Make Up Artist (ANZSCO 399514)
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 Make Up Artist 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
Make Up Artist 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 Make Up Artist comes from:
- Trades Recognition Australia (TRA) (official site) · our guide to the TRA process
What the assessment actually involves
Make Up Artist sits on the Short-term Skilled Occupation List alone, in the Performing Arts Technicians unit group at Skill Level 3, designing and applying make up to actors, presenters and other performing artists. TRA runs no occupation-specific page for it; assessment defaults to the standard document-based Migration Skills Assessment, requiring a formal trade or associate qualification and verifiable, documented pay evidence for every claimed period of paid employment — work experience alone, however extensive, cannot substitute for one under TRA's rules.
Where these applications come unstuck
Like Camera Operator, the occupation carries no Core Skills Occupation List entry, so there is no 482 or 186 employer-sponsorship route coded to it at all — an applicant, or an employer, assuming Short-term Skilled Occupation List membership is enough to support sponsorship would be working from a mistaken premise for this specific code. No forum thread specific to Make Up Artist's TRA assessment could be found despite a targeted search, so real applicant experience for this occupation is currently unsourced, unlike its Camera Operator neighbour in the same visa-shape group.
An honest read on this pathway
Make Up Artist reaches subclass 190, 407, 491 and 494 — the same visa spread as Camera Operator, its closest analogue in this family — but no 186, 482 or 189 under any circumstance. That ceiling exists purely because of which lists the occupation sits on; it has nothing to do with skill level, since ANZSCO places it at the same Skill Level 3 tier as most of its media-family neighbours. Anyone counting on employer sponsorship specifically for this occupation should treat that route as closed rather than merely difficult.
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 Make Up Artist 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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