University Tutor (ANZSCO 242112)
On the Regional 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 University Tutor 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.
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 Employer Sponsored Regional visa (subclass 494) — Provisional, regional employer sponsored · all occupations for the 494
Processing priority
University Tutor 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 University Tutor comes from:
- Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services (VETASSESS) (official site) · our guide to the VETASSESS process
What the assessment actually involves
VETASSESS assesses University Tutor under the same Group A structure as University Lecturer: a qualification comparable to an Australian Bachelor degree or higher, plus at least one year of post-qualification employment in the last five years at 20 or more hours a week, highly relevant to the nominated occupation. Unlike Lecturer, there is no publication requirement — the occupation's own task list allows for conducting research and preparing findings for publication, but a published or accepted output is not a condition of a positive outcome.
Where these applications come unstuck
Because the qualification and employment wording so closely mirrors University Lecturer's, it is tempting to assume the two codes sit on the same visa footing. VETASSESS's own Lecturer page states University Tutor is not considered under that code — they are two separate assessments that happen to ask for almost identical evidence, and nominating the wrong one does not get silently corrected.
An honest read on this pathway
University Tutor carries ROL placement only, reaching the 494 regional visa and nothing else in this family — no employer-sponsored 482 or 186, no independent 189, no 485. A PhD candidate tutoring while finishing a doctorate can hold a CV that reads almost identically to a colleague who has just been appointed Lecturer, yet sit on opposite sides of the independent-visa question purely on title and publication record. Worth confirming which of the two actually describes the role before assuming either one.
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
Whether nominating University Tutor 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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