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Tier 1 “Straight to residence”

    • Acoustic Engineer (Engineering Professionals nec)
    • Anaesthetist
    • Analyst Programmer
    • Calibration Engineer (Engineering Professionals Nec)
    • Cardiologist
    • Chemical Engineer
    • Chief Information Officer
    • Civil Engineer
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    • Electronics Engineer
    • Emergency Medicine Specialist
    • Endocrinologist
    • Engineering Professionals (Not Elsewhere Classified)
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    • ICT Managers not elsewhere classified (nec)
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    • Industrial Engineer
    • Intensive Care Specialist
    • Materials Engineer
    • Mechanical Engineer
    • Mechatronics engineer (Engineering Professionals Nec)
    • Medical Laboratory Scientist
    • Medical Oncologist
    • Medical Practitioners nec
    • Midwife
    • Multimedia Specialist
    • Neurologist
    • Organisational Psychologist
    • Orthoptist
    • Other Medical Practitioners (Including Dermatologist, Obstetrician And Gynaecologist, Ophthalmologist, Diagnostic And Interventional Radiologist, And Radiation Oncologist)
    • Other Spatial Scientist
    • Paediatric Surgeon- Surgeon
    • Paediatrician
    • Pathologist- Other Medical Practitioners
    • Physicist (Medical)
    • Plastic and Reconstructive surgeons – Surgeons
    • Product Design engineers- Engineering Professionals Nec
    • Production or Plant Engineer
    • Project Builder
    • Psychiatrist
    • Psychologist Nec
    • Psychotherapist
    • Quantity Surveyor
    • Registered Nurses (including but not limited to Aged Care, except Nurse Practitioner and Nurse Manager)
    • Renal Medicine Specialist
    • Resident Medical Officer
    • Rheumatologist – specialist Physicians
    • Safety Engineer- Engineering Professionals nec
    • Software and Applications Programmers not elsewhere classified (nec)
    • Software Engineer
    • Software Tester
    • Specialist Physician (General Medicine)
    • Specialist Physicians Not Elsewhere Classified
    • Structural Engineer
    • Surgeons (Including General Surgeons, Cardiothoracic Surgeon,  Neurosurgeon, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Otorhinolaryngologist, Urologist And Vascular Surgeon)
    • Surveyor
    • Telecommunications Engineers
    • Telecommunications Network Engineers
    • Test and Activation Engineer (Naval Shipbuilding)- Engineering Professionals nec
    • Thoracic Medicine Specialist
    • Urologist
    • Veterinarian

    Tier 2: Work to Residence

    • Anaesthetic Technician
    • Medical Laboratory Technician
    • Medical Diagnostic (Medical Imaging Technologist)
    • Medical Radiation Therapist
    • Occupational Therapist
    • Sonographer
    • Podiatrist
    • Audiologist
    • Teachers – registered Early Childhood, Primary, and Secondary Education
    • Automotive Electrician
    • Diesel Motor Mechanic (including Heavy Vehicle Inspector)
    • Electrician (General) –registered
    • Plumber – registered
    • Dairy Farm Managers, including Dairy Farm Manager, Assistant Dairy Farm Manager and Dairy Herd Manager

     

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Eligible visas

All applicants must be on an eligible visa. These are:

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  • Talent (Accredited Employer) Work Visa
  • Essential Skills Work Visa
  • Religious Worker Work Visa
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  • Long Term Skill Shortage List Work Visa
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  • Trafficking Victim Work Visa
  • Migrant Exploitation Protection Work Visa
  • Skilled Migrant Category Job Search Work Visa
  • Victims of Family Violence Work
  • Visa South Island Contribution Work Visa
  • Work Visa granted under Section 61 (provided the applicant held another eligible visa type within 6 months of being granted a Section 61 visa)
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Scarce list — Long Term Skill Shortage List

Occupations in the Long Term Skill Shortage List.

  • Analyst programmer
  • Automotive electrician
  • Chef (chef de partie or higher)
  • Chemical engineer
  • Civil engineer
  • Civil engineering technician
  • Clinical psychologist
  • Computer network and systems engineer
  • Construction project manager
  • Database administrator
  • Developer programmer
  • Diagnostic and interventional radiologist
  • Diesel motor mechanic (including heavy vehicle inspector)
  • Electric line mechanic
  • Electrical engineer
  • Electrical engineering technician
  • Electrician (general)
  • Electronic engineering technician
  • Electronics engineer
  • Engineering professional
  • Environmental engineer
  • Environmental research scientist
  • Food technologist
  • General practitioner
  • Geotechnical engineer
  • ICT business analyst
  • ICT customer support officer
  • ICT project manager
  • ICT quality assurance engineer
  • ICT security specialist
  • ICT support and test engineer
  • ICT support engineer
  • ICT systems test engineer
  • Industrial engineer
  • Materials engineer
  • Mechanical engineer
  • Medical laboratory scientist
  • Medical radiation therapist
  • Multimedia specialist (film animator)
  • Multimedia specialist
  • Network administrator
  • Obstetrician and gynaecologist
  • Organisation and methods analyst
  • Other spatial scientist
  • Physicist (medical)
  • Physiotherapist
  • Procurement manager
  • Production or plant engineer
  • Project builder (including building project manager and site foreman)
  • Psychiatrist
  • Quantity surveyor
  • Registered nurse (aged care)
  • Software engineer
  • Software tester
  • Software and applications programmer
  • Sonographer
  • Specialist physician in palliative medicine
  • Structural engineer
  • Surgeon (general)
  • Surveyor
  • Systems administrator
  • Systems analyst
  • Telecommunications engineer
  • Telecommunications engineer
  • Telecommunications network engineer
  • Telecommunications network engineer
  • Veterinarian
  • Web developer

Scarce list — Requiring occupational registration and in the health or education sector

Occupations requiring registration in the health or education sectors.

  • Chiropractor
  • Clinical dental technician
  • Clinical dental therapist
  • Dental hygienist
  • Dental technician
  • Dental therapist
  • Dentist
  • Dietitian
  • Dispensing optician
  • Medical laboratory scientist/technologist
  • Medical laboratory technician
  • Medical practitioner
  • Medical radiation technologist
  • Midwives
  • Nurse
  • Occupational therapist
  • Optometrist
  • Osteopath
  • Paramedic
  • Pharmacist
  • Physiotherapist
  • Podiatrist
  • Psychologist
  • Teacher (including Principals and registered Early Childhood Education teachers)

Scarce list — Personal carers and other critical health workers

Occupations in the health sector.

  • Aged and disabled carers
  • Nursing support and personal care workers
  • Special care workers
  • Technical and support staff working in various services including theatre, laboratories, radiology, pharmacy services, oncology, haematology, pathology, hyperbaric medicine and mortuaries
  • Workers who install, operate or maintain medical equipment
  • Workers delivering mental health and addictions services, aged care, respite, home care and support, child health, palliative and hospice care, forensic health, and disability support

Scarce list — Primary sector (non-seasonal) roles

Non-seasonal roles in the Primary sector.

  • Agricultural and horticultural mobile plant operator
  • Agricultural consultant
  • Agricultural engineer
  • Agricultural scientist
  • Agricultural technician
  • Anaesthetic technician
  • Animal attendants and trainers nec
  • Apiarist
  • Aquaculture farmer
  • Aquaculture worker
  • Arborist
  • Baker
  • Baking factory worker
  • Beef cattle farm worker
  • Beef cattle farmer
  • Boat builder and repairer
  • Brewery worker
  • Butcher or smallgoods maker
  • Cabinetmakers
  • Cardiac technician
  • Chef
  • Chemist
  • Confectionery maker
  • Conservation Officer
  • Cook
  • Cotton Grower
  • Crop farm workers nec
  • Crop Farmers nec
  • Dairy cattle farm worker
  • Dairy cattle farmer
  • Dairy products maker
  • Deck hand
  • Deer farmer
  • Dog handler or trainer
  • Environmental consultant
  • Environmental engineer
  • Environmental manager
  • Environmental research scientist
  • Environmental scientists nec
  • Fabric and textile factory worker
  • Farm, forestry and garden workers
  • Farrier
  • Fencer
  • Fisheries officer
  • Fishing hand
  • Florist
  • Food and drink factory workers nec
  • Food technologist
  • Food trades assistants nec
    Footwear production machine operator
  • Forester (AUS) / Forest scientist (NZ)
  • Forestry worker
  • Fruit and vegetable factory worker
  • Fruit and vegetable packer
  • Fruit or nut farm worker
  • Fruit or Nut Grower
  • Fruit or nut picker
  • Furniture finisher
  • Gardener (general)
  • Goat farmer
  • Grain mill worker
  • Grain, oilseed or pasture farm worker (AUS) / Field crop farm worker (NZ)
  • Grain, Oilseed or Pasture Grower / Field Crop Grower
  • Grape Grower
  • Greenskeeper
  • Hide and skin processing machines operators
  • Hide and skin processing worker
  • Horse breeder
  • Horse groomer
  • Horticultural nursery assistant
  • Hunter-trapper
  • Kennel hand
  • Knitting machine operator
  • Landscape gardener
  • Livestock farm workers nec
  • Livestock farmers
  • Logging assistant
  • Logging plant operator
  • Marine biologist
  • Marine transport professionals nec
  • Master fisher
  • Meat boner and slicer
  • Meat inspector
  • Meat packer
  • Meat process worker
  • Medical laboratory technician
  • Medical technician nec
  • Mixed crop and livestock farm worker
  • Mixed crop and livestock farmer
  • Mixed Crop Farmer
  • Mixed livestock farm worker
  • Mixed livestock farmer
  • Mushroom picker
  • Nurserypersons
  • Operating theatre technician
  • Other wood processing machine operator nec
  • Paper and pulp mill operator
  • Paper products machine operator
  • Park ranger
  • Pastrycook
  • Pastrycook’s assistant
  • Pathology collector / phlebotomist
  • Pest controller
  • Pet groomer
  • Pharmacy technician
  • Picture framer
  • Pig farmer
  • Poultry farm worker
  • Poultry farmer
  • Poultry process worker
  • Primary products inspectors nec
  • Production manager (forestry)
  • Quarantine officer
  • Saw maker and repairer
  • Sawmill or timber yard worker
  • Sawmilling operator
  • Seafood packer
  • Seafood process worker
  • Shearer
  • Sheep farm worker
  • Sheep farmer
  • Ship’s engineer
  • Ship’s master
  • Ship’s officer
  • Ship’s surveyor
  • Shipwright
  • Slaughterer
  • Stablehand
  • Sugar Cane Grower
  • Sugar mill worker
  • Tanker driver
  • Textile and footwear production machine operators nec
  • Textile dyeing and finishing machine operator
  • Tree faller
  • Turf Grower
  • Vegetable farm worker (AUS) / Market garden worker (NZ)
  • Vegetable Grower (Aus) / Market Gardener (NZ)
  • Vegetable picker
  • Veterinarian
  • Veterinary nurse
  • Vineyard worker
  • Weaving machine operator
  • Wine maker
  • Winery cellar hand
  • Wood and wood products factory worker
  • Wood machinist
  • Wood machinist and other wood trades workers nec
  • Wood turner
  • Wool buyer
  • Wool classer
  • Wool handler
  • Yard carding and spinning machine operator
  • Zookeeper

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