Vehicle Body Builder (ANZSCO 324211)
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 Vehicle Body Builder 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).
- Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190) — Permanent, state or territory nominated · all occupations for the 190
- Skilled Work Regional visa (subclass 491) — Provisional, regional, points-tested · all occupations for the 491
- 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
- Training visa (subclass 407) — Temporary, workplace training · all occupations for the 407
Processing priority
Vehicle Body Builder 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 Vehicle Body Builder comes from:
- Trades Recognition Australia (TRA) (official site) · our guide to the TRA process
What the assessment actually involves
Vehicle Body Builder follows the same six-program TRA structure, chosen by occupation, passport country, place of study and target visa, with no per-occupation TRA page to confirm a specific qualification or evidence list. ANZSCO defines the trade as manufacturing and repairing prototype and purpose-built bodies — buses, trucks, fire engines, caravans — original fabrication and coachbuilding, not collision repair of an existing production vehicle. It isn't on TRA's compulsory OSAP/TSS licensed-occupation list either.
Where these applications come unstuck
This code shares ANZSCO unit group 3242, and its exact STSOL/CSOL, six-visa list position, with Vehicle Trimmer — misnominating between the two costs accuracy, not visa reach, since both land in the same place. The higher-stakes confusion is with Panelbeater: ANZSCO records that a panelbeater "may assist vehicle body builders," so genuine coachbuilding work can be mistaken for collision repair or vice versa, and the two sit on different lists with different visa reach.
An honest read on this pathway
Vehicle Body Builder reaches six of eight visas — no 189, no 485 — so there's no points-tested independent route and no post-study graduate pathway on this occupation alone; 482, 186, the 407 training visa or a state 491/494 nomination are the doors that stay open. NSW's tradesperson-certificate scheme lists "body maker" as its own class of licensed work, a separate step after any TRA or visa outcome.
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 Vehicle Body Builder 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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