Aeroplane Pilot (ANZSCO 231111)

On the Regional Occupation List and Core Skills 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 Aeroplane Pilot on?

ROL — Regional Occupation List. Occupations on the ROL are limited to the regional provisional visas — mainly the Skilled Work Regional 491 and Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional 494.

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).

Processing priority

Aeroplane Pilot 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 Aeroplane Pilot comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

The dedicated CASA migration skills-assessment page for this occupation could not be reached, and its exact procedure is not independently verified here. What is verified is CASA's separate, extensive licence-conversion framework: an overseas licence does not transfer directly, and converting one involves an aviation reference number, an English-proficiency standard, certified and, where needed, translated documents, a security and background check, a medical check, and one of several application forms depending on licence type and intended length of stay. Commercial aeroplane conversion specifically requires holding a valid overseas-equivalent licence before sitting the Australian exam codes tied to that category.

Where these applications come unstuck

Assuming a foreign commercial pilot licence, or a foreign theory-exam pass, carries across to Australian recognition is the central trap — CASA does not recognise foreign exam credits beyond the private licence level, and every conversion exam beyond that must be sat physically in Australia, in person, not remotely or in the applicant's home country. A second, more procedural risk is treating the migration skills assessment and the licence-conversion process as the same thing; based on what could be verified here, that has not been established either way.

An honest read on this pathway

Whatever the migration skills-assessment outcome turns out to require, the licence-conversion overlay on top of it is real, heavy, and occupation-neutral between aeroplane and helicopter categories except at the specific exam-code level. A foreign licence, however senior, does not translate into a right to fly commercially in Australia without sitting Australian theory and practical exams in person — this is a genuine additional barrier beyond any visa or assessment paperwork, and it applies regardless of how the migration assessment itself is eventually resolved.

Whichever authority assesses you, the paperwork is the part applicants underestimate. The Document Vault keeps a single register of every document, what it was needed for, and what is still missing.

Talk it through with a registered agent

Whether nominating Aeroplane Pilot 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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