Mothercraft Nurse (ANZSCO 411412)
On the Regional 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 Mothercraft Nurse 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.
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 Employer Sponsored Regional visa (subclass 494) — Provisional, regional employer sponsored · all occupations for the 494
Processing priority
Mothercraft Nurse is a healthcare occupation under Directions 121 and 122 (ANZSCO Minor Group 411, Health and Welfare Support Workers). Since 19 September 2026, skilled visa applications by a primary applicant in this occupation are in the first group processed: for the 482 under Direction 121, and for the permanent and provisional skilled visas, including the 186, 189, 190, 491 and 494, under Direction 122.
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 Mothercraft Nurse comes from:
- Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services (VETASSESS) (official site) · our guide to the VETASSESS process
What the assessment actually involves
VETASSESS's own page for Mothercraft Nurse pairs a task description with a registration statement in the same sentence: "Mothercraft Nurse provides care to newborn infants, and provides advice and training on infant care to parents of newborn infants. Registration or licensing is required." Unlike the equivalent line on the Homoeopath page, this one is phrased as a firm requirement rather than a possibility — but it still names no specific body. Mothercraft Nurse sits on the Regional Occupation List alone, reaching only the 494 visa, the narrowest list position shared with Homoeopath in this family.
Where these applications come unstuck
The trap is treating "registration or licensing is required" as confirmation that a specific, identifiable body regulates Mothercraft Nurse. VETASSESS's page does not connect this requirement to Enrolled Nurse registration, to any AHPRA National Board, or to any other named regulator, despite the occupation's clear proximity to nursing and infant-care work. This guide could not confirm which registration or licensing regime this statement refers to, and treating it as equivalent to nursing registration specifically would be an assumption this research does not support. The narrower question of list access is more settled: ROL only, 494 only, no other visa route through this code.
An honest read on this pathway
Mothercraft Nurse's list position — ROL only, a single visa — is the binding practical constraint, regardless of how the registration question resolves. VETASSESS's own page states registration or licensing is required but names no body, which this guide treats as a genuine unresolved question rather than filling with a plausible guess about which regulator is meant. Anyone relying on this code should confirm, from a government or regulator source directly, what registration or licensing actually applies to mothercraft nursing work in the relevant state, since neither this guide nor VETASSESS's own occupation page settles that question.
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.
Talk it through with a registered agent
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