Gardener (General) (ANZSCO 362211)

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 Gardener (General) 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).

Skills assessment

A positive skills assessment for Gardener (General) comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

Gardener (General) is assessed the same way as Florist under this authority: no dedicated occupation page, and not one of TRA's four named licensed trades, so the Migration Skills Assessment catch-all is the likely route unless this specific passport-and-occupation combination sits on the Offshore or TSS program's own lists, which TRA's site does not publish in full. MSA is a paper-based check against a qualification; TRA states directly that neither work experience nor an occupational licence can stand in for one. No English test applies to any TRA program, and only copies of supporting documents are ever accepted.

Where these applications come unstuck

General grounds and gardening work often includes applying pesticides or treating pest and disease problems, and in at least one state, New South Wales, that work carries its own chemical-application training tier separate from anything TRA checks. A TRA skills assessment says nothing about whether the person is licensed to spray commercially. The other recurring mistake is assuming an employer's sponsorship offer can lead somewhere under this code: Gardener (General) has no CSOL entry, so 186 and 482 are not available no matter how willing the employer is to sponsor.

An honest read on this pathway

Like Florist and Greenkeeper, Gardener (General) sits on the Short-Term list only, reaching 190, 407, 491 and 494, never 186 or 482. State nomination or a regional visa is the genuine route to permanent residence for this code; employer sponsorship on the standard skilled channels is not available. Anyone doing commercial pesticide work under this occupation should also check state licensing separately from the TRA assessment, since New South Wales ties its chemical-application bar to whether the work is supervised or independent, not to the migration outcome at all.

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 Gardener (General) 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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