Financial Market Dealer (ANZSCO 222211)
On the Short-term Skilled 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 Financial Market Dealer 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.
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
- 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
Financial Market Dealer 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 Financial Market Dealer comes from:
- Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services (VETASSESS) (official site) · our guide to the VETASSESS process
What the assessment actually involves
VETASSESS assesses Financial Market Dealer under Group B — a Bachelor-level, four-pathway structure — against Finance, Business, Commerce, Accounting, Economics or Actuarial Studies as highly relevant fields, identical to the other three dealer codes. Its own occupation description is that this role trades and distributes financial securities on behalf of financial institutions, dealing for an institution rather than for individual clients, which is the line VETASSESS uses to separate it from Stockbroking Dealer and Futures Trader.
Where these applications come unstuck
Because the qualification level, fields of study and much of the task list are identical across all four dealer codes, applicants can pick the wrong one on job-title reflex rather than checking which counterparty relationship actually matches their work. Its own page's employment-information text flags only a soft, conditional licensing line — 'may require a licence or registration, depending on the specific role' — rather than the dedicated banner Financial Investment Adviser and Manager carry, despite comparable AFS-licensing exposure.
An honest read on this pathway
Financial Market Dealer sits on STSOL only, so it reaches 190, 407, 491 and 494 but not 482 or 186, despite Group B being a Bachelor-level assessment on the same footing as Financial Investment Adviser. It reaches more visas than its own sibling Futures Trader, which despite an identical assessment structure is ROL-only and reaches only the 494 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
Whether nominating Financial Market Dealer 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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