Primary Products Inspectors nec (ANZSCO 311399)
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 Primary Products Inspectors 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.
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).
- Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190) — Permanent, state or territory nominated · all occupations for the 190
- Skilled Work Regional visa (subclass 491) — Provisional, regional, points-tested · all occupations for the 491
- Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional visa (subclass 494) — Provisional, regional employer sponsored · all occupations for the 494
- Training visa (subclass 407) — Temporary, workplace training · all occupations for the 407
Skills assessment
A positive skills assessment for Primary Products Inspectors nec comes from:
- Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services (VETASSESS) (official site) · our guide to the VETASSESS process
What the assessment actually involves
This is the ANZSCO-2022 name recorded at code 311399, on the same VETASSESS page as "Primary Products Assurance and Inspection Officers nec" — VETASSESS's own page states the occupation "may be assessed under either ANZSCO 2013 or ANZSCO 2022 classifications," and no separate VETASSESS page exists at any slug variant of "primary-products-inspectors-nec" on its own; every such URL tried in this research returned a 404.
Where these applications come unstuck
Migratio's own occupation data records this ANZSCO-2022 name on the Short-term list, reaching the 407 training visa and the 491/494 regional-provisional visas, but not Employer Nomination or Skills in Demand. The other name at this same code, "Primary Products Assurance and Inspection Officers nec," is instead recorded on the Core Skills Occupation List, reaching sponsorship but not the training or regional routes — the two names do not share a single visa subclass in the recorded data.
An honest read on this pathway
Because both names route through the same VETASSESS assessment page, the practical question is which name and list membership Home Affairs currently applies to your intended visa, not which occupation description better fits your work — the description is identical either way. This dossier could not confirm against a Home Affairs source why the two editions carry different list placement; treat it as the authority's own edition-transition data, and check current list membership directly before relying on either name.
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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