Horse Riding Coach or Instructor (ANZSCO 452313)
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 Horse Riding Coach or Instructor 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
Skills assessment
A positive skills assessment for Horse Riding Coach or Instructor comes from:
- Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services (VETASSESS) (official site) · our guide to the VETASSESS process
What the assessment actually involves
VETASSESS assesses Horse Riding Coach or Instructor as a Group D occupation — AQF Certificate III or higher plus highly relevant employment — with a suitable-occupation list naming Dressage Instructor, Polo Coach and Show Jumping Instructor as recognised specialisations. Unlike the family's four Group F coach codes, this one sits at the standard Certificate III floor, run through the general framework's four-pathway employment and qualification structure rather than the lighter three-pathway Group F shape.
Where these applications come unstuck
The qualification-floor question is the one worth checking carefully here: this occupation is Group D (Certificate III+), while Gymnastics Coach or Instructor, Swimming Coach or Instructor and Tennis Coach — comparably physical coaching roles — sit a level lower in Group F (Certificate II+). Assuming all sport-coaching codes in this family share one qualification bar is wrong in both directions depending which code they're compared against. No sentence naming an equestrian-specific industry credential as insufficient, the way VETASSESS names PADI for diving, was found on this occupation's own page.
An honest read on this pathway
Visa reach (190, 407, 491, 494) has no employer-sponsorship or independent-permanent door — the same STSOL-only shape as most named coach codes in this family bar Diving Instructor, Other Sports Coach or Instructor and Sports Development Officer, which additionally carry CSOL membership. This code does not carry that additional membership, so an equestrian employer looking to sponsor an instructor on a 482 has no pathway through this specific code at all, whatever the applicant's actual seniority.
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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