Metal Fitters and Machinists nec (ANZSCO 323299)

On the Short-term Skilled Occupation 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 Metal Fitters and Machinists 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.

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 Metal Fitters and Machinists nec comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

Metal Fitters and Machinists nec ("not elsewhere classified") sits on STSOL rather than MLTSSL, carrying a six-visa reach — 186, 190, 407, 482, 491, 494 — with 189 (Skilled Independent) and 485 (Temporary Graduate) both absent, unlike the full eight-visa spread the named fitting codes in the same unit group, 3232, carry. As a "nec" residual code, it exists to catch metal fitting and machining work that does not fit the specific named codes — Fitter (General), Fitter and Turner, Fitter-Welder or Metal Machinist (First Class) — and TRA's own criteria for what qualifies here could not be checked in this research.

Where these applications come unstuck

The trap for a residual "nec" code is using it as a default when a more specific named code would fit better, or vice versa — under-claiming into a named code when the actual work genuinely does not match any of them and the nec code is the accurate choice. Because 323299 sits on STSOL rather than MLTSSL and lacks both 189 and 485, an applicant whose duties genuinely match Fitter (General) or one of its named siblings has a real reason to check that more specific code rather than defaulting here.

An honest read on this pathway

This code's visa reach is narrower than its named unit-group siblings in two specific ways — no 189, no 485 — even though it shares 186, 190, 407, 482, 491 and 494 with them. That gap is a real reason to check carefully whether a more specific named code in unit group 3232 fits the applicant's actual duties before defaulting to the residual "nec" code, since the visa-list consequence of that choice is concrete, not cosmetic.

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