Stonemason (ANZSCO 331112)

On the Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills 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 Stonemason on?

MLTSSL — Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List. The widest list — occupations on the MLTSSL can access the points-tested permanent skilled visas including the Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189), which needs no state nomination or employer.

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 Stonemason comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

Stonemason goes through the same five TRA programs as the rest of this family, chosen by passport, training location and visa type rather than by the trade. What sets it apart from three of its six family members: TRA’s construction occupations list marks Stonemason as Prioritised — automatic faster processing at no extra cost — but not Streamlined. That means the ordinary OSAP-versus-MSA test still applies in full: offshore applicants generally use MSA unless their specific occupation-and-country combination sits on TRA’s OSAP list, in which case OSAP, run through an approved training organisation, becomes the required route rather than the document-only shortcut some family members now get.

Where these applications come unstuck

The most avoidable mistake for Stonemason is assuming the construction streamlining news applies here too — it does not; TRA’s own approved list gives the MSA shortcut to Bricklayer, Carpenter and Joiner only. Applicants comparing notes with a bricklaying colleague who used the simpler route can end up expecting the same and lodging under the wrong program. As with every TRA trade, employment evidence that does not corroborate itself — references claiming continuous full-time work that payslips and tax records show as casual or intermittent — is a recurring, avoidable failure across all five programs, not specific to stonemasonry.

An honest read on this pathway

Stonemason carries the full MLTSSL and CSOL visa spread, including 189 and 485 — the pathway is genuinely open and faster to process than most other occupations thanks to prioritisation. What it lacks is the document-only shortcut, so most offshore applicants should expect the standard OSAP-or-MSA decision to take the same care as any other unstreamlined trade. As with the rest of this family, a positive TRA outcome says nothing about state or territory building licensing, which is a separate matter TRA itself tells applicants to check before they apply.

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

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