Actors, Dancers and Other Entertainers nec (ANZSCO 211199)
On the Regional 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 Actors, Dancers and Other Entertainers 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.
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 Employer Sponsored Regional visa (subclass 494) — Provisional, regional employer sponsored · all occupations for the 494
Skills assessment
A positive skills assessment for Actors, Dancers and Other Entertainers nec comes from:
- Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services (VETASSESS) (official site) · our guide to the VETASSESS process
What the assessment actually involves
Actors, Dancers and Other Entertainers nec is a Group B occupation and, as an 'nec' catch-all, carries VETASSESS's standard instruction across every nec code in this family: applicants must supply a cover letter justifying why none of the named performer titles fit. Its own suitable-occupations list names Circus Trainer, Disc Jockey (Nightclub), Extra (Film or TV), Motivational Speaker, Public Speaker, and Stunt Performer — work that genuinely does not sit under Actor, Dancer or Choreographer, or Entertainer or Variety Artist.
Where these applications come unstuck
Dancer or Choreographer's own occupation page explicitly excludes this nec code by name — a pointed exclusion, because 'dancer' sounds exactly like the kind of work a residual performers' bucket would catch, and VETASSESS says directly that it does not. An applicant reaching for this code as a default for close-enough dance or acting work is choosing wrongly on the authority's own stated terms, independent of whether the cover-letter justification is otherwise well written.
An honest read on this pathway
This nec code is Regional Occupation List only, reaching a single visa — subclass 494 — the same tier as Actor, Entertainer or Variety Artist and every other code in the 211xxx performing-arts cluster except Dancer or Choreographer, Music Director and Musician (Instrumental). Landing here by genuine exclusion costs nothing extra in visa reach; it does add the mandatory cover-letter step every nec code in this family requires.
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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