Engineering Patternmaker (ANZSCO 323411)
On the Regional 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 Engineering Patternmaker 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.
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 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
Processing priority
Engineering Patternmaker 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 Engineering Patternmaker comes from:
- Trades Recognition Australia (TRA) (official site) · our guide to the TRA process
What the assessment actually involves
Engineering Patternmaker follows TRA's standard six-program structure — occupation, passport country, study location and visa type decide which applies, and no per-occupation qualification page exists for it. ANZSCO describes the work specifically as constructing full-size engineering models, usually made from timber, used to produce metal castings and tooling for manufacturing. TRA's general Migration Skills Assessment rule applies without a named exception for this trade: a formal qualification is required, and neither work experience nor an occupational licence can substitute for one.
Where these applications come unstuck
The trap that matters most for this code is nominating Toolmaker instead, or the reverse, on the assumption they're two names for the same precision-workshop trade. They aren't: Patternmaker's work is largely timber pattern and mould making, while Toolmaker is precision metal tooling, and the list membership behind each is genuinely different — treating the two as interchangeable can mean supplying evidence that doesn't match the nominated code's actual description.
An honest read on this pathway
Engineering Patternmaker sits on the Regional Occupation List plus the CSOL, reaching only 186, 482 and 494 — standard employer sponsorship and regional routes are open, but the STSOL/MLTSSL spread its unit-group neighbour Toolmaker carries is not, so this code has no 190, no 407, no 189 and no 485. Someone whose actual work sits closer to Toolmaker's precision-metal description is, in practice, choosing between materially different visa doors by nominating one code over the other.
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 Engineering Patternmaker 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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