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).
- Skilled Nominated visa (subclass 190) — Permanent, state or territory nominated · all occupations for the 190
- Skilled Work Regional visa (subclass 491) — Provisional, regional, points-tested · all occupations for the 491
- Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional visa (subclass 494) — Provisional, regional employer sponsored · all occupations for the 494
- Training visa (subclass 407) — Temporary, workplace training · all occupations for the 407
Processing priority
Gardener (General) 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 Gardener (General) comes from:
- Trades Recognition Australia (TRA) (official site) · our guide to the TRA process
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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