Dietitian (ANZSCO 251111)
On the Short-term Skilled Occupation 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 Dietitian 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.
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).
- Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190) — Permanent, state or territory nominated · all occupations for the 190
- Skilled Work Regional visa (subclass 491) — Provisional, regional, points-tested · all occupations for the 491
- Skills in Demand visa (subclass 482) — Temporary, employer sponsored · all occupations for the 482
- Employer Nomination Scheme visa (subclass 186) — Permanent, employer sponsored · all occupations for the 186
- Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional visa (subclass 494) — Provisional, regional employer sponsored · all occupations for the 494
- Training visa (subclass 407) — Temporary, workplace training · all occupations for the 407
Skills assessment
A positive skills assessment for Dietitian comes from:
- Dietitians Association of Australia (DAA) (official site)
What the assessment actually involves
Dietitians Australia's Dietetic Skills Recognition (DSR) process checks a 4-year (or equivalent) tertiary degree covering human biosciences and food/nutrition content, at least 100 days of supervised practical placement, current registration or eligibility to register as a dietitian in the country of qualification, and recency of practice or graduation within the past three years. Passing DSR stage 2 — or holding an accredited Australian qualification — is what an applicant then relies on for the separate skilled-migration visa assessment; DSR completion on its own is not that visa assessment.
Where these applications come unstuck
Applicants sometimes treat DSR and the migration skills assessment as the same document — they are related but distinct outcomes, and confusing the two can leave a visa application missing the actual assessment letter it needs. Degrees light on biochemistry, medical nutrition therapy or with fewer than 100 days of supervised placement are the most common substantive shortfall.
An honest read on this pathway
Dietitian carries a wide visa spread across STSOL/CSOL, but the pathway runs through a genuinely academic-content-focused process (course structure and placement hours matter more than years of subsequent work experience), and the DSR-versus-visa-assessment distinction is worth confirming directly with Dietitians Australia before relying on either document.
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.
Talk it through with a registered agent
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