Enrolled Nurse (ANZSCO 411411)

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 Enrolled Nurse 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 Enrolled Nurse comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

ANMAC assesses Enrolled Nurse, but this code carries a structural gate most applicants miss. ANMAC's own occupation list states the code applies only to enrolled nurses registered in Australia, which means there is no offshore Full-stream entry into it the way there is for Registered Nurse codes. In practice an overseas enrolled nurse needs to secure enrolled nurse registration with the Board first, and only then can ANMAC assess them under this code.

Where these applications come unstuck

The sequencing is the trap: applicants plan an ANMAC assessment as their first step, as an RN would, and discover the order is reversed for this code. The second trap is assuming enrolled nurse is an easier route to the same destination as registered nurse. It is not the same destination, and the two are distinct registration categories with distinct qualifications, so an RN-qualified applicant should not fall back to this code because the RN route looks harder.

An honest read on this pathway

This code has a materially narrower footprint than every Registered Nurse code. It sits on the STSOL rather than the MLTSSL and is absent from the 189 and 485 visas, so the independent points-tested route is not available for it at all. The sponsored and state-nominated routes remain. That difference is structural rather than competitive, and it is worth confirming against your intended visa before committing to the pathway.

Registration and assessment both need paperwork. Nursing and health applications run two document trails at once — the skills assessment and professional registration. The Document Vault keeps one register of what you hold, what each body has asked for, and what is still outstanding.

We've also written a full pathway guide for this occupation: read the Enrolled Nurse pathway guide.

Talk it through with a registered agent

Whether nominating Enrolled Nurse 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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