Faculty Head (ANZSCO 134411)
On the Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills 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 Faculty Head on?
MLTSSL — Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List. The widest list — occupations on the MLTSSL can access the points-tested permanent skilled visas including the Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189), which needs no state nomination or employer.
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 in Demand visa (subclass 482) — Temporary, employer sponsored · all occupations for the 482
- Employer Nomination Scheme visa (subclass 186) — Permanent, employer sponsored · all occupations for the 186
- Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional visa (subclass 494) — Provisional, regional employer sponsored · all occupations for the 494
- Training visa (subclass 407) — Temporary, workplace training · all occupations for the 407
Skills assessment
A positive skills assessment for Faculty Head comes from:
- Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services (VETASSESS) (official site) · our guide to the VETASSESS process
What the assessment actually involves
Faculty Head is a VETASSESS Group A occupation, covering Dean (University) and Head Teacher (TAFE) as suitable alternative titles. Its list membership is recorded as MLTSSL and CSOL — but the published visa reach for this specific code is inconsistent with what that combination delivers for three other codes in this same family (Primary Health Organisation Manager, Arts Administrator, Environmental Manager), all of which reach the full eight-subclass house on the identical list combination. No visa count is published here because the data itself cannot currently be reconciled.
Where these applications come unstuck
Do not assume this code carries the same visa reach as its list membership would suggest from the rest of this family's pattern. The data for Faculty Head's visa access does not currently line up with what MLTSSL plus CSOL delivers elsewhere in this exact dataset, and this research could not resolve which figure is correct — the authority's own site could not be reached directly from this research environment to check.
An honest read on this pathway
This is one of the codes where the honest answer is to check the current Home Affairs occupation list yourself before relying on any visa-count claim, including ones made elsewhere on this site. The assessment pathway itself — Group A, Dean or Head Teacher as suitable titles — is solid; the visa-reach figure attached to it in the published data is not currently reliable enough to repeat.
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.
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