Industrial Designer (ANZSCO 232312)
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 Industrial Designer 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 Industrial Designer comes from:
- Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services (VETASSESS) (official site) · our guide to the VETASSESS process
What the assessment actually involves
VETASSESS assesses Industrial Designer as a Group B occupation on the same four-pathway structure as its 2323 unit-group siblings: an AQF Bachelor-or-higher qualification, with the required years of post-qualification employment set by how closely the degree's field matches the occupation, from one year up to six. A portfolio of design work is required alongside the standard qualification and employment evidence, and the qualification itself is never waived, whichever pathway is used.
Where these applications come unstuck
The occupation excludes Fashion Designer and Jewellery Designer by name, and industrial-design work overlaps visibly with product, furniture and packaging design roles that carry different titles again — nominating on job-title familiarity rather than checking the excluded-occupations list against actual duties is the most direct route to a mismatch. Self-employed and contract-based applicants need the fuller evidence pack: business registration, an accountant's or solicitor's letter, a statutory declaration of duties, and invoices reconciled to bank statements.
An honest read on this pathway
Industrial Designer is STSOL only, with no CSOL reach, so 186 and 482 employer sponsorship are not available under this code regardless of what an employer offers. Applicants weighing this occupation against a visa strategy built on employer sponsorship should check whether their actual work fits a different, CSOL-listed code in this family before assuming Industrial Designer is the right nomination.
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 Industrial Designer 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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