Motorcycle Mechanic (ANZSCO 321213)

On the Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills 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 Motorcycle Mechanic on?

MLTSSL — Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List. The widest list — occupations on the MLTSSL can access the points-tested permanent skilled visas including the Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189), which needs no state nomination or employer.

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 Motorcycle Mechanic comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

Motorcycle Mechanic sits in the same ANZSCO unit group, 3212 Motor Mechanics, as Motor Mechanic (General), Diesel Motor Mechanic and Small Engine Mechanic, and carries the identical full MLTSSL/CSOL, eight-visa spread. Its scope is specific to motorcycles rather than general motor vehicles, a narrower duty set than Motor Mechanic (General)'s within the same unit group and visa-list position. TRA's own criteria for distinguishing motorcycle-specific evidence from general motor-mechanic evidence could not be verified in this research — the authority's website did not resolve.

Where these applications come unstuck

The trap for this code is the reverse of most confusable-code traps in this family: because Motorcycle Mechanic shares its full visa reach with Motor Mechanic (General), there is no visa-strategy incentive to misclassify — the risk instead is generic motor-vehicle evidence being submitted for a code that specifically requires motorcycle work, or motorcycle-specific evidence being under-claimed into the general code out of uncertainty about which is correct. Neither error changes the visa outcome, but either can affect whether TRA's own evidence bar, unverifiable here, is actually met.

An honest read on this pathway

Motorcycle Mechanic reaches the same full eight-visa spread as the rest of unit group 3212. This research did not find any state-level licensing or registration requirement specific to motorcycle mechanic work, nor did it find a dedicated Trades or Construction industry labour agreement covering motor trades generally — sponsorship for this occupation runs through standard 482, 186 or 494 employer sponsorship, or a regional DAMA, the same channels documented for the rest of this family.

Going through Trades Recognition Australia? TRA pathways lean heavily on documented work history and evidence of on-the-job experience. The Employment History Builder reconstructs it with gap detection, so the record you submit holds together.

Talk it through with a registered agent

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