Animal Attendants and Trainers nec (ANZSCO 361199)

On the Short-term Skilled 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 Animal Attendants and Trainers nec 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.

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

Animal Attendants and Trainers nec 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 Animal Attendants and Trainers nec comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

Animal Attendants and Trainers nec is VETASSESS's catch-all Group F code for animal-care roles that do not match a more specific occupation in this family, assessed at the same AQF Certificate II floor as Pet Groomer. The same four-pathway shape applies: a highly relevant Certificate II plus one year of highly relevant employment, a non-relevant Certificate II plus two years, or four years of total employment including at least one year highly relevant within the last five for applicants without a matching qualification. Evidence is the standard Statement of Service plus two independent forms of payment evidence.

Where these applications come unstuck

Because this is a residual code, an applicant whose duties actually match a more specific occupation in the family — Dog Handler or Trainer, Kennel Hand, Zookeeper, Shearer — should nominate that code rather than defaulting to the nec catch-all, since the specific codes can carry different list and visa reach. VETASSESS's evidence rules are the same as elsewhere in the family: a Statement of Service signed by a senior supervisor on letterhead, and at least two independent forms of payment evidence such as payslips or tax records naming the employer, with no substitute for the specific detail this evidence set requires.

An honest read on this pathway

This code sits on STSOL, reaching 190, 407, 491 and 494 — no 186 or 482, so it cannot support employer-sponsored permanent or temporary nomination the way the CSOL-eligible codes in this family can. No dedicated labour agreement covers general animal-attendant work, and because the code is explicitly residual, an employer or assessor may query why a more specific occupation was not nominated instead; documenting why the role genuinely does not fit a narrower code is worth doing before applying.

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.

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Whether nominating Animal Attendants and Trainers nec 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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