Zoologist (ANZSCO 234522)

On the Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List and Core Skills Occupation List · ANZSCO codes 234522, 234518

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 Zoologist 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 Zoologist comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

Zoologist's own page lists Entomologist, Mammologist and Ornithologist as occupations considered suitable under this code, and separately shows dual ANZSCO coding across editions — "234518" under the 2013 edition and 234522 under the 2022 edition. That edition split matters practically: a 482 or 186 nomination is assessed against the 2022 ANZSCO edition, while a 189, 190 or 491 EOI may reference the 2013 edition, so the code and scope an applicant sees can differ depending on which visa stream they are pursuing.

Where these applications come unstuck

Entomologist has its own dedicated, CSOL-only code (234521) — and Zoologist's page naming it as one of its own suitable occupations is a genuine, sourced overlap between two different VETASSESS pages, not a settled either-or answer. An applicant whose work is specifically entomological should not assume either page resolves which code correctly describes their role; the honest position is that VETASSESS's own published material contradicts itself here, and a direct enquiry is the safer route before committing to a nomination.

An honest read on this pathway

Zoologist carries MLTSSL and CSOL, reaching all eight visas in this family, and — because it lists Entomologist among its own suitable occupations — it also offers a materially better list position than Entomologist's own dedicated CSOL-only code for anyone whose entomology work might genuinely fit either description. The ANZSCO-edition detail on this page is worth checking directly against whichever visa stream is actually being pursued, since 2013 and 2022 editions do not necessarily code the same occupation identically.

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.

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