ICT Support Engineer (ANZSCO 263212)

On the Short-term Skilled 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 ICT Support Engineer 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.

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 ICT Support Engineer comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

ACS assesses ICT Support Engineer under the same Migration Skills Assessment framework as every other code in this cluster, but its own lead definition is deliberately operational: it "develops support procedures and strategies for systems, networks, operating systems and applications development, solves problems and provides technical expertise and direction in support of system infrastructure and process improvements." That is a troubleshooting-and-infrastructure-support role, not the process-audit focus ACS gives ICT Quality Assurance Engineer or the test-script authorship it gives ICT Systems Test Engineer, and the distinction is the code's real anchor for nomination purposes.

Where these applications come unstuck

This is the one code in its own four-member cluster that carries STSOL alone, with no CSOL and no MLTSSL — a real gap, not a technicality. It means ICT Support Engineer has no 482 or 186 employer-sponsored pathway at all, while its three near-neighbours in the same cluster all carry CSOL and reach both. An applicant whose duties genuinely match this code but who assumes any ICT support-and-test title opens an employer-sponsorship door would be preparing for a route this specific code cannot use.

An honest read on this pathway

The pathway is real but structurally narrower than its neighbours: only the points-tested and regional routes (190, 407, 491, 494) are open, not the two direct-employer visas. Applicants weighing this code against ICT Systems Test Engineer or ICT Support and Test Engineers nec should treat the missing CSOL line as decisive for anyone whose actual plan depends on employer sponsorship, not a detail to check later.

Assembling an ACS application? ACS wants employment evidence that lines up exactly with the dates and duties you claim elsewhere. The Skilled Visa EOI Organiser keeps your claims consistent across the skills assessment, EOI and Form 80 — inconsistencies between them are a common cause of delay.

Talk it through with a registered agent

Whether nominating ICT Support Engineer is your best route depends on your points, experience evidence and timing — exactly what a MARA-registered agent works through in an initial consultation. Describe your situation once through Migratio and compare real consultation quotes from registered agents, free.

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