Skilled Occupation List (SOL) and Employer Nomination Scheme Occupation List
Skilled Occupation List (SOL) and Employer Nomination Scheme Occupation List
Skilled Occupation List (SOL) and Employer Nomination Scheme Occupation List
Important
This form contains the Skilled Occupation List (SOL) and the Employer Nomination Scheme Occupation List
(ENSOL), and includes details of the relevant assessing authorities for each occupation. The information contained in
this form was correct at the time of printing, however it is subject to change at any time and so before you apply for
your visa, you should check the latest version of the SOL/ENSOL, available on the Department of Immigration and
Citizenship (the department) website www.immi.gov.au/asri/
Assessing authorities
The assessing authorities are responsible for undertaking
skills assessments for migration purposes and are not
employment agencies. The assessing authorities will not reply
to requests for job placement.
You must contact a relevant assessing authority directly to
obtain a skills assessment. They will provide all necessary
applications forms and associated information relating to the
assessment. There will be a charge for the assessment. The
contact details for assessing authorities are listed on
pages 15–17 of this form.
An overview of the processing guidelines of some assessing
authorities is provided on pages 18–24. Information on
processing guidelines is intended as a guide only and the
most up to date information can be obtained from the
relevant assessing authority.
In addition, the following Manager and Administrator occupations may be nominated under the Employer Nomination Scheme but not under the
General Skilled Migration categories.
In addition, the following Associate Professional occupations may be nominated under the Employer Nomination Scheme but not under the General
Skilled Migration categories.
In addition, the following Tradespersons and related worker occupations may be nominated under the Employer Nomination Scheme but not under
the General Skilled Migration categories.
You may apply for a skills assessment if: Medical Radiation Science in Australia
• you are a current Member (MACS) of the ACS; or Medical Radiation Science in Australia encompasses:
• you possess any of the following Australian qualifications or • Diagnostic Radiographers (Medical Imaging Technologists);
overseas qualifications and relevant experience assessed as • Radiation Therapists; and
comparable:
• Sonographers.
– *Bachelor (undergraduate) degree or higher qualification
with a major in IT plus 4-years of relevant professional IT Radiographers/Radiation Therapists/Sonographers and
work experience; Industrial Radiographers holding qualifications obtained
outside Australia must apply directly to the Australian Institute
– Bachelor (undergraduate) degree or higher qualification of Radiography for assessment of their qualifications.
with a minor in IT plus 6-years of relevant professional IT
work experience; The AIR will, through its Overseas Qualifications Assessment
Panel, directly assess Radiographers/Radiation Therapists and
– (AQF) Advanced Diploma (3 years full-time) Sonographers and will refer assessments on Industrial
or (AQF) Diploma (2 years full-time) in IT plus Radiographers to AINDT. However all applications must be
6-years of relevant professional IT work experience. submitted to the AIR.
*Recent graduates of an Australian university who fall within A Comprehensive appeal process is available to all applicants
the first category do not require experience. and the appeal mechanism is conducted by persons not
If you do not possess a recognised qualification in IT (or IT associated with the original assessment.
sub-discipline) but you have a qualification in another
discipline together with significant experience in IT and AIWCW Australian Institute of Welfare and Community Workers
extensive professional development education, you may apply
for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). Applicants in this The general field of social welfare in Australia is diverse and
category should have a minimum of 6 years relevant complex, with a range of occupational groups involved in
professional IT work experience. service provision. Persons with welfare work qualifications are
employed across many of these occupations, and their job titles
may vary greatly. However, eligibility for membership of the
AIM Australian Institute of Management Australian Institute of Welfare and Community Workers
To satisfy the level of qualifications, training and work (AIWCW) is used by a variety of employers as an important
experience for a ‘professional manager’ assessed by AIM, criteria for employment.
applicants must hold a senior management position. The AIWCW is the professional organisation responsible for
The criteria used is as follows: assessment of overseas qualifications and work experience
A record of proven management achievement over a period of suitable for recognition as a generic welfare worker in Australia,
5 years or more in a senior management position such as a using the criteria for eligibility for membership. Eligibility for
chief executive, general manager or senior functional manager membership of the AIWCW generally requires a person to have
who delegates authority to several other managers who hold completed a vocational qualification in welfare work,
positions requiring the delegation of work to several other community services or human services, with a 3 year university
positions of a supervisory, or technical, or skilled nature. degree, or a 2 year diploma at a college of technical and further
education (TAFE); including studies of society, individual
The years of experience may be reduced if the applicant has
human structure and function, welfare work with individuals,
qualifications in management studies or business
groups and communities, welfare services and systems, and
administration assessed as comparable to an Australian
practical training of at least 400 hours.
Bachelor degree, or in a discipline relevant to the field in which
the manager is working. You must have relevant work Full membership of the AIWCW is also available to those who:
experience – recent graduates are not able to meet the • satisfy the AIWCW requirements for Core Competencies; and
requirements.
• have a relevant qualification at least equivalent to the
An important factor in making an assessment is whether a Australian Qualification Framework Diploma in academic
person delegates authority to other managers who are standard; and
themselves responsible for planning, organisation, decision
making, staffing and control, and who in turn delegate to • which is at least equivalent to 2 years of full-time or
others. 1000 hours of study; and
The assessment is based upon a review of an entire career • have at least 3 years of professional work experience
history and satisfactory evidence is sought of managerial (30 hours per week or more) within the last 10 years.
progression through increased authority and responsibility of A ‘relevant qualification’ may include, for example, a general
each position thereby demonstrating a period of sustained 3 year Bachelor of Arts degree with a psychology or sociology
success. major, or a specialised 2 year diploma in the field of social
Applicants who wish to have their skills assessed should welfare. Decisions about the relevance of alternative
contact AIM for further information. qualifications and/or work experience are made on an
individual basis by an AIWCW Membership Assessment
Coordinator, with doubtful cases being referred to the National
Membership Assessment Panel.
Continued on the next page
Stage 1 – Self-assessment
A free self-assessment tool to help determine if an applicant
has the skills required. (The tool is available over the web and
in print form.)