Stockbroking Dealer (ANZSCO 222213)
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 Stockbroking 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
Stockbroking 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 Stockbroking 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 Stockbroking Dealer under the same Group B structure and field-of-study list (Finance, Business, Commerce, Accounting, Economics, Actuarial Studies) as Financial Market Dealer, Futures Trader and Financial Dealers nec. Its own occupation description is that the role buys and sells stocks and bonds on behalf of clients — the client-facing equity and bond trading counterpart to Financial Market Dealer's institution-facing securities work.
Where these applications come unstuck
Because the four dealer codes share identical qualification requirements and near-identical task lists, the risk is nominating this code on job-title impression rather than confirming the counterparty relationship VETASSESS actually uses to separate them. It is also worth checking against Financial Dealers nec, whose named specialisation — Equities Analyst — performs research and rating work rather than executing buy and sell transactions, which is what this code requires.
An honest read on this pathway
Stockbroking Dealer sits on STSOL only, reaching 190, 407, 491 and 494 but not 482 or 186 — the same reach as Financial Market Dealer and Financial Dealers nec, and meaningfully better than its own sibling Futures Trader, which despite an identical assessment structure is ROL-only and reaches 494 alone. State nomination is the realistic skilled route for this code, not 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.
Talk it through with a registered agent
Whether nominating Stockbroking 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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