ICT Trainer (ANZSCO 223211)
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 ICT Trainer 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
ICT Trainer 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 ICT Trainer comes from:
- Australian Computer Society Incorporated (ACS) (official site) · our guide to the ACS process
What the assessment actually involves
ACS assesses ICT Trainer under the same four-pathway Migration Skills Assessment. Its own duty text: analyse and evaluate information-based system training needs and objectives, then develop, schedule and conduct ICT-based system training programs and courses. General Skills is the common route for experienced applicants with a relevant IT qualification, with a 10-year work-experience window counted back from the online application's submission date and overlapping employment periods counted once. RPL (six years' experience, two Project Reports, two Professional Currency evidence items) suits those without a relevant tertiary qualification.
Where these applications come unstuck
This code sits on STSOL only, with no MLTSSL, so its reach is narrower than most of this family from the outset. A real applicant forum account describes a partner's occupation as sitting on the more restrictive schedule specifically because it was ICT Trainer — consistent with its current list placement. Confirm the current list membership directly before building any plan around this specific code.
An honest read on this pathway
ICT Trainer reaches state nomination, temporary work streams, regional state nomination and the Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional visa on the published data only — no Employer Nomination Scheme, no Skills in Demand visa, no independent 189, no post-study 485. That is a narrower reach than every other code in this family: the three manager codes and Web Administrator all carry at least one employer-sponsored permanent or temporary route, and this one doesn't. State nomination and temporary work are the realistic paths for this occupation today, not an employer-sponsored permanent visa and not an independent points-tested one.
Assembling an ACS application? ACS wants employment evidence that lines up exactly with the dates and duties you claim elsewhere. The Skilled Visa EOI Organiser keeps your claims consistent across the skills assessment, EOI and Form 80 — inconsistencies between them are a common cause of delay.
Talk it through with a registered agent
Whether nominating ICT Trainer 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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