Multimedia Designer (ANZSCO 232413)
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 Multimedia Designer 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).
- 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
- Training visa (subclass 407) — Temporary, workplace training · all occupations for the 407
Skills assessment
A positive skills assessment for Multimedia 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 Multimedia Designer as a Group B occupation under the same four-pathway structure as its unit-group siblings: an AQF Bachelor-or-higher qualification, plus one to six years of post-qualification employment set by how closely the degree's field matches the role. The qualification itself is required under every pathway, including the six-year route that allows the degree's field to be unrelated.
Where these applications come unstuck
The exclusion list here is the longest in the family: Web Designer, Graphic Designer, Illustrator, Multimedia Specialist, Visual Arts and Crafts Professionals nec, Film and Video Editor and Video Producer are all named as occupations not considered under this code. Multimedia work spans motion graphics, interactive media and video-adjacent output, which makes it the easiest occupation in this cluster to misapply to work that actually belongs under a video-production or visual-arts code instead.
An honest read on this pathway
Multimedia Designer sits on the Regional Occupation List plus CSOL — an unusual combination in this family, since it lacks the STSOL that most Group B design occupations carry, and consequently has no 190 state-nomination pathway. It does reach 186 and 482 employer sponsorship through the CSOL listing, alongside 407, 491 and 494, so the employer-sponsored route stays genuinely open even though the state-nomination route does not.
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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