Wall and Floor Tiler (ANZSCO 333411)

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 Wall and Floor Tiler 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 Wall and Floor Tiler comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

Wall and Floor Tiler follows the same five-program TRA structure as the rest of this family — passport, training location and target visa decide which of MSA, OSAP, TSS, JRP or PSA an applicant actually needs, not the trade itself. TRA’s construction occupations list marks it Prioritised, meaning automatic faster processing at no extra fee once an eligible application is lodged, but it is not on the Streamlined list, so it does not carry the document-only MSA shortcut that Bricklayer, Carpenter and Joiner now have. The ordinary OSAP-versus-MSA test, gated on TRA’s separate occupation and country lists, remains the operative decision for most offshore applicants.

Where these applications come unstuck

The recurring risk is assuming the construction-trade streamlining news covers every building trade equally — Wall and Floor Tiler is not on TRA’s approved streamlined list, only its prioritised one, so an applicant expecting the simpler route can be routed to OSAP instead and lose the time they had budgeted for the shorter path. MSA’s document-only model is also unforgiving here as everywhere else in this family: TRA states plainly that work experience cannot substitute for a formal qualification, and no source reachable here names a specific AQF certificate level for this code, so a claimed equivalence should be expected to face real scrutiny rather than assumed to pass.

An honest read on this pathway

Wall and Floor Tiler carries the full MLTSSL and CSOL visa spread, including 189 and 485, and benefits from the same faster prioritised processing as the rest of this family — a genuinely open pathway on paper. It simply does not get the streamlining shortcut three of its six siblings now have, so the standard, more involved assessment route is the realistic expectation for most offshore applicants. A positive TRA outcome is a migration document only; whatever tiling licence a state or territory requires is a separate matter TRA leaves entirely to the applicant to confirm.

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 Wall and Floor Tiler 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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