Pathology Collector (ANZSCO 311216)

On the Regional 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 Pathology Collector on?

ROL — Regional Occupation List. Occupations on the ROL are limited to the regional provisional visas — mainly the Skilled Work Regional 491 and Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional 494.

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 Pathology Collector comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

AIMS assesses this occupation entirely separately from the Medical Laboratory Scientist/Technician ladder, on its own document set: a qualification comparable to the Australian Certificate III in Pathology Collection, two years of full-time experience in the last five years, and a current first-aid certificate equivalent to the standard basic-emergency-life-support unit. Applicants without the Certificate III-equivalent qualification can instead sit an eligibility check and a dedicated Pathology Collector/Phlebotomy examination rather than being refused outright. It sits on the lowest of AIMS's three occupation tiers and neither feeds into, nor draws from, the Scientist/Technician combined process at all.

Where these applications come unstuck

The clearest failure mode is nominating this code on the assumption it is a lower rung of the same ladder as Medical Laboratory Scientist or Technician — it is not, and lab-science qualifications that would open those doors do not automatically satisfy this occupation's Certificate III-equivalent and first-aid requirements. The reverse mistake is just as costly: someone with a genuine Certificate III in Pathology Collection nominating Medical Laboratory Technician instead because it sounds more senior, when their actual qualification and experience profile matches this code.

An honest read on this pathway

This occupation carries no statutory registration or licensing in Australia, the same as its unit-group neighbours, so a positive AIMS result is the practical end of the compliance chain rather than a step toward a further licensing process. Its visa reach is narrower than the Scientist and Technician codes, reflecting the occupation's lower skill-level classification, and the assessment itself is comparatively contained — one qualification-equivalence check plus a first-aid certificate — provided the Certificate III comparability genuinely holds up.

Whichever authority assesses you, the paperwork is the part applicants underestimate. The Document Vault keeps a single register of every document, what it was needed for, and what is still missing.

Talk it through with a registered agent

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