Medical Diagnostic Radiographer (ANZSCO 251211)

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 Medical Diagnostic Radiographer 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 Medical Diagnostic Radiographer comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

ASMIRT's Overseas Qualification Assessment Panel assesses Medical Diagnostic Radiographer as one of three named codes on the same overseas-assessment panel, alongside Radiation Therapist and Sonographer, and states it "assesses applications on an individual basis." You need at least two years of clinical experience after qualifying, not counting clinical placement time completed as part of the degree; New Zealand graduates of a pre-approved course need only one year. ASMIRT is explicit that this migration assessment is separate from professional recognition: "a successful skills assessment outcome does not guarantee registration as a practitioner." A positive outcome supports a visa application. It does not, by itself, let you work as a diagnostic radiographer in Australia.

Where these applications come unstuck

The trap here is treating a positive ASMIRT outcome as the finish line. ASMIRT's own FAQ states that diagnostic radiographers and radiation therapists "are required to be Ahpra registered before gaining employment in Australia," and separately that "the overseas assessment process is not a registration process." Registration with the Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia is a second, distinct application, made after the ASMIRT outcome, not alongside it. Nominating this code because your work was diagnostic imaging also matters: ASMIRT's own code table lists Medical Diagnostic Radiographer, Radiation Therapist and Sonographer as three separate codes on one panel, so the wrong nomination for the wrong scope of work is assessed on its own merits, not waved through.

An honest read on this pathway

Medical Diagnostic Radiographer sits on the strongest list any code in this family reaches — MLTSSL plus CSOL, with access to permanent skilled migration through 189 as well as sponsored routes. That list strength says nothing about the second gate. ASMIRT assesses the qualification and clinical experience; the Medical Radiation Practice Board separately decides whether you can be registered to practise. This guide could not verify the Board's current registration requirements directly — that AHPRA National Board domain could not be reached in this research — so anyone relying on this page should confirm current registration criteria at ahpra.gov.au or the Board's own site before treating an ASMIRT outcome as anything more than the first of two steps.

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