Hospitality, Retail and Service Managers nec (ANZSCO 149999)

On the Regional 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 Hospitality, Retail and Service Managers nec on?

ROL — Regional Occupation List. Occupations on the ROL are limited to the regional provisional visas — mainly the Skilled Work Regional 491 and Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional 494.

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 Hospitality, Retail and Service Managers nec comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

This is the residual code for the whole family, and VETASSESS's own page makes clear it is not a general safety net — its exclusion list rules out entire minor groups by number: Accommodation and Hospitality Manager, minor group 141, Retail Manager, minor group 142, Amusement, Fitness and Sports Centre Manager, Conference and Event Organiser, Customer Service Manager and Transport Services Manager. What it actually accepts is narrow and specific: Abattoir Manager, Brothel Keeper, Laundromat Operator, Marina Manager, Taxi Proprietor, Car Wash Manager, Automotive Services Manager, Cleaning Services Manager, Commercial Laundry Manager and Tourism Services Manager.

Where these applications come unstuck

This is the single easiest mistake to make in the entire family — an applicant who searches for their job title, doesn't find an exact match, and assumes this nec code is a safe residual default. It is close to the opposite: its own page rules out every hospitality and retail code in this family by name or whole minor-group number. A cafe manager, hotel manager or retail store manager does not belong here under any circumstance VETASSESS's own page describes.

An honest read on this pathway

For the narrow list of titles this code genuinely covers — a laundromat, marina, taxi fleet, car wash or commercial cleaning operation — it reaches Employer Nomination, the Skills in Demand main stream and Skills in Demand Regional, solid direct-sponsorship access. But Tourism Services Manager being on the accepted list while every named hospitality title in this family is explicitly excluded is the detail worth sitting with before assuming this code applies to anything sounding broadly like service management.

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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