Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner (ANZSCO 252214)

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 Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner 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).

Skills assessment

A positive skills assessment for Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

The Chinese Medicine Board of Australia (CMBA) is the named assessing authority for Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner, the same Board that assesses Acupuncturist. This guide could not confirm CMBA's current assessment or evidence requirements from the Board's own site in this research — the whole AHPRA National Board domain family, chinesemedicineboard.gov.au included, was unreachable throughout, despite having been readable earlier in the same research session. What is confirmed, from the occupation list itself rather than from the Board, is that Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner reaches further than Acupuncturist: it carries both STSOL and CSOL membership, opening six visas including 186 and 482, where Acupuncturist reaches only four.

Where these applications come unstuck

The pitfall specific to this code is assuming the broader visa reach reflects a broader or easier assessment — nothing sourced here supports that comparison either way, because CMBA's own assessment criteria for this code could not be confirmed. What is genuinely confirmed is only the list position: CSOL membership brings employer-sponsored 482 and 186 into reach for this code in a way it is not for Acupuncturist, which matters for planning a route but says nothing about whether the underlying qualification and evidence bar is comparable, higher, or different in kind. Treat any secondhand claim about CMBA's specific evidence requirements for this code as unconfirmed until checked at the source.

An honest read on this pathway

This guide can confirm the visa list — STSOL and CSOL, six visas including 186 and 482 — and cannot confirm what CMBA itself requires to assess or register a Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner. That is a genuine gap in this research, not a simplification, and it should not be filled with assumptions carried over from Acupuncturist or from general Chinese-medicine registration knowledge. Check chinesemedicineboard.gov.au directly for the Board's current assessment and registration requirements before treating this code's stronger visa list as evidence the pathway itself is any more straightforward.

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.

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