457 OCCUPATION LIST

The following occupations are approved from 1 July 2010 for the purpose of the 457 visa application.

OCCUPATION

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker
• Accommodation and Hospitality Managers  nec
• Accountant (General)
• Actor
• Actors, Dancers and Other Entertainers nec
• Actuary
• Acupuncturist
• Advertising Manager
• Advertising Specialist
• Aeronautical Engineer
• Aeroplane Pilot
• Agricultural Consultant
• Agricultural Engineer
• Agricultural Scientist
• Agricultural Technician
• Air Traffic Controller
• Air Transport Professionals nec
• Airconditioning and Mechanical Services Plumber
• Airconditioning and Refrigeration Mechanic
• Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (Avionics)
• Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (Mechanical)
• Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (Structures)
• Ambulance Officer
• Amusement Centre Manager
• Anaesthetic Technician
• Anaesthetist
• Analyst Programmer
• Anatomist or Physiologist
• "Animal Attendants and Trainers nec  EXCEPT: Crutching Contractor, Muleser, Kennel Hand
• Antique Dealer
• Apiarist
• Apparel Cutter
• Aquaculture Farmer
• Arborist
• Architect
• Architectural Draftsperson
• Architectural, Building and Surveying Technicians nec
• Archivist
• Art Director (Film, Television or Stage)
• Art Teacher (Private Tuition)
• Artistic Director
• Arts Administrator or Manager
• Audiologist
• Author
• Automotive Electrician
• Baker
• Barrister
• Beauty Therapist
• Bed and Breakfast Operator
• Beef Cattle Farmer
• Betting Agency Manager
• Biochemist
• Biomedical Engineer
• Biotechnologist
• Blacksmith
• Boat Builder and Repairer
• Book or Script Editor
• Bookmaker
• Botanist
• Bricklayer
• Broadcast Transmitter Operator
• Building and Engineering Technicians nec
• Building Associate
• Building Inspector
• Business Machine Mechanic
• Butcher or Smallgoods Maker
• Cabinetmaker
• Cabler (Data and Telecommunications)
• Café or Restaurant Manager
• Call or Contact Centre Manager
• Camera Operator (Film, Television or Video)
• Canvas Goods Fabricator
• Caravan Park and Camping Ground Manager
• Cardiac Technician
• Cardiologist
• Cardiothoracic Surgeon
• Careers Counsellor
• Carpenter
• Carpenter and Joiner
• Cartographer
• Chef
• Chemical Engineer
• Chemical Plant Operator
• Chemist
• Chemistry Technician
• Chief Executive or Managing Director
• Chief Information Officer
• Child Care Centre Manager
• Chiropractor
• Cinema or Theatre Manager
• Civil Engineer
• Civil Engineering Draftsperson
• Civil Engineering Technician
• Clinical Haematologist
• Clinical Psychologist
• Clothing Patternmaker
• Clothing Trades Workers nec
• Commissioned Fire Officer
• Commissioned Police Officer
• Commodities Trader
• Communications Operator
• Community Arts Worker
• Community Worker
• Company Secretary
• Complementary Health Therapists nec
• Composer
• Computer Network and Systems
• Conference and Event Organiser
• Conservation Officer
• Conservator
• Construction Estimator
• Construction Project Manager
• Contract Administrator
• Cook
• Copywriter
• Corporate General Manager
• Corporate Services Manager
• Corporate Treasurer
• Cotton Grower
• Counsellors nec
• Crop Farmers nec
• Customer Service Manager
• Dairy Cattle Farmer
• Dance Teacher (Private Tuition)
• Dancer or Choreographer
• Database Administrator
• Deer Farmer
• Dental Hygienist
• Dental Prosthetist
• Dental Specialist
• Dental Technician
• Dental Therapist
• Dentist
• Dermatologist
• Detective
• Developer Programmer
• Diagnostic and Interventional Radiologist
• Diesel Motor Mechanic
• Dietitian
• Director (Film, Television, Radio or Stage)
• Director of Photography
• Disabilities Services Officer
• Diver
• Diving Instructor (Open Water)
• Dog Handler or Trainer
• Dog or Horse Racing Official
• Drainer
• Drama Teacher (Private Tuition)
• Dressmaker or Tailor
• Driller
• Drug and Alcohol Counsellor
• Early Childhood (Pre-primary School) Teacher
• Earth Science Technician
• Economist
• Education Adviser
• Education Managers nec
• Education Reviewer
• Educational Psychologist
• Electorate Officer
• Electrical Engineer
• Electrical Engineering Draftsperson
• Electrical Engineering Technician
• Electrical Linesworker
• Electrician (General)
• Electrician (Special Class)
• Electronic Engineering Draftsperson
• Electronic Engineering Technician
• Electronic Equipment Trades Worker
• Electronic Instrument Trades Worker (General)
• Electronic Instrument Trades Worker (Special Class)
• Electronics Engineer
• Electroplater
• Emergency Medicine Specialist
• Emergency Service Worker
• Endocrinologist
• Engineering Manager
• Engineering Patternmaker
• Engineering Professional nec
• Engineering Technologist
• Engraver
• Enrolled Nurse
• Entertainer or Variety Artist
• Environmental Consultant
• Environmental Engineer
• Environmental Health Officer
• Environmental Manager
• Environmental Research Scientist
• Environmental Scientists nec
• Equipment Hire Manager
• External Auditor
• Facilities Manager
• Faculty Head
• Family and Marriage Counsellor
• Family Support Worker
• Farrier
• Fashion Designer
• Fibrous Plasterer
• Film and Video Editor
• Film, Television, Radio and Stage Directors nec
• Finance Broker
• Finance Manager
• Financial Brokers nec
• Financial Dealers nec
• Financial Institution Branch Manager
• Financial Investment Adviser
• Financial Investment Manager
• Financial Market Dealer
• Fire Fighter
• Fire Protection Equipment Technician
• Fisheries Officer
• Fitness Centre Manager
• Fitter (General)
• Fitter and Turner
• Fitter-Welder
• Fleet Manager
• Floor Finisher
• Florist
• Flower Grower
• Flying Instructor
• Food Technologist
• Footballer
• Forester
• Fruit or Nut Grower
• Funeral Director
• Funeral Workers nec: except Chapel or Memorial Attendant, Funeral Director's Assistant
• Furniture Finisher
• Futures Trader
• Gallery or Museum Curator
• Gallery or Museum Technician
• Gardener (General)
• Gas or Petroleum Operator
• Gasfitter
• Gastroenterologist
• General Medical Practitioner
• Geologist
• Geophysicist
• Geotechnical Engineer
• Glazier
• Goat Farmer
• Golfer
• Grain, Oilseed or Pasture Grower
• Grape Grower
• Graphic Designer
• Graphic Pre-press Trades Worker
• Greenkeeper
• Gunsmith
• Gymnastics Coach or Instructor
• Hair or Beauty Salon Manager
• Hairdresser
• Hardware Technician
• Health and Welfare Services Managers nec
• Health Diagnostic and Promotion Professionals nec
• Health Information Manager
• Health Promotion Officer
• Helicopter Pilot
• Historian
• Homoeopath
• Horse Breeder
• Horse Riding Coach or Instructor
• Horse Trainer
• Hospital Pharmacist
• "Hospitality, Retail and Service Managers nec  EXCEPT: Abattoir Manage, Brothel Keeper, Equipment Hire Manager, Laundrette Owner, Taxi Proprietor, Weight Loss Centre Manager
• Hotel or Motel Manager
• Human Resource Adviser
• Human Resource Manager
• ICT Account Manager
• ICT Business Analyst
• ICT Business Development Manager
• ICT Customer Support Officer
• ICT Managers nec
• ICT Project Manager
• ICT Quality Assurance Engineer
• ICT Sales Representative
• ICT Security Specialist
• ICT Support and Test Engineers nec
• ICT Support Engineer
• ICT Support Technicians nec
• ICT Systems Test Engineer
• ICT Trainer
• Illustrator
• Importer or Exporter
• Industrial Designer
• Industrial Designer
• Industrial Engineer
• Industrial Pharmacist
• Information and Organisation Professionals nec
• Insurance Broker
• Insurance Consultant
• Intelligence Officer
• Intensive Care Ambulance Paramedic
• Intensive Care Specialist
• Interior Decorator
• Interior Designer
• Internal Auditor
• Interpreter
• Jeweller
• Jewellery Designer
• Jockey
• Joiner
• Journalists and Other Writers nec
• Judicial and Other Legal Professionals nec
• Laboratory Manager
• Land Economist
• Landscape Architect
• Landscape Gardener
• Leather Goods Maker
• Liaison Officer
• Librarian
• Library Technician
• Licensed Club Manager
• Life Science Technician
• Life Scientist (General)
• Life Scientists nec
• Lift Mechanic
• Light Technician
• Livestock Farmers nec
• Locksmith
• Maintenance Planner
• Make Up Artist
• Management Accountant
• Management Consultant
• Manufacturer
• Marine Biologist
• Marine Transport Professionals nec
• Market Research Analyst
• Marketing Specialist
• Massage Therapist
• Master Fisher
• Materials Engineer
• Mathematician
• Meat Inspector
• Mechanical Engineer
• Mechanical Engineering Draftsperson
• Mechanical Engineering Technician
• Media Producer (excluding Video)
• Medical Administrator
• Medical Diagnostic Radiographer
• Medical Laboratory Scientist
• Medical Laboratory Technician
• Medical Oncologist
• Medical Practitioners nec
• Medical Radiation Therapist
• Medical Technicians nec
• Metal Casting Trades Worker
• Metal Fabricator
• Metal Fitters and Machinists nec
• Metal Machinist (First Class)
• Metal Polisher
• Metallurgical or Materials Technician
• Metallurgist
• Meteorologist
• Microbiologist
• Middle School Teacher
• Midwife
• Mine Deputy
• Mining Engineer (excluding Petroleum)
• Mixed Crop and Livestock Farmer
• Mixed Crop Farmer
• Mixed Livestock Farmer
• Mothercraft Nurse
• Motion Picture Projectionist
• Motor Mechanic (General)
• Motorcycle Mechanic
• Multimedia Designer
• Multimedia Specialist
• Music Director
• Music Professionals nec
• Music Teacher (Private Tuition)
• Musical Instrument Maker or Repairer
• Musician (Instrumental)
• Natural and Physical Science Professionals nec
• Naturopath
• Naval Architect
• Network Administrator
• Network Analyst
• Neurologist
• Neurosurgeon
• Newspaper or Periodical Editor
• Nuclear Medicine Technologist
• Nurse Educator
• Nurse Manager
• Nurse Practitioner
• Nurse Researcher
• Nurseryperson
• Nursing Clinical Director
• Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
• Occupational Health and Safety Adviser
• Occupational Therapist
• Operating Theatre Technician
• Ophthalmologist
• Optical Dispenser
• Optical Mechanic
• Optometrist
• Organisation and Methods Analyst
• Organisational Psychologist
• Orthopaedic Surgeon
• Orthoptist
• Orthotist or Prosthetist
• Osteopath
• Other Spatial Scientist
• Other Sports Coach or Instructor
• Other Sports Official
• Otorhinolaryngologist
• Paediatric Surgeon
• Paediatrician
• Painter (Visual Arts)
• Painting Trades Worker
• Panelbeater
• Park Ranger
• Parole or Probation Officer
• Pastrycook
• Patents Examiner
• Pathologist
• Pathology Collector (Aus) / Phlebotomist(NZ)
• Petroleum Engineer
• Pharmacy Technician
• Photographer
• Physicist
• Physiotherapist
• Picture Framer
• Pig Farmer
• Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon
• Plastics Technician
• Plumber (General)
• Plumbing Inspector
• Podiatrist
• Police Officer
• Policy Analyst
• Policy and Planning Manager
• Post Office Manager
• Potter or Ceramic Artist
• Poultry Farmer
• Power Generation Plant Operator
• Precision Instrument Maker and Repairer
• Pressure Welder
• Primary Health Organisation Manager
• Primary Products Inspectors nec
• Primary School Teacher
• Print Finisher
• Print Journalist
• Printing Machinist
• Prison Officer
• Private Investigator
• Production Assistant (Film, Television, Radio or Stage)
• Production Manager (Forestry)
• Production Manager (Manufacturing)
• Production Manager (Mining)
• Production or Plant Engineer
• Program Director (Television or Radio) 
• Program or Project Administrator
• Project Builder
• Psychiatrist
• Psychologists nec
• Psychotherapist
• Public Relations Manager
• Public Relations Professional
• Quality Assurance Manager
• Quantity Surveyor
• Quarantine Officer
• Radiation Oncologist
• Radio Journalist
• Radio Presenter
• Radiocommunications Technician
• Railway Station Manager
• Records Manager
• Recreation Officer
• Recruitment Consultant
• Regional Education Manager
• Registered Nurse (Aged Care)
• Registered Nurse (Child and Family Health)
• Registered Nurse (Community Health)
• Registered Nurse (Critical Care and Emergency)
• Registered Nurse (Developmental Disability)
• Registered Nurse (Disability and Rehabilitation)
• Registered Nurse (Medical Practice)
• Registered Nurse (Medical)
• Registered Nurse (Mental Health)
• Registered Nurse (Perioperative)
• Registered Nurse (Surgical)
• Registered Nurses nec
• Rehabilitation Counsellor
• Renal Medicine Specialist
• Research and Development Manager
• Resident Medical Officer
• Residential Care Officer
• Retail Buyer
• Retail Pharmacist
• Retirement Village Manager
• Rheumatologist
• Roof Plumber
• Roof Tiler
• Safety Inspector
• Sail Maker
• Sales and Marketing Manager
• Sales Representative (Industrial Products)
• Sales Representative (Medical and Pharmaceutical Products)
• Saw Maker and Repairer
• School Laboratory Technician
• School Principal
• Science Technicians nec
• Screen Printer
• Sculptor
• Secondary School Teacher
• Security Consultant
• Shearer
• Sheep Farmer
• Sheetmetal Trades Worker
• Ship’s Engineer
• Ship’s Master
• Ship’s Officer
• Ship’s Surveyor
• Shipwright
• Shoemaker
• Signwriter
• Singer
• Small Offset Printer
• Snowsport Instructor
• Social Professionals nec
• Social Worker
• Software and Applications Programmers nec
• Software Engineer
• Software Tester
• Solicitor
• Solid Plasterer
• Sonographer
• Sound Technician
• Special Education Teachers nec
• Special Needs Teacher
• Specialist Managers nec EXCEPT: Ambassador, Archbishop, Bishop
• Specialist Physician (General Medicine)
• Specialist Physician nec
• Speech Pathologist
• Sports Administrator
• Sports Centre Manager
• Sports Development Officer
• Sports Umpire
• Sportspersons nec
• Stage Manager
• Statistician
• Stock and Station Agent
• Stockbroking Dealer
• Stonemason
• Structural Engineer
• Student Counsellor
• Supply and Distribution Manager
• Surgeon (General)
• Surveying or Spatial Science Technician
• Surveyor
• Swimming Coach or Instructor
• Systems Administrator
• Systems Analyst
• Taxation Accountant
• Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages
• Teacher of the Hearing Impaired
• Teacher of the Sight Impaired
• Technical Cable Jointer
• Technical Director
• Technical Writer
• Technicians and Trades Workers nec
• Telecommunications Cable Jointer
• Telecommunications Engineer
• Telecommunications Field Engineer
• Telecommunications Linesworker
• Telecommunications Network Engineer
• Telecommunications Network Planner
• Telecommunications Technical Officer or Technologist
• Telecommunications Technician
• Television Equipment Operator
• Television Journalist
• Television Presenter
• Tennis Coach
• Textile, Clothing and Footwear Mechanic
• Thoracic Medicine Specialist
• Toolmaker
• Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner
• Training and Development Professional
• Translator
• Transport Company Manager
• Transport Engineer
• Travel Agency Manager
• Turf Grower
• University Lecturer
• University Tutor
• Upholsterer
• Urban and Regional Planner
• Urologist
• Valuer
• Vascular Surgeon
• Vegetable Grower
• Vehicle Body Builder
• Vehicle Painter
• Vehicle Trimmer
• Veterinarian
• Veterinary Nurse
• Video Producer
• Visual Arts and Crafts Professionals nec
• Vocational Education Teacher
• Wall and Floor Tiler
• Watch and Clock Maker and Repairer
• Web Administrator
• Web Designer
• Web Developer
• Welder (First Class)
• Welfare Centre Manager
• Welfare Worker
• Wholesaler
• Wine Maker
• Wood Machinist
• Wood Machinists and Other Wood Trades Workers nec
• Wood Turner
• Wool Classer
• Workplace Relations Adviser
• Youth Worker
• Zookeeper
• Zoologist