Electronic Instrument Trades Worker (Special Class) (ANZSCO 342315)

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 Electronic Instrument Trades Worker (Special Class) 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).

Processing priority

Electronic Instrument Trades Worker (Special Class) 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 Electronic Instrument Trades Worker (Special Class) comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

This code sits on the MLTSSL with TRA as assessing authority, meeting TRA's Migration Skills Assessment eligibility text outright, and is not one of TRA's four licensed occupations excluded from MSA. The standard MSA evidence set applies: passport identity page, qualification with full transcripts, an Employer Template form and pay evidence per employment period, no English test, generally finalised within TRA's stated 120 days. ANZSCO defines this code by “complex electronic instruments and control systems which involve a combination of electrical, electronic, mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic principles.”

Where these applications come unstuck

The evidentiary risk runs the other way from its General-class neighbour (342314): under-claiming. An applicant whose actual work spans multiple engineering disciplines — electrical and mechanical and hydraulic control systems together — but who nominates the plainer General code risks an assessor deciding the reference letters describe Special Class work under the wrong heading, or vice versa. Both codes carry an identical visa list, so this is purely a matching problem between claimed duties and ANZSCO's own wording, not a visa-reach decision.

An honest read on this pathway

The migration pathway is genuinely open — MLTSSL, full eight-visa reach including 189 and 485, identical to 342314. ANZSCO flags that “registration or licensing may be required” for this occupation too, and TRA's own captured Licensing page again names a dedicated route for only three occupation groups, none matching this code. That is a published gap, not confirmation no licence applies — a direct state or territory check remains necessary before doing the work on arrival.

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 Electronic Instrument Trades Worker (Special Class) 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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