Other Sports Coach or Instructor (ANZSCO 452317)

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 Other Sports 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.

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).

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
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
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 Other Sports 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 Other Sports Coach or Instructor as a Group F occupation — AQF Certificate II floor — and requires applicants to "specify exactly which sport they are coaching" rather than nominate the nec title generically. Its own suitable-occupation list names Basketball Coach, Cricket Coach, Football Coach, Martial Arts Instructor, Sports Trainer and Windsurfing Instructor as the sports genuinely covered by this code.

Where these applications come unstuck

This page carries the single most explicit exclusion list in the whole family: VETASSESS names, by title, every one of the six named coach or instructor codes (diving, gymnastics, horse riding, snowsport, swimming, tennis) plus Dog or Horse Racing Official, Sports Development Officer, Sports Umpire, Other Sports Official, Footballer, Sportspersons nec and Fitness Instructor as NOT suitable under this nec code. Nominating this code as an easier fallback when a more specific title plainly fits is refused on the strength of that list, not a grey area.

An honest read on this pathway

The reverse confusable-code trap sits here too: this is the code an employer must use to sponsor a tennis coach, since Tennis Coach itself has no 186/482 door — this occupation reaches 186 and 482 through CSOL, but has no 189 of its own. It is one of only three codes in the family reaching both a points-tested (190) and an employer-sponsored (186/482) route at once, alongside Diving Instructor (Open Water) and Sports Development Officer.

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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