Business Machine Mechanic (ANZSCO 342311)

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 Business Machine Mechanic 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 Business Machine Mechanic comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

This code sits on the STSOL, one of the two lists TRA's Migration Skills Assessment eligibility text names outright, and is not among TRA's four licensed occupations excluded from MSA. An applicant servicing photocopiers, scanners, fax machines and cash registers applies through the standard MSA route — passport identity page, qualification with transcripts, an Employer Template form and pay evidence per employment period — generally finalised, per TRA, within 120 days of online submission. No English test is required for MSA.

Where these applications come unstuck

TRA is explicit across its programs that a formal qualification is not optional and cannot be replaced by years of hands-on repair experience: “TRA does not accept work experience as a substitute for a qualification.” An applicant with strong on-the-job history servicing business equipment but no matching qualification will fail on that ground alone, regardless of how the reference letters describe the work. ANZSCO's task description for this code is narrow — office equipment, not consumer electronics or home entertainment systems, which sit under a different code in the same unit group.

An honest read on this pathway

The pathway reaches six visas including 186, 190 and 482, but sits on STSOL rather than MLTSSL, so it does not reach the independent 189 or the graduate 485 subclass the way several neighbouring codes in this family do. ANZSCO carries no registration-or-licensing flag for this occupation, unlike four of its neighbours in the same minor group, so there is no published state-licensing overlay to check on top of the skills assessment itself.

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 Business Machine Mechanic 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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