Cardiac Technician (ANZSCO 311212)

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 Cardiac Technician 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 Cardiac Technician comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

VETASSESS assesses Cardiac Technician under the identical Group E wording used for Anaesthetic Technician — a qualification comparable to an AQF Diploma or higher, in a field highly relevant to the occupation, with employment required after that qualification rather than before or during it. Its own suitable-titles list additionally names "Cardiac Technologist" and "Electrocardiographic Technician" as accepted synonyms, worth knowing if a payslip or degree certificate uses either title instead of "Cardiac Technician."

Where these applications come unstuck

This family's evidence for whether Cardiac Technician sits outside AHPRA's registered health professions is indirect rather than title-specific: Allied Health Professions Australia's own registered-professions list does not include this title, but no dedicated confirming statement naming Cardiac Technician individually was located, unlike the direct sector-association evidence found for Anaesthetic Technician. Treat the absence from the list as strong evidence, not as a confirmed statement about this title specifically.

An honest read on this pathway

On visa reach the pathway is fully open — Cardiac Technician sits on the Short-term list plus the Core Skills Occupation List and reaches all six visas in this family, the same spread as Anaesthetic Technician. The Group E qualification bar is real, though: a Diploma or higher in a highly relevant field is required outright, with no lower-qualification or experience-substitution route available under this code.

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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