Complementary Health Therapists nec (ANZSCO 252299)

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 Complementary Health Therapists nec 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 Complementary Health Therapists nec comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

Complementary Health Therapists nec is VETASSESS's catch-all across the complementary-health cluster, naming example specialisations directly on its own page: "Specialisations within this nec classification include (but are not limited to): Dance Therapist, Drama Therapist, Hypnotherapist, Music Therapist and Play Therapist." Like every nec code, it is assessed case by case, and VETASSESS states the same limiting rule here as elsewhere: employment highly relevant to a specific named occupation cannot instead be assessed against this nec classification, regardless of whether that specific occupation is available for migration purposes. This code reaches STSOL plus CSOL and six visas including 186 and 482 — the broadest list position in the whole complementary-health cluster, ahead of Naturopath, Acupuncturist and Homoeopath.

Where these applications come unstuck

The trap this code invites is the same one VETASSESS's case-by-case rule exists to close across the whole nec category: nominating the catch-all specifically because it reaches more visas than the named occupation an applicant's actual training and practice fit. Naturopath, Homoeopath and Acupuncturist are each narrower-listed than this nec code, and VETASSESS's rule means a naturopath, homeopath or acupuncturist cannot use this broader catch-all as a workaround once their real practice matches one of those named codes. This code is genuinely available to dance therapists, drama therapists, hypnotherapists, music therapists, play therapists and comparable specialisations that do not fit any named code in the cluster.

An honest read on this pathway

This code's list strength — STSOL plus CSOL, six visas including 186 and 482 — is the broadest in the complementary-health cluster, but it is only available where the applicant's actual specialisation genuinely does not match one of the named, narrower codes around it. This guide did not find, and did not attempt to confirm, whether any of the specific therapy specialisations named on VETASSESS's own page — hypnotherapy included — carry a registration or licensing requirement of their own; none is named on the page reviewed for this research, and none should be assumed for any of them.

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.

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