MLTSSL – Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List

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The MLTSSL or the Medium and Long-Term Strategic Skills List is a list that is published by the Australian Government of occupations that qualify for consideration as part of an Applicants Australian Visa Application.

If you want to immigrate to Australia under one of the permanent skilled Visa Schemes, you will need to have an occupation posted on the MLTSSL. That means you must nominate an occupation from the MLTSSL.

Occupations on the MLTSSL

Occupations that appear on the Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List (MLTSSL) are listed below from the ANZSCO (Australia and New Zealand Skilled Classification of Occupations) to determine which visa program may be available to you depending on your occupation. This list is valid from 20 January 2018.

Medium and Long‑term Strategic Skills List

Item	Occupation	ANZSCO code	Inapplicability conditions (see footnotes below this table)
1	chief executive or managing director	111111	5
2	corporate general manager	111211	5
3	corporate general manager	111211	5
4	horse breeder	121316	9, 10
5	engineering manager	133211
6	child care centre manager	134111
7	nursing clinical director	134212
8	primary health organisation manager	134213
9	welfare centre manager	134214
10	faculty head	134411
11	chief information officer	135111
12	environmental manager	139912
13	musician (instrumental)	211213
14	accountant (general)	221111	6, 18, 20
15	management accountant	221112	6, 18, 20
16	taxation accountant	221113	6, 18, 20
17	external auditor	221213
18	internal auditor	221214
19	actuary	224111
20	statistician	224113
21	economist	224311
22	land economist	224511
23	valuer	224512
24	management consultant	224711	18, 20, 22
25	architect	232111
26	landscape architect	232112
27	surveyor	232212
28	cartographer	232213
29	other spatial scientist	232214
30	chemical engineer	233111
31	materials engineer	233112
32	civil engineer	233211
33	geotechnical engineer	233212
34	quantity surveyor	233213
35	structural engineer	233214
36	transport engineer	233215
37	electrical engineer	233311
38	electronics engineer	233411
39	industrial engineer	233511
40	mechanical engineer	233512
41	production or plant engineer	233513
42	mining engineer (excluding petroleum)	233611
43	petroleum engineer	233612
44	aeronautical engineer	233911
45	agricultural engineer	233912
46	biomedical engineer	233913
47	engineering technologist	233914
48	environmental engineer	233915
49	naval architect	233916
50	engineering professionals (nec)	233999
51	agricultural consultant	234111
52	agricultural scientist	234112
53	forester	234113
54	chemist	234211
55	food technologist	234212
56	environmental consultant	234312
57	environmental research scientist	234313
58	environmental scientists (nec)	234399
59	geophysicist	234412
60	hydrogeologist	234413
61	life scientist (general)	234511
62	biochemist	234513
63	biotechnologist	234514
64	botanist	234515
65	marine biologist	234516
66	microbiologist	234517
67	zoologist	234518
68	life scientists (nec)	234599
69	medical laboratory scientist	234611
70	veterinarian	234711
71	conservator	234911
72	metallurgist	234912
73	meteorologist	234913
74	physicist	234914
75	natural and physical science professionals (nec)	234999
76	early childhood (pre‑primary school) teacher	241111
77	secondary school teacher	241411
78	special needs teacher	241511
79	teacher of the hearing impaired	241512
80	teacher of the sight impaired	241513
81	special education teachers (nec)	241599
82	university lecturer	242111	1
83	medical diagnostic radiographer	251211
84	medical radiation therapist	251212
85	nuclear medicine technologist	251213
86	sonographer	251214
87	optometrist	251411
88	orthotist or prosthetist	251912
89	chiropractor	252111
90	osteopath	252112
91	occupational therapist	252411
92	physiotherapist	252511
93	podiatrist	252611
94	audiologist	252711
95	speech pathologist	252712
96	general practitioner	253111
97	specialist physician (general medicine)	253311
98	cardiologist	253312
99	clinical haematologis	253313
100	medical oncologist	253314
101	endocrinologist	253315
102	gastroenterologist	253316
103	intensive care specialist	253317
104	neurologist	253318
105	paediatrician	253321
106	renal medicine specialist	253322
107	rheumatologist	253323
108	thoracic medicine specialist	253324
109	specialist physicians (nec)	253399
110	psychiatrist	253411
111	surgeon (general)	253511
112	cardiothoracic surgeon	253512
113	neurosurgeon	253513
114	orthopaedic surgeon	253514
115	otorhinolaryngologist	253515
116	paediatric surgeon	253516
117	plastic and reconstructive surgeon	253517
118	urologist	253518
119	vascular surgeon	253521
120	dermatologist	253911
121	emergency medicine specialist	253912
122	obstetrician and gynaecologist	253913
123	ophthalmologist	253914
124	pathologist	253915
125	diagnostic and interventional radiologist	253917
126	radiation oncologist	253918
127	medical practitioners (nec)	253999
128	midwife	254111
129	nurse practitioner	254411
130	registered nurse (aged care)	254412
131	registered nurse (child and family health)	254413
132	registered nurse (community health)	254414
133	registered nurse (critical care and emergency)	254415
134	registered nurse (developmental disability)	254416
135	registered nurse (disability and rehabilitation)	254417
136	registered nurse (medical)	254418
137	registered nurse (medical practice)	254421
138	registered nurse (mental health)	254422
139	registered nurse (perioperative)	254423
140	registered nurse (surgical)	254424
141	registered nurse (paediatrics)	254425
142	registered nurses (nec)	254499
143	ICT business analyst	261111
144	systems analyst	261112
145	multimedia specialist	261211
146	analyst programmer	261311
147	developer programmer	261312
148	software engineer	261313
149	software and applications programmers (nec)	261399
150	ICT security specialist	262112
151	computer network and systems engineer	263111
152	telecommunications engineer	263311
153	telecommunications network engineer	263312
154	barrister	271111
155	solicitor	271311
156	clinical psychologist	272311
157	educational psychologist	272312
158	organisational psychologist	272313
159	psychologists (nec)	272399
160	social worker	272511
161	civil engineering draftsperson	312211
162	civil engineering technician	312212
163	electrical engineering draftsperson	312311
164	electrical engineering technician	312312
165	radio communications technician	313211
166	telecommunications field engineer	313212
167	telecommunications technical officer or technologist	313214
168	automotive electrician	321111
169	motor mechanic (general)	321211
170	diesel motor mechanic	321212
171	motorcycle mechanic	321213
172	small engine mechanic	321214
173	sheetmetal trades worker	322211
174	metal fabricator	322311
175	welder (first class)	322313
176	fitter (general)	323211
177	fitter and turner	323212
178	fitter‑welder	323213
179	metal machinist (first class)	323214
180	locksmith	323313
181	panelbeater	324111
182	bricklayer	331111
183	stonemason	331112
184	carpenter and joiner	331211
185	carpenter	331212
186	joiner	331213
187	painting trades worker	332211
188	glazier	333111
189	fibrous plasterer	333211
190	solid plasterer	333212
191	wall and floor tiler	333411
192	plumber (general)	334111
193	airconditioning and mechanical services plumber	334112
194	drainer	334113
195	gasfitter	334114
196	roof plumber	334115
197	electrician (general)	341111
198	electrician (special class)	341112
199	lift mechanic	341113
200	airconditioning and refrigeration mechanic	342111
201	technical cable jointer	342212
202	electronic equipment trades worker	342313
203	electronic instrument trades worker (general)	342314
204	electronic instrument trades worker (special class)	342315
205	chef	351311	7, 8
206	horse trainer	361112
207	cabinetmaker	394111
208	boat builder and repairer	399111
209	shipwright	399112

Positions for which occupation is inapplicable

Item	Position
1	The position does not require a minimum of 2 years’ relevant work experience.
2	The position has a nominated base salary of less than AUD65,000.
3	(a) the position has a nominated base salary of less than AUD65,000; and (b) if the person is to be transferred to fill the position—the transfer is not an intra‑corporate transfer to which an international trade obligation applies.
4	(a) the position has a nominated base salary of less than AUD80,000; and (b) if the person is to be transferred to fill the position—the transfer is not an intra‑corporate transfer to which an international trade obligation applies.
5	(a) the position has a nominated base salary of less than AUD180,001; and (b) if the person is to be transferred to fill the position—the transfer is not an intra‑corporate transfer to which an international trade obligation applies.
6	The position is a clerical, bookkeeper or accounting clerk position.
7	The position is involved in mass production in a factory setting.
8	The position is in a limited service restaurant.
9	The position predominantly involves responsibility for low‑skilled tasks. Example 1: Rostering, maintaining records, reception duties and allocating duties to housekeepers, porters or doorpersons. Example 2: Fruit picking or packing or feeding of livestock or animals. Example 3: Truck driving.
10	The position is not located in regional Australia (within the meaning of subregulation 5.19(7) of the Regulations).
11	The position: (a) is based in a front‑line retail setting; or (b) predominantly involves direct client transactional interaction on a regular basis.
12	The position: (a) is not a full‑time position; or (b) is not based in a therapeutic setting; or (c) involves the provision of non‑medical relaxation massage; or (d) is in a retail setting.
13	The position: (a) is not located in a commercial building or shopping centre environment; or (b) predominantly involves managing the provision of only one particular service to a facility or managing one particular relationship. Example: Managing the cleaning contract for a facility but not other contracts relevant to the facility.
14	The position: (a) is based in a front‑line retail setting; or (b) is based in a call centre and does not require a significant technical knowledge of products; or (c) predominantly involves selling educational courses to individual students.
15	The position relates to mobile phone repairs.
16	The position relates to mass or standardised production (as opposed to specialist production), including the following: (a) a position based in a franchise or factory; (b) a position that: (i) involves full or partial production of food product for distribution to another location; or (ii) predominantly involves the use of pre‑prepared food product from another location.
17	The position relates to animal husbandry, including caring for livestock on a farm.
18	The position is in a business that has an annual turnover of less than AUD1,000,000.
19	(a) the position is in a business that has an annual turnover of less than AUD1,000,000; and (b) if the person is to be transferred to fill the position—the transfer is not an intra‑corporate transfer to which an international trade obligation applies.
20	The position is in a business that has fewer than 5 employees.
21	(a) the position is in a business that has fewer than 5 employees; and (b) if the person is to be transferred to fill the position—the transfer is not an intra‑corporate transfer to which an international trade obligation applies.
22	The position has a nominated base salary of less than AUD90,000.

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