and public relations trio, IML's Human Resource Manager criteria describe a genuinely distinct task list — negotiating with unions and employees over remuneration and conditions of employment, rather than the sales-and-image bullets shared elsewhere in this family. The seniority test follows the same pattern: most senior HR position in the organisation or division. Years required are three in an HR-related role including two specifically as HR Manager where a highly relevant degree is held, or five years without one, plus at least a year of currency within the last five years.

Where these applications come unstuck

Because the task description here is genuinely occupation-specific rather than shared with a sibling code, the more common failure is evidentiary rather than definitional — an Organisational Chart or Statement of Employment that does not clearly show the applicant as the most senior HR position, or referee evidence from someone who cannot speak to the union-negotiation and remuneration-setting duties IML's criteria actually describe.

An honest read on this pathway

Human Resource Manager sits on the STSOL and CSOL, reaching 186, 190, 407, 482, 491 and 494 — the full six-visa spread this family offers, including state nomination. Because this code does not share a task list with a confusable sibling the way the other functional-manager codes in this family do, the main work for an applicant is proving genuine HR seniority, not sorting between similarly worded occupations.

Whichever authority assesses you, the paperwork is the part applicants underestimate. The Document Vault keeps a single register of every document, what it was needed for, and what is still missing.

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