Natural and Physical Science Professionals nec (ANZSCO 234999)

On the Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills 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 Natural and Physical Science Professionals nec 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.

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).

Processing priority

Natural and Physical Science Professionals nec isn't in any of the ANZSCO groups that Directions 121 and 122 list for the priority sectors. Some of the first group is defined by the job rather than the code: a nominated position directly involved in agriculture, aquaculture or fishing, one that directly supports mining, oil and gas or coal production, or one related to defence. Otherwise the application is processed after the priority sectors. For the permanent and provisional skilled visas, applicants who were in Australia when they applied come next, then those who applied from outside Australia. For the 482, Specialist Skills stream applications come before both.

Priority changes the order in which lodged applications are looked at, not whether they are granted. Who is invited to apply through SkillSelect is decided separately. See all 202 occupations in the priority sectors.

Skills assessment

A positive skills assessment for Natural and Physical Science Professionals nec comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

Natural and Physical Science Professionals nec is confirmed as a Group A occupation, describing the family broadly as professionals who "perform analytical, conceptual and practical tasks in relation to the chemical and physical properties of the universe." Its own page names Materials Scientist, Metrologist, Polymer Scientist, Respiratory Scientist and Sleep Scientist as occupations considered suitable under this code — five specialist titles with no dedicated code of their own elsewhere in this family, plus two that overlap with a different page entirely (see pitfalls).

Where these applications come unstuck

This page independently lists Respiratory Scientist as suitable under the nec code — the same occupation that has its own dedicated code, 234612, with its own separate occupation page. Two VETASSESS pages both claim this title, which is a genuine, mechanically-verified inconsistency in the authority's own published material, not a research error. It is not resolved here: anyone in this specialism should not assume either page settles which code correctly describes their role without checking directly with VETASSESS, given the visa-list stakes described below.

An honest read on this pathway

This nec code carries MLTSSL, reaching 189, 190, 407, 485, 491 and 494 — no CSOL, so no 186 or 482. That is a materially better points-tested position than 234612 Respiratory Scientist's own dedicated code, which is CSOL-only with no points-tested route at all. The catch-all code genuinely out-lists the dedicated one for the one title both pages claim, which is worth knowing before assuming a more specific-sounding code is automatically the stronger nomination — count the actual list access, don't assume it from the code's specificity.

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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