Picture Framer (ANZSCO 394212)

On the Regional Occupation List and 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 Picture Framer on?

ROL — Regional Occupation List. Occupations on the ROL are limited to the regional provisional visas — mainly the Skilled Work Regional 491 and Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional 494.

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 Picture Framer comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

TRA has no page specific to Picture Framer — it runs the same general assessment programs as for every trade in this family. Picture Framer sits on the Regional Occupation List and the Core Skills Occupation List, and neither is ever named in TRA's own repeated Migration Skills Assessment eligibility sentence, which mentions only the Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List and Short-term Skilled Occupations List. TRA's broader, catch-all program-comparison language elsewhere suggests the Migration Skills Assessment may still be open to occupations and pathways not specified under its other programs, but this dossier cannot resolve which reading governs for a CSOL-and-ROL-only code — confirm directly with TRA before assuming eligibility by analogy with a strategic-list trade.

Where these applications come unstuck

ANZSCO describes Picture Framer narrowly and without any named specialisation: making picture frames and framing paintings, photographs and other artwork. There is no sibling occupation this code is easily confused with inside this family, but it is worth not defaulting to the residual 394299 nec code out of uncertainty — 394299 is reserved for trades ANZSCO genuinely does not classify elsewhere, and Picture Framer has its own dedicated code that should be used whenever the work actually is picture framing. Assuming this code shares Cabinetmaker's Construction Occupations List benefits is also a mistake; the checked list names only Cabinetmaker among this family's eight occupations.

An honest read on this pathway

Picture Framer reaches subclass 186, 482 and 494 through its Core Skills Occupation List and Regional Occupation List membership, but never 189, 190, 407 or 485 — there is no points-tested or post-study route for this trade under any circumstance. Employer sponsorship through 186 or 482 is the realistic pathway for most applicants, subject to the usual salary-threshold rules for that stream, with 494 regional sponsorship as the remaining option outside a major city. Neither ANZSCO nor TRA flags a licensing requirement for this occupation, and this research found no state-specific licensing overlay for picture framing distinct from general small-business regulation.

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

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