Dance Teacher (Private Tuition) (ANZSCO 249212)

On the Short-term Skilled 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 Dance Teacher (Private Tuition) on?

STSOL — Short-term Skilled Occupation List. Occupations on the STSOL can access state-nominated and regional skilled visas (190/491), but not the Skilled Independent 189.

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

Dance Teacher (Private Tuition) 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 Dance Teacher (Private Tuition) comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

VETASSESS places Dance Teacher (Private Tuition) in Group C — a qualification comparable to an Australian Diploma or higher, a full AQF level below its three closest siblings, Art, Drama and Music Teacher, which all sit at Group B (Bachelor or higher). The occupation description otherwise follows the same private-tuition pattern: teaching students in the practice, theory and performance of dance in private training establishments, outside the formal school curriculum.

Where these applications come unstuck

Because this code sits on the same STSOL list with the same visa reach as Art, Drama and Music Teacher, it is easy to assume the qualification bar is the same across all four. It is not — an applicant comparing notes with a Music or Art Teacher applicant about what's required will get a misleadingly low picture of what those two Group B codes actually demand.

An honest read on this pathway

STSOL placement reaches 190, 407, 491 and 494 — identical visa reach to its three Group B siblings, but with a genuinely lower qualification floor. A dance teacher holding a Diploma can satisfy VETASSESS in a position where an art, drama or music teacher with the exact same Diploma-level qualification cannot, on the current published pathways, simply because Dance Teacher sits one AQF level below the other three on VETASSESS's own grouping.

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 Dance Teacher (Private Tuition) 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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