Film, Television, Radio and Stage Directors nec (ANZSCO 212399)
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 Film, Television, Radio and Stage Directors 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 Film, Television, Radio and Stage Directors nec comes from:
- Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services (VETASSESS) (official site) · our guide to the VETASSESS process
What the assessment actually involves
Film, Television, Radio and Stage Directors nec is a Group B occupation and, as an nec code, carries VETASSESS's standard instruction: a cover letter justifying why none of the named directing-cluster titles apply. Its own suitable-occupations list names Audio Director, Casting Director, Lighting Director, and Location Manager (Film or Television) — specialist directing and production roles that don't fit any of the eight named codes in the same 2123 unit group.
Where these applications come unstuck
This nec code sits on the same weak list tier as Director itself and Director of Photography, so landing here by genuine exclusion costs nothing extra in visa access relative to the plain Director title — but it is not a shortcut around the better-listed Program Director, Stage Manager, Technical Director or Video Producer codes if the actual work genuinely matches one of those four more specific titles instead.
An honest read on this pathway
Film, Television, Radio and Stage Directors nec is Regional Occupation List only, reaching a single visa — subclass 494. That places it at the bottom of the directing and producing cluster alongside Director and Director of Photography, well below the four sibling titles — Program Director, Stage Manager, Technical Director, Video Producer — that each reach six visas including employer sponsorship.
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.
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