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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 — 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 — 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

Eligible visas

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

• Post Study Work Visa
• Talent (Accredited Employer) Work Visa
• Essential Skills Work Visa
• Religious Worker Work Visa
• Talent (Arts, Culture, Sports) Work Visa
• Long Term Skill Shortage List Work Visa
• Silver Fern Practical Experience Work Visa
• 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)
• Some Critical Purpose Visitor Visas (CPVV):
  • Critical health workers for longer term roles (6 months or longer), and
  • Other critical workers for long term roles (more than 6 months).

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