The Australian minister has announced that a total of 22 new skilled occupations will be now included in the Priority Migration Skilled Occupation List (PMSOL).
The PMSOL, which was launched in the starting in September 2020, was created in association with the National Skills Commission in order to assure that a very specific and small number of relevant and crucial occupations are filled in with the skilled and eligible applications with a purpose to maintain the generation of jobs in Australia and also to help the continued recovery of the country from COVID-19.
This new addition of 22 more occupations has brought the PMSOL to a total of 41 occupations now.
Minister Hawke further confirmed that the Government of Australia discussed the situation with small, medium and large employers based across Australia and also the prominent business leaders as well as industry bodies from all facets of the economy to determine the required changes announced recently.
He added that the Government of Australia was successful to receive valuable feedback from the business stakeholders within Australia with regards to the critical skills vacancies which were being considered and compared with the data collected by the National Skills Commission, with a vision to implement the additional of few more occupations on the Priority Migration Skilled Migration List.
ANZSCO Code - Occupation The 41 occupations (ANZSCO code) are:- Chief Executive or Managing Director (111111)
- Construction Project Manager (133111)
- Accountant (General) (221111)*
- Management Accountant (221112)*
- Taxation Accountant (221113)*
- External Auditor (221213)*
- Internal Auditor (221214)*
- Surveyor (232212)*
- Cartographer (232213)*
- Other Spatial Scientist (232214)*
- Civil Engineer (233211)*
- Geotechnical Engineer (233212)*
- Structural Engineer (233214)*
- Transport Engineer (233215)*
- Electrical Engineer (233311)*
- Mechanical Engineer (233512)
- Mining Engineer (excluding Petroleum) (233611)*
- Petroleum Engineer (233612)*
- Medical Laboratory Scientist (234611)*
- Veterinarian (234711)
- Orthotist or Prosthetist (251912)*
- General Practitioner (253111)
- Resident Medical Officer (253112)
- Psychiatrist (253411)
- Medical Practitioners nec (253999)
- Midwife (254111)
- Registered Nurse (Aged Care) (254412)
- Registered Nurse (Critical Care and Emergency) (254415)
- Registered Nurse (Medical) (254418)
- Registered Nurse (Mental Health) (254422)
- Registered Nurse (Perioperative) (254423)
- Registered Nurses nec (254499)
- Multimedia Specialist (261211)*
- Analyst Programmer (261311)*
- Developer Programmer (261312)
- Software Engineer (261313)
- Software and Applications Programmers nec (261399)*
- ICT Security Specialist (262112)*
- Social Worker (272511)
- Maintenance Planner (312911)
- Chef (351311)*
