Irrigation Technician (ANZSCO 362712)
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 Irrigation Technician 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 in Demand visa (subclass 482) — Temporary, employer sponsored · all occupations for the 482
- Employer Nomination Scheme visa (subclass 186) — Permanent, employer sponsored · all occupations for the 186
Skills assessment
A positive skills assessment for Irrigation Technician comes from:
- Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services (VETASSESS) (official site) · our guide to the VETASSESS process
What the assessment actually involves
Irrigation Technician is a VETASSESS Group D occupation, with Irrigation Planner accepted as a suitable alternate title for the same code. The standard four-pathway structure applies, trading a highly relevant Certificate III or IV against a shorter employment history, down to four years of total employment including at least one year highly relevant within the last five for applicants without a matching qualification. Evidence follows VETASSESS's usual professional-occupations model: a Statement of Service signed by a senior supervisor on employer letterhead, plus at least two independent forms of payment evidence naming the employer.
Where these applications come unstuck
VETASSESS explicitly excludes Landscape Gardener and Landscape Architect from this code, even though ANZSCO itself groups Irrigation Technician together with Landscape Gardener in the same unit group — sharing a classification family does not mean the two occupations can be nominated interchangeably. An applicant whose day-to-day work is landscape design and construction with some irrigation installation is nominating the wrong code by defaulting to Irrigation Technician on the strength of the shared unit group; Landscape Gardener is a separate, VETASSESS-assessed occupation with its own list.
An honest read on this pathway
Irrigation Technician sits on the Core Skills Occupation List only — no state nomination, no 189 — but like Tree Worker it reaches 186 and 482, employer-sponsored routes the Regional Occupation List codes in this family cannot use. No dedicated labour agreement covers irrigation or landscape trades, so sponsorship depends on standard CSOL employer nomination, a Company Specific agreement, or a regional DAMA. Any 482 nomination is subject to the standard income thresholds, indexed every 1 July — confirm the current figure directly 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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