Hotel or Motel Manager (ANZSCO 141311)
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 Hotel or Motel 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).
- 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
- 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
Processing priority
Hotel or Motel Manager isn't in any of the ANZSCO groups that Directions 121 and 122 list for the priority sectors. Some of the first group is defined by the job rather than the code: a nominated position directly involved in agriculture, aquaculture or fishing, one that directly supports mining, oil and gas or coal production, or one related to defence. Otherwise the application is processed after the priority sectors. For the permanent and provisional skilled visas, applicants who were in Australia when they applied come next, then those who applied from outside Australia. For the 482, Specialist Skills stream applications come before both.
Priority changes the order in which lodged applications are looked at, not whether they are granted. Who is invited to apply through SkillSelect is decided separately. See all 202 occupations in the priority sectors.
Skills assessment
A positive skills assessment for Hotel or Motel Manager comes from:
- Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services (VETASSESS) (official site) · our guide to the VETASSESS process
What the assessment actually involves
Hotel or Motel Manager is one of the two widest-reaching codes in this family — it reaches Employer Nomination, state nomination, the graduate 407, Skills in Demand, Skilled Work Regional and Skills in Demand Regional. It is Group C, AQF Diploma or higher, four employment pathways. In 2024 VETASSESS updated this code's criteria after consulting the Australian Hotels Association, adding an explicit expectation of awareness of body corporate legislation — relevant where the property is a serviced-apartment complex with individually owned units rather than a single-owner hotel.
Where these applications come unstuck
VETASSESS's own suitable/excluded list for this code rules out Bed and Breakfast Operator and, by name, Serviced Apartment Manager — yet the 2024 criteria update added serviced-apartment knowledge to this same code's assessment. Those two facts sit oddly together: the exclusion list says a serviced apartment manager belongs elsewhere, while the assessment criteria now specifically probe for body-corporate awareness. Which one governs in practice was not resolved in VETASSESS's own published material — an applicant managing serviced apartments should not assume either reading without checking directly.
An honest read on this pathway
The broad list access here is real and valuable — this is one of only two hospitality codes reaching Employer Nomination and Skills in Demand sponsorship outright, no labour agreement required. But list access answers the visa question only. Most Australian licensed venues need a separate, state-issued approved-manager or licensee qualification to legally run the floor, and this code's own VETASSESS page carries no licensing flag at all — its silence should not be mistaken for confirmation none is needed.
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
Whether nominating Hotel or Motel Manager is your best route depends on your points, experience evidence and timing — exactly what a MARA-registered agent works through in an initial consultation. Describe your situation once through Migratio and compare real consultation quotes from registered agents, free.
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