Roof Tiler (ANZSCO 333311)

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 Roof Tiler 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 Roof Tiler comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

Roof Tiler is the one code in this family without access to subclass 189 or 485 — it sits on the STSOL rather than the MLTSSL, alongside the CSOL. Which of TRA’s remaining programs applies still turns on passport, training location and the visa actually being sought: MSA for most offshore cases not caught by TRA’s OSAP occupation-and-country lists, OSAP itself where they are, and TSS for a Skills in Demand (482) applicant needing a discretionary assessment. TRA’s construction occupations list marks Roof Tiler Prioritised — automatic faster processing, no extra fee — but not Streamlined, so the standard OSAP-or-MSA decision still applies in full.

Where these applications come unstuck

The single most consequential mistake for this occupation is nominating Roof Tiler when the actual work is sheet-metal roofing, guttering or flashing — ANZSCO excludes that work from Roof Tiler by name and assigns it to the separate Roof Plumber code (334115), which sits on the full MLTSSL and CSOL spread rather than STSOL. Getting this wrong in either direction produces an assessment built on duties that do not match the code, and can cost an applicant the 189 or 485 route they were actually eligible for under the correct trade. A second, quieter risk is assuming Roof Tiler shares the rest of this family’s full visa reach because it is equally central to a housing build — it does not.

An honest read on this pathway

Roof Tiler is a genuinely narrower pathway than its six family members: no points-tested independent visa, no post-study route, just the employer-sponsored and state-nominated lanes on the STSOL and CSOL. Prioritised processing helps speed, not scope. Anyone whose actual trade is sheet-metal roofing or guttering should look at Roof Plumber instead, where the visa position is materially stronger — provided the work genuinely matches what TRA assesses under that different code, not just the shared word “roofer.”

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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