Recreation Officer (ANZSCO 272612)

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 Recreation Officer 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 Recreation Officer comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

Recreation Officer is a VETASSESS Group B occupation requiring a qualification specifically in Sport and Recreation (Leisure) Activities, assessed through the same four Bachelor-level pathways as the rest of Group B. It reaches a wider visa spread than its close neighbour Community Arts Worker, including the Employer Nomination Scheme, state-nominated 190 and the Skills in Demand visa, on top of the temporary and regional routes.

Where these applications come unstuck

VETASSESS names School Teacher (Sports) and Physical Education Teacher as occupations excluded from this code, both classified elsewhere in ANZSCO. The qualification test is narrower than "sport and recreation" as a general subject area might suggest — VETASSESS is specific about Sport and Recreation (Leisure) Activities as the required field, a different emphasis from a general sport science, coaching or physical education degree. This code's own page does not name Community Arts Worker as an exclusion, even though Community Arts Worker's page names Recreation Officer — worth checking both pages, not just one.

An honest read on this pathway

The wider visa reach here compared with Community Arts Worker makes getting the qualification-field match right worth extra care, since the code with the better list is also the one with the narrower, more specific field requirement. A qualification in general sport science or coaching, without the leisure-activities emphasis VETASSESS names, is not a safe assumption of fit, however close the subject matter sounds.

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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