Management Consultant (ANZSCO 224713)
On the Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List and Core Skills Occupation List · ANZSCO codes 224713, 224711
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 Management Consultant on?
MLTSSL — Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List. The widest list — occupations on the MLTSSL can access the points-tested permanent skilled visas including the Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189), which needs no state nomination or employer.
CSOL — Core Skills Occupation List. The employer-sponsorship list — occupations on the CSOL can be nominated for the Skills in Demand visa (subclass 482) and the Employer Nomination Scheme 186.
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 Independent visa (subclass 189) — Permanent, points-tested, no sponsor needed · all occupations for the 189
- 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
- Skills in Demand visa (subclass 482) — Temporary, employer sponsored · all occupations for the 482
- Employer Nomination Scheme visa (subclass 186) — Permanent, employer sponsored · all occupations for the 186
- Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional visa (subclass 494) — Provisional, regional employer sponsored · all occupations for the 494
- Temporary Graduate visa (subclass 485) — Temporary, recent Australian graduates · all occupations for the 485
- Training visa (subclass 407) — Temporary, workplace training · all occupations for the 407
Processing priority
Management Consultant 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 Management Consultant comes from:
- Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services (VETASSESS) (official site) · our guide to the VETASSESS process
What the assessment actually involves
Management Consultant is the single widest-reaching code in the entire family, the only member carrying MLTSSL alongside CSOL and so reaching all eight visa subclasses — independent state migration and the Temporary Graduate visa on top of the six the CSOL-plus-STSOL codes elsewhere in this family can reach. VETASSESS calls it "this managerial occupation" and states applicants "must submit an organisational chart," a mandatory requirement, not the optional wording used on some adjacent codes. Its own suitable-occupations list is short by comparison to its reach: just one named title, "Business Analyst".
Where these applications come unstuck
This code carries the longest exclusion list found anywhere in this research: Managers, Management Accountant, Taxation Accountant, Financial Investment Adviser, Human Resource Adviser, Recruitment Consultant, Training and Development Professional, Policy Analyst, Organisation and Methods Analyst, Information and Organisation Professionals nec, Marketing Specialist, Market Research Analyst, Public Relations Professional, Agricultural Consultant, Environmental Consultant and ICT Business Analyst. An applicant assembling generalist "business consulting" evidence from any of those adjacent fields, without work that specifically matches the short suitable list, risks a mismatch despite the breadth of the visa reward on offer.
An honest read on this pathway
The organisational chart is mandatory here, not optional, and the evidence bar sits higher than several adjacent codes as a direct consequence — VETASSESS treats this as a genuinely managerial occupation, not a specialist-adviser one. The pairing of the widest visa reach in the family with the longest exclusion list and a mandatory chart is not a coincidence: the code rewards genuinely senior, cross-functional consulting work and is correspondingly harder to qualify for on thin or adjacent-field evidence.
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
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