Cabler (Data and Telecommunications) (ANZSCO 342411)

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 Cabler (Data and Telecommunications) 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 Cabler (Data and Telecommunications) 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. The standard MSA evidence set applies — passport identity page, qualification with transcripts, an Employer Template form and pay evidence per employment period, no English test required, generally finalised within TRA's stated 120 days. This code also sits on TRA's Construction Occupations List as Prioritised for queue order, though not Streamlined.

Where these applications come unstuck

The title reads as junior work — internal cabling, not equipment installation — but that impression does not match the visa list. Telecommunications Technician (342414) sounds more senior and qualified, yet sits on ROL+CSOL reaching only 186, 482 and 494, while this code's STSOL+CSOL list reaches six subclasses including 190, 407 and 491. Assuming the plainer job title has the weaker pathway would be backwards here — check the actual list, not the title.

An honest read on this pathway

This is a genuinely open pathway with reasonable reach — six visa subclasses — though it sits on STSOL rather than MLTSSL, so it does not carry the independent 189 or graduate 485 routes the way this family's electric-power and electronics codes do. ANZSCO carries no registration-or-licensing flag for this occupation, so there is no published state-licensing overlay found 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 Cabler (Data and Telecommunications) 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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