Metallurgical or Materials Technician (ANZSCO 312912)
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 Metallurgical or Materials 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.
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
- Skills in Demand visa (subclass 482) — Temporary, employer sponsored · all occupations for the 482
- Employer Nomination Scheme visa (subclass 186) — Permanent, employer sponsored · all occupations for the 186
- 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 Metallurgical or Materials Technician comes from:
- Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services (VETASSESS) (official site) · our guide to the VETASSESS process
What the assessment actually involves
VETASSESS assesses Metallurgical or Materials Technician as a Group C occupation covering metallurgical testing and materials-science technical work. Its own exclusion is confirmed from the other direction, twice, on neighbouring pages: Mine Deputy's own occupation page excludes it directly, and Building and Engineering Technicians nec's own exclusion list also names it — VETASSESS treats this as a distinct, dedicated occupation, not a sub-type of either.
Where these applications come unstuck
This code's list placement in Migratio's own occupation data is inconsistent with the rest of this family and could not be resolved in this research pass — Home Affairs' own list pages returned an access error every time they were checked here. Do not treat this code's visa reach as settled from Migratio's data alone; confirm current list membership and visa eligibility directly against the live Home Affairs skilled-occupation list before relying on it for a visa plan.
An honest read on this pathway
What is confirmed directly from VETASSESS's own page is the Group C assessment structure itself — the Certificate IV field-relevance and employment requirements common to this family — and that two neighbouring codes' own exclusion lists independently treat metallurgical and materials-technician work as a distinct occupation from mine-safety supervision and from the general building-and-engineering-technician catch-all. The visa-list question is a separate, unresolved matter that needs its own check.
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
Whether nominating Metallurgical or Materials Technician is your best route depends on your points, experience evidence and timing — exactly what a MARA-registered agent works through in an initial consultation. Describe your situation once through Migratio and compare real consultation quotes from registered agents, free.
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Related occupations
- Building and Engineering Technicians nec (312999)
- Maintenance Planner (312911)
- Mine Deputy (312913)
- Other Draftsperson (312914)
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