Metal Polisher (ANZSCO 322115)

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 Metal Polisher 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).

Processing priority

Metal Polisher isn't in any of the ANZSCO groups that Directions 121 and 122 list for the priority sectors. Some of the first group is defined by the job rather than the code: a nominated position directly involved in agriculture, aquaculture or fishing, one that directly supports mining, oil and gas or coal production, or one related to defence. Otherwise the application is processed after the priority sectors. For the permanent and provisional skilled visas, applicants who were in Australia when they applied come next, then those who applied from outside Australia. For the 482, Specialist Skills stream applications come before both.

Priority changes the order in which lodged applications are looked at, not whether they are granted. Who is invited to apply through SkillSelect is decided separately. See all 202 occupations in the priority sectors.

Skills assessment

A positive skills assessment for Metal Polisher comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

Metal Polisher has no per-occupation TRA page, and TRA is explicit that it “cannot advise you on the right occupation for your application” — applicants nominate their own code from ANZSCO and the relevant skilled list. TRA's Migration Skills Assessment, Offshore Skills Assessment and TSS eligibility wording all name only the Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List and the Short-term Skilled Occupations List. Metal Polisher sits on the Regional Occupation List alone, outside that literal wording, and no TRA material reachable for this dossier resolves the gap either way.

Where these applications come unstuck

Assuming a Regional Occupation List code opens the same assessment door as a strategic skills list code is the specific error to avoid here — the wording simply never mentions it. There is also no ANZSCO licensing flag for Metal Polisher, unlike several building trades in the same broader classification, which means nothing in the occupation's own classification signals a state registration or licence requirement to check before arrival.

An honest read on this pathway

Metal Polisher reaches only the Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (494) visa — with no Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List, Short-term Skilled Occupations List or Core Skills Occupation List membership, no 186, 482, 189 or 485 route exists under any circumstance. Whether a TRA assessment is even required to support a 494 nomination in this occupation, or whether that sits with a sponsoring state or regional certifying body instead, is not addressed anywhere in TRA's reachable material and needs a direct check before planning around it.

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

Whether nominating Metal Polisher 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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