Medical Technicians nec (ANZSCO 311299)

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 Medical Technicians nec 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 Medical Technicians nec comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

VETASSESS assesses Medical Technicians nec as a Group E occupation — a qualification comparable to an AQF Diploma or higher in a highly relevant field, with employment required after the qualification. Its own suitable-occupations list names ten specific titles: Audiometrist, Dialysis Technician, Electroencephalographic Technician, Mortuary Technician, Ophthalmic Technician, Respiratory Technician, Orthotic and Prosthetic Technician, Perfusionist, Renal Technician and Sleep Technician — a broader net than any single named code in this cluster.

Where these applications come unstuck

This code reaches all six visas covered in this family, including the Skilled Independent and state-nomination points-tested routes that its narrower, individually-coded siblings mostly do not reach. But its own suitable list naming "Respiratory Technician" directly contradicts Respiratory Technician's own occupation page, which excludes Medical Technicians nec by name. The most plausible explanation, not confirmed by VETASSESS, is that the title was folded into this code before it was later split out as its own dedicated code without the suitable list being updated.

An honest read on this pathway

For the ten named specialist titles other than Respiratory Technician, the suitable-occupations list is a genuine, unambiguous match to a code that reaches every visa in the family. For Respiratory Technician specifically, VETASSESS's own two pages disagree, and this dossier does not resolve which page to follow — the practical consequence is real either way, because the two codes' visa reach differs by four visa subclasses.

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.

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