Safety Inspector (ANZSCO 312611)
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 Safety Inspector 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).
- 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 Safety Inspector comes from:
- Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services (VETASSESS) (official site) · our guide to the VETASSESS process
What the assessment actually involves
VETASSESS assesses Safety Inspector as a Group C occupation covering general workplace safety-inspection work. This code sits on the Regional Occupation List only, reaching the 407 training visa and the 491/494 regional-provisional visas — no Skills in Demand visa, no Employer Nomination and no state-nomination route at all, regardless of the applicant's experience level or the size of the workplace being inspected.
Where these applications come unstuck
Mine Deputy's own occupation page names Safety Inspector directly in its own exclusion list, alongside Production Manager (Mining), Metallurgist and Metallurgical or Materials Technician — VETASSESS states in writing that mine-safety supervisory work (Mine Deputy) and general workplace safety-inspection work (this code) are not the same occupation, whatever a job advertisement calls either role. Mine Deputy reaches all six visas in this family; this code reaches only three.
An honest read on this pathway
The pathway is genuinely open for a training or regional-provisional visa plan tied to general safety-inspection work. It does not reach employer sponsorship under any circumstance, and someone whose actual work is specifically mine-site safety supervision — rather than general workplace safety inspection — should read Mine Deputy's own occupation page and state-level licensing requirements rather than assuming this broader-sounding title covers the same ground.
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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