Contract Administrator (ANZSCO 511111)

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 Contract Administrator 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 Contract Administrator comes from:

What the assessment actually involves

Contract Administrator is a VETASSESS Group C occupation needing a Diploma or higher, reaching all six visa subclasses this family can reach, including the points-tested 190 and 491 pathways no real-estate code reaches. Its named field of study splits into a construction-context list (Construction Management, Quantity Surveying, Civil Engineering/Building with contract-law subjects) and a non-construction list (Law, Business, Project Management), and VETASSESS describes the role around preparing, interpreting, reviewing and negotiating variations to contracts, with delegated authority to represent and protect the organisation's risk and liability position.

Where these applications come unstuck

Contract Administrator excludes Program or Project Administrator and Office Manager by name, yet both Contract Administrator and Program or Project Administrator accept "Project Management" as a highly relevant field of study — the degree title alone cannot tell them apart. VETASSESS's employment-context description is what actually distinguishes them: contract-negotiation authority and risk/liability responsibility for Contract Administrator, versus administrative support to a program or project for the other code, with no equivalent contract-negotiation authority.

An honest read on this pathway

This is one of the two widest pathways in the entire family, and a Project Management graduate should read the employment-context wording carefully rather than assuming the shared field of study settles the nomination. Whether this specific page carries the organisational-chart requirement stated on the other four Group C codes in this family was not independently confirmed, so an applicant should check the current page directly rather than assume either way before assembling evidence.

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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