Shipwright (ANZSCO 399112)
On the Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills 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 Shipwright on?
MLTSSL — Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List. The widest list — occupations on the MLTSSL can access the points-tested permanent skilled visas including the Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189), which needs no state nomination or employer.
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).
- Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189) — Permanent, points-tested, no sponsor needed · all occupations for the 189
- 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
- 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
- Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional visa (subclass 494) — Provisional, regional employer sponsored · all occupations for the 494
- Temporary Graduate visa (subclass 485) — Temporary, recent Australian graduates · all occupations for the 485
- Training visa (subclass 407) — Temporary, workplace training · all occupations for the 407
Processing priority
Shipwright 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 Shipwright comes from:
- Trades Recognition Australia (TRA) (official site) · our guide to the TRA process
What the assessment actually involves
Shipwright shares its list position exactly with Boat Builder and Repairer — both sit on the Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List plus the Core Skills Occupation List, the only two codes in this family with that combination. TRA does not publish separate assessment criteria distinguishing the two named marine trades from each other; the same program logic applies to both, chosen by passport, training location and target visa rather than by which of the two occupations you nominate. Most offshore applicants default to the documentary Migration Skills Assessment unless their occupation-and-country pairing is caught by TRA's separate Offshore Skills Assessment Program list.
Where these applications come unstuck
Because Shipwright and Boat Builder and Repairer carry identical list membership and visa reach, there is no visa-strategy reason to prefer one over the other — the only reason to nominate Shipwright is that it is the code your actual duties support. TRA is explicit that it cannot advise which occupation to nominate and leaves that decision entirely to the applicant. As with the rest of this family, evidence that does not corroborate itself — references describing duties your pay records and tax history cannot support — is the recurring, avoidable failure across TRA's assessment programs.
An honest read on this pathway
Shipwright reaches the full eight-visa spread shared with Boat Builder and Repairer, a genuinely stronger position than every other code in this thirteen-occupation family. No TRA source reachable in this research names a qualification level specific to Shipwright, so a claimed certificate equivalence should be expected to face scrutiny rather than be assumed to pass. State or territory licensing for marine construction work, if any exists, sits entirely outside TRA's process and was not established in this research.
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 Shipwright 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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