Supply and Distribution Manager (ANZSCO 133611)

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 Supply and Distribution 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 Supply and Distribution Manager comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

IML's Supply and Distribution Manager criteria list the same eight supply-chain bullets, word for word, as its Procurement Manager sibling — negotiating supplier contracts on quality, cost and delivery among them — so here too the tasks alone cannot sort the two codes. The distinguishing clause is the most senior functional position for product supply and distribution specifically, and this code carries a longer list of recognised alternative titles than Procurement Manager, including Logistics Manager, Supply Chain Manager and several Australian Defence Force supply titles. Years follow the family pattern of three-plus-two with a relevant degree, or five without one.

Where these applications come unstuck

Because the task wording is identical to Procurement Manager's, an applicant whose real function leaned toward purchasing specifically, rather than the broader supply-and-distribution function, can nominate the wrong sibling on task-similarity alone. The functional title actually led — supply chain and distribution versus procurement and purchasing — is what IML tests, not the shared task bullets, and only one occupation can be assessed per application, so the wrong guess costs a fresh reassessment rather than a quick fix.

An honest read on this pathway

Supply and Distribution Manager sits on the STSOL and CSOL, reaching 186, 190, 407, 482, 491 and 494, including the state-nomination pathway its sibling Procurement Manager lacks. Getting the functional distinction right, in the direction that genuinely matches the role held, is what determines whether that pathway is open, not a difference in how difficult either assessment is to pass.

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.

Talk it through with a registered agent

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