Early Childhood (Pre-primary School) Teacher (ANZSCO 241111)

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 Early Childhood (Pre-primary School) Teacher 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 Early Childhood (Pre-primary School) Teacher comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

ACECQA (the Australian Children's Education and Care Quality Authority) became the sole assessing authority for Early Childhood (Pre-primary School) Teacher on 7 December 2024, replacing AITSL, which stopped accepting applications for this specific code at midnight the day before. ACECQA checks the qualification against Australian early childhood teaching standards and, depending on the gap identified, may require additional study or a bridging pathway before a positive outcome is issued.

Where these applications come unstuck

The authority change is recent enough that plenty of guides, forums and even some official-looking third-party pages still name AITSL for this code — starting an application with the wrong assessing body wastes time. Existing AITSL assessments issued before the changeover remain valid for their original two-year term, so applicants holding one don't need to redo it, but anyone starting fresh needs to go to ACECQA directly.

An honest read on this pathway

This occupation sits on the MLTSSL and CSOL with the full visa spread including 189 and 190, and the pathway is genuinely open — the main practical risk right now is simply applying to the wrong authority out of outdated information.

Whichever authority assesses you, the paperwork is the part applicants underestimate. The Document Vault keeps a single register of every document, what it was needed for, and what is still missing.

We've also written a full pathway guide for this occupation: read the Early Childhood (Pre-primary School) Teacher pathway guide.

Talk it through with a registered agent

Whether nominating Early Childhood (Pre-primary School) Teacher 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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