Jewellery Designer (ANZSCO 232313)

On the Short-term Skilled 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 Jewellery 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.

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 assessment

A positive skills assessment for Jewellery Designer comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

VETASSESS assesses Jewellery Designer as a Group B occupation under the standard four-pathway structure: an AQF Bachelor-or-higher qualification, paired with one to six years of post-qualification employment depending on how closely the degree's field matches the role. A portfolio of design work is required. The occupation covers conceptualising and designing jewellery, not producing it — the assessment is aimed at the design side of the trade, not the bench work.

Where these applications come unstuck

Jewellery Designer excludes Fashion Designer and Industrial Designer, and separately excludes Jeweller — a distinct, hands-on trade occupation covering examining designs to make jewellery, repairing pieces, and cutting or shaping precious metals and gemstones. Someone who both designs and makes jewellery, common in small studio practice, needs to identify which set of duties the assessment is actually being built around, since the two codes sit in different parts of the register with different evidence expectations.

An honest read on this pathway

Jewellery Designer is the only occupation in the 2323 unit group carrying CSOL alongside STSOL, so it is the only one of the trio that reaches the 186 and 482 employer-sponsored visas — Fashion Designer and Industrial Designer, its closest siblings, cannot be sponsored on either. A design-and-make jeweller nominating Jeweller instead of Jewellery Designer, or the reverse, changes which visas are realistically on the table, not just which evidence pack applies, since the two codes sit on different lists.

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 Jewellery 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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