Air Transport Professionals nec (ANZSCO 231199)
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 Air Transport Professionals nec 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).
- 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
Processing priority
Air Transport Professionals nec 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 Air Transport Professionals nec comes from:
- Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services (VETASSESS) (official site) · our guide to the VETASSESS process
What the assessment actually involves
Air Transport Professionals nec is a VETASSESS Group B occupation, assessed on the same four-pathway shape as Flying Instructor: a Bachelor-level qualification highly relevant to the nominated title, traded against one to six years of employment depending on how relevant that qualification is. It exists to catch air-transport professional roles ANZSCO does not name individually — VETASSESS's suitable titles include Aircraft Navigator, Airworthiness Inspector, Balloonist and Flight Engineer Inspector. Every nec code carries one extra evidence item the named occupations do not: a cover letter justifying why the work belongs in this residual category rather than under a more specific title.
Where these applications come unstuck
The rule that matters most here, in VETASSESS's own words, is that employment highly relevant to another ANZSCO occupation cannot be assessed against an nec classification, regardless of whether that other occupation sits on a better visa list. Choosing this code for its visa reach rather than because the work genuinely does not fit a named title is the exact mistake the rule exists to catch. This page also carries a stray block of content — a specialisation list and an organisational-chart instruction that describe an unrelated managerial occupation, not this one — and it should not be treated as a genuine evidence requirement without confirming directly with VETASSESS.
An honest read on this pathway
Reaching a positive assessment depends on whether the applicant's actual duties genuinely fall outside every named occupation in unit group 2311 and beyond — a harder test than it sounds, since "generic air transport professional" is not itself what VETASSESS is checking against. Anyone whose work resembles Aeroplane Pilot or Helicopter Pilot duties should also know those two sit with CASA, not VETASSESS, so a wrong pick here does not just weaken the case — it can send the application to the wrong authority entirely.
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 Air Transport Professionals 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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