Electronics Engineer (ANZSCO 233411)

On the Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills 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 Electronics Engineer on?

MLTSSL — Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List. The widest list — occupations on the MLTSSL can access the points-tested permanent skilled visas including the Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189), which needs no state nomination or employer.

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 Electronics Engineer comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

Engineers Australia assesses Electronics Engineer the same way as its other professional engineering codes: an accredited qualification pathway for Washington, Sydney or Dublin Accord degrees (including Australian-accredited ones), or a Competency Demonstration Report for everyone else, comprising three Career Episodes, a Summary Statement mapping each episode to the stage 1 competency elements, and Continuing Professional Development evidence.

Where these applications come unstuck

As with other CDR-pathway engineering codes, episodes written as project narratives rather than first-person accounts of the applicant's own analysis, decisions and technical judgement are the most common weakness — Engineers Australia is assessing individual competency, not project outcomes. A degree in a closely adjacent discipline (electrical, telecommunications, computer engineering) sometimes needs a clearer justification in the Summary Statement for why the electronics-specific competencies are genuinely met.

An honest read on this pathway

Electronics Engineer is on the MLTSSL and CSOL with the full visa spread including 189 and 190 — a solid, well-established pathway, though the CDR itself is a substantial document most first-time applicants underestimate.

Preparing a CDR for Engineers Australia? The CDR Organiser structures your three career episodes and summary statement against the assessment criteria — your own writing, organised properly. Engineers Australia runs plagiarism detection, so a ghost-written CDR is a real risk to your application.

We've also written a full pathway guide for this occupation: read the Electronics Engineer pathway guide.

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