Travel Consultant (ANZSCO 451612)

On the 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 Travel Consultant on?

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 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

Skills assessment

A positive skills assessment for Travel Consultant comes from:

• Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services (VETASSESS) (official site) · our guide to the VETASSESS process

What the assessment actually involves

VETASSESS assesses Travel Consultant as a Group D occupation — AQF Certificate III or higher plus highly relevant employment — with its suitable-occupation list naming Business, Domestic and International Travel Consultant as the recognised variants. The role centres on advising clients, planning itineraries and booking travel arrangements, a desk-based advisory job distinct from escorting a tour in person (Tour Guide) or working aboard an aircraft (Flight Attendant), even though all three sit in the same travel cluster and get confused on the strength of the shared industry.

Where these applications come unstuck

Travel Consultant reaches 186 and 482 through CSOL membership but has no MLTSSL door and therefore no independent 189 pathway — the same shape as Tour Guide, worth checking rather than assuming either code carries a permanent points-tested route of its own. The trap specific to this code is assuming general online travel-agency or customer-service experience automatically counts as highly relevant; VETASSESS's suitable list names specific job titles, and evidence needs to match the actual advisory or booking duties described, not adjacent retail experience.

An honest read on this pathway

The pathway is genuinely open on CSOL through 186/482 sponsorship, the same reach as Tour Guide beside it. No statutory personal licence was found for this occupation in this research pass — reported as nothing found rather than a confirmed absence, since travel-agency accreditation schemes such as industry association membership were not individually checked and may sit outside what VETASSESS's own page discloses. An applicant should not assume the absence of a page-level VETASSESS hedge means no separate operator requirement exists anywhere in Australia.

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

Whether nominating Travel Consultant 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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