Ambulance Officer (ANZSCO 411111)

On the Short-term Skilled 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 Ambulance Officer 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.

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 Ambulance Officer comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

VETASSESS classifies Ambulance Officer as a Group C occupation, stating directly: "This occupation requires a qualification assessed as comparable to the educational level of an Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Diploma or higher, in a field highly relevant to the nominated occupation." That Diploma-level bar is the defining feature of this code, and the point where it differs from its closest sibling, Intensive Care Ambulance Paramedic, which VETASSESS assesses at Bachelor level instead. Ambulance Officer sits on STSOL plus CSOL, reaching six visas including 186 and 482 — identical to Intensive Care Ambulance Paramedic's visa reach, despite the different qualification tier underneath.

Where these applications come unstuck

The trap here is not about visa access, since both ambulance codes reach the same six visas — it is about nominating the wrong qualification tier. An applicant whose real qualification sits at Bachelor level risks under-nominating into this Diploma-level code, and an applicant whose qualification is genuinely Diploma-level cannot expect the Bachelor-level Intensive Care Ambulance Paramedic code to accept it. Because the visa lists are identical, there is no upside to guessing wrong in either direction — the only consequence of a mismatch is a weaker or unsuccessful assessment outcome, not a narrower list.

An honest read on this pathway

Ambulance Officer's visa reach — STSOL plus CSOL, six visas including 186 and 482 — is strong and matches its Bachelor-level sibling exactly, so the qualification-tier question matters for the assessment outcome rather than for planning a visa route. This guide could not confirm whether paramedicine, at either qualification tier, carries an AHPRA registration requirement through the Paramedicine Board of Australia — that National Board's own site was unreachable throughout this research, and VETASSESS's own occupation page for this code does not mention AHPRA or the Paramedicine Board at all. Confirm the registration position directly with the Board before assuming a VETASSESS outcome is sufficient to work.

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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