Tree Worker (ANZSCO 362512)

On the 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 Tree Worker on?

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 Tree Worker comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

Tree Worker is a VETASSESS Group D occupation assessed under the same Certificate III/IV structure as the rest of the Group D tier, with Tree Surgeon and Utility Tree Worker accepted as suitable alternate titles for the same code. The usual four pathways apply, from a highly relevant Certificate IV plus one year of employment through to 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 on employer letterhead plus at least two independent forms of payment evidence such as payslips or tax records.

Where these applications come unstuck

VETASSESS explicitly excludes Forester and Park Ranger from this code — forestry and park-ranger work sit in different ANZSCO unit groups, land management and conservation rather than arboriculture, and carry no reach into this family's visa set. An applicant nominating Tree Worker on the strength of forestry or conservation experience is applying under duties VETASSESS will not credit, and the mismatch is caught at assessment rather than avoided by the qualification alone. Tree Surgeon and Utility Tree Worker are the safe alternate titles if the job title on file does not literally say 'Tree Worker'.

An honest read on this pathway

Tree Worker sits on the Core Skills Occupation List only, with no state nomination and no 189 pathway, but it does reach 186 and 482 — employer-sponsored permanent and temporary nomination — which the Regional Occupation List codes in this family cannot access. No dedicated labour agreement covers arboriculture, so sponsorship runs through standard CSOL employer nomination, a Company Specific agreement, or a regional DAMA. Any 482 nomination under this code is subject to the standard income thresholds, indexed every 1 July — check the current figure with Home Affairs before relying on it.

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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