Watch and Clock Maker and Repairer (ANZSCO 323316)

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 Watch and Clock Maker and Repairer 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).

Skills assessment

A positive skills assessment for Watch and Clock Maker and Repairer comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

This code goes through the same TRA program structure as the rest of the family, chosen by occupation, passport, study location and visa type rather than a fixed per-trade process. ANZSCO's description is direct: making, repairing, cleaning and adjusting watches and clocks. TRA publishes no occupation-specific qualification page for it, so the general Migration Skills Assessment rule governs — a formal qualification is required, and TRA states without exception that work experience cannot be used in its place.

Where these applications come unstuck

As with the other narrow trades in this family, the practical obstacle is evidentiary: finding referees and employment records that describe the work specifically enough for TRA to read them as directly relevant to this ANZSCO code, rather than a general jewellery, mechanical or engineering background. No real forum thread or applicant account specific to this occupation's TRA assessment or visa path was found among the sources reachable for this research, so no community experience can be reported here.

An honest read on this pathway

Watch and Clock Maker and Repairer sits on the Regional Occupation List only, reaching 494 regional sponsorship and nothing else — no 190, no 407, no 482, no 186, no 189, no 485. Like Engraver and Saw Doctor, it is a genuine pathway only where a real regional employer sponsor already exists, and the occupation's list membership leaves no independent or standard sponsorship fallback.

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 Watch and Clock Maker and Repairer 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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