Audiologist (ANZSCO 252711)

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 Audiologist 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 Audiologist comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

Audiologist is assessed by VETASSESS as a Group A occupation, meaning it requires a qualification comparable to an Australian Bachelor degree or higher in a field highly relevant to audiology, plus at least one year of post-qualification employment at an appropriate skill level within the last five years, working 20 hours or more a week. Unlike most of this family there is no dedicated health council running the assessment; it sits inside VETASSESS's general skilled-migration framework. And unlike the AHPRA-registered occupations nearby, Audiology carries no statutory registration in Australia at all.

Where these applications come unstuck

VETASSESS draws a sharp, explicit line against Audiometrist, a lower-tier occupation under a different ANZSCO code that VETASSESS states directly is not considered suitable for the occupation of Audiologist. Nominating the wrong one of these two similarly named roles sends the case down a mismatched evidence path from the start. Practice in Australia instead rests on the voluntary Audiology Australia credentialling process rather than a government licence — a different kind of gate to plan for than the statutory boards elsewhere in this family.

An honest read on this pathway

A standard VETASSESS Group A pathway, procedurally simpler than the exam-based assessments elsewhere in this family. But the lack of statutory registration means the real, day-to-day practice gate sits with a professional association rather than a government body, which is easy to underestimate — there is no AHPRA public register to check a colleague or employer against, and no board complaints process behind the credential the way there is for the four registered professions in this same family. Confirm what a specific employer actually requires before assuming the credential alone opens a role.

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

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