Painter (Visual Arts) (ANZSCO 211411)

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 Painter (Visual Arts) 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).

Skills assessment

A positive skills assessment for Painter (Visual Arts) comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

Painter (Visual Arts) is a Group B occupation, assessed against an AQF Bachelor degree or higher in a highly relevant field plus the standard employment test set out in the general framework. Unlike almost every other pairing in this occupation family, VETASSESS publishes no 'occupations considered suitable' or 'not considered' list on this page — no named boundary against Potter or Ceramic Artist, Sculptor, or the visual-arts nec catch-all.

Where these applications come unstuck

With no explicit exclusion list to check against, a painter genuinely cannot use VETASSESS's own words to confirm this is the correct code the way an applicant in most other titles in this family can. In practice this costs nothing in visa access — Painter, Potter or Ceramic Artist, and Sculptor all sit on the identical list — but it does mean the evidence has to speak for itself with no authority-stated boundary to lean on if a reviewer questions the classification.

An honest read on this pathway

Painter (Visual Arts) is Regional Occupation List only, reaching a single visa — subclass 494. That places it on the same tier as 26 of the 36 codes in this family, including Actor, Composer, and Singer — the majority pattern here, not the exception, and a reminder that most named, recognisable creative job titles in this family reach only the one regional visa.

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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