Specialist Managers nec (ANZSCO 139999)
On the Short-term Skilled 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 Specialist Managers nec 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.
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).
- Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190) — Permanent, state or territory nominated · all occupations for the 190
- Skilled Work Regional visa (subclass 491) — Provisional, regional, points-tested · all occupations for the 491
- 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 Specialist Managers nec comes from:
- Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services (VETASSESS) (official site) · our guide to the VETASSESS process
What the assessment actually involves
Specialist Managers nec is a VETASSESS Group B occupation on STSOL only, reaching four visa subclasses — state nomination and both regional streams, with no CSOL and therefore no direct employer-sponsored route through this code. VETASSESS states one exclusion worth knowing on its own terms: the ANZSCO specialisations of Ambassador, Archbishop and Bishop are excluded from VETASSESS's authority entirely and are not available for migration skills assessment by any pathway, not just this one.
Where these applications come unstuck
Results against this family's other nec-style codes are genuinely mixed, not a clean pattern either way. Specialist Managers nec out-reaches two named siblings in its own minor group, Sports Administrator and Regulatory Affairs Manager, while trailing four others — Arts Administrator, Environmental Manager, Laboratory Manager and Quality Assurance Manager, all of which reach more of the visa system. Do not assume a nec code in this family is reliably the strongest or the weakest option; check the specific pair against each other rather than the label alone.
An honest read on this pathway
A genuine but limited catch-all — four subclasses, no employer sponsorship — that beats some named managerial titles in this family and loses to others. Its usefulness depends entirely on which specific occupations are being compared: as a fallback for a role that fits none of this family's other twenty-two named codes, it is real and open; as a substitute for a better-reaching named code your actual duties fit, it is a step down.
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
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Related occupations
- Arts Administrator or Manager (139911)
- Environmental Manager (139912)
- Laboratory Manager (139913)
- Quality Assurance Manager (139916)
- Regulatory Affairs Manager (139917)
- Sports Administrator (139915)
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