Quality Assurance Manager (ANZSCO 139916)

On the Short-term Skilled Occupation List and Core Skills Occupation List · ANZSCO codes 139916, 139914

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 Quality Assurance 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 Quality Assurance Manager comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

Quality Assurance Manager is a VETASSESS occupation on STSOL and CSOL, reaching six visa subclasses. Its own live occupation page carries the page title ANZSCO 139914, a different number from the 139916 this dataset uses as the primary code for the row — not a contradiction, since the same row also records 139914 as a secondary code, but worth knowing before assuming you have the wrong page. VETASSESS states the boundary test directly: roles not at the managerial level, or lacking significant authority over the development of quality systems and standards, would not be considered at the required level.

Where these applications come unstuck

This code has no named exclusion list — the test is entirely about authority, not title. A QA tester, QA lead or department-level quality coordinator without organisation-wide authority over quality systems and standards risks failing the managerial-level test even with a job title that reads as senior; VETASSESS states this outright rather than leaving it implicit. An organisational chart is also required, the same evidence bar most managerial codes in this family carry.

An honest read on this pathway

Well-reaching — six subclasses including employer sponsorship — for someone with genuine organisation-wide authority over quality systems. Job title carries almost no weight here compared with most codes in this family; VETASSESS's own wording puts the entire test on the scope of authority actually held, which is the thing to document carefully rather than assuming a QA-sounding title does the work.

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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