Financial Dealers nec (ANZSCO 222299)
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 Dealers nec 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
Skills assessment
A positive skills assessment for Financial Dealers nec comes from:
- Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services (VETASSESS) (official site) · our guide to the VETASSESS process
What the assessment actually involves
Financial Dealers nec is VETASSESS's Group B catch-all for dealer work that does not fit Financial Market Dealer, Futures Trader or Stockbroking Dealer, sharing their Bachelor-level pathways and field-of-study list. Its own page is explicit that nominating the nec code requires qualifications and employment that do not better fit any other ANZSCO code, and names Equities Analyst as the specialisation that belongs here — studying company records and writing buy, sell or hold ratings, rather than executing the transactions the other three dealer codes require.
Where these applications come unstuck
The distinguishing test is task content, not job title: an applicant performing research and issuing financial ratings fits this code's Equities Analyst specialisation, while an applicant actually executing buy and sell orders fits one of the three named dealer codes instead. Applicants sometimes default here when unsure which named dealer code applies, without checking whether their work actually matches any of them more closely.
An honest read on this pathway
Financial Dealers nec sits on STSOL only, reaching 190, 407, 491 and 494 but not 482 or 186 — the same reach as the other three named dealer codes, all of which are better off than Futures Trader, the one sibling in this cluster that is ROL-only and reaches 494 alone despite an identical VETASSESS assessment. Confirming the Equities Analyst task fit against the named dealer codes first is worth the extra check.
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 Dealers nec 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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