Pet Groomer (ANZSCO 361113)
On the Regional 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 Pet Groomer on?
ROL — Regional Occupation List. Occupations on the ROL are limited to the regional provisional visas — mainly the Skilled Work Regional 491 and Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional 494.
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).
- Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional visa (subclass 494) — Provisional, regional employer sponsored · all occupations for the 494
Skills assessment
A positive skills assessment for Pet Groomer comes from:
- Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services (VETASSESS) (official site) · our guide to the VETASSESS process
What the assessment actually involves
Pet Groomer is a VETASSESS Group F occupation, one tier below the Group D codes in this family — the qualification floor drops to an AQF Certificate II rather than Certificate III or IV. The same four-pathway shape applies at that lower floor: a highly relevant Certificate II plus one year of highly relevant employment, a non-relevant Certificate II plus two years, or, for applicants without a matching qualification, four years of total employment including at least one year highly relevant within the last five. Evidence is the same Statement of Service plus payment-evidence combination VETASSESS asks for across its professional-occupations codes — payslips, tax records, bank statements, or insurance or superannuation records.
Where these applications come unstuck
VETASSESS explicitly excludes Veterinarian and Zookeeper from the neighbouring Veterinary Nurse code, and grooming duties performed under veterinary supervision are not necessarily the task set VETASSESS looks for under Pet Groomer either — mixing the two on an application risks landing under the wrong code. A Statement of Service must be signed by a supervisor senior to the applicant, on letterhead, naming hours, dates, duties and salary; references from a colleague at the same level are not accepted, and payment evidence needs at least two independent sources such as payslips and tax records.
An honest read on this pathway
Pet Groomer sits on the Regional Occupation List only, reaching the 494 regional visa and nothing else in this family's visa set — no 186, no 482, no state nomination pathway. It shares the lowest qualification bar in the family with Animal Attendants and Trainers nec, a genuinely accessible skills assessment, but the visa reach is the narrowest here. No dedicated Home Affairs labour agreement covers grooming work; a regional employer willing to sponsor under 494, or a regional DAMA that happens to list the code, are the realistic routes, and neither is guaranteed for any given applicant.
VETASSESS assesses qualifications and employment separately. Both need documentation that agrees with itself. The Employment History Builder and Document Vault organise each trail before you lodge.
Talk it through with a registered agent
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