ANZSCO 211499 · ROL
Visual Arts and Crafts Professionals nec: ANZSCO 211499
Official Home Affairs skilled occupation list · checked 21 October 2026
Visual Arts and Crafts Professionals nec (ANZSCO 211499) is on the ROL (Regional Occupation List). It can be used for the 494 visa, and the skills assessment is done by VETASSESS. Checked against the Home Affairs list on 21 October 2026.
Occupation lists
ROL
Regional Occupation List
Permanent visa options
None directly
Temporary or provisional visas only
Assessing authority
VETASSESS
Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services
Skill level
Professionals
Unit group 2114 · Visual Arts and Crafts Professionals
The job
What a visual arts and crafts professionals nec does
This occupation group covers Visual Arts and Crafts Professionals not elsewhere classified. This occupation group requires high levels of creative talent or personal commitment and interest as well as, or in place of, formal qualifications or experience.
Includes
- Leadlighter
- Multimedia Artist
- Quilter
- Textile Artist
Skill Level:
- 1 Australia
- 2 New Zealand
Unit group 2114
Tasks of Visual Arts and Crafts Professionals
- Conceiving and developing ideas, designs and styles for paintings, drawings, pottery pieces and sculptures
- Arranging objects, positioning models, and selecting landscapes and other visual forms according to chosen subject matter
- Selecting artistic media, method and materials
- Applying media to surfaces using appropriate techniques
- Moulding clay into functional and artistic articles by wheel-throwing, moulding and hand-building
- Mixing glazing materials and applying glazes to dried pottery by dipping and painting
- Placing finished and decorated pieces in kilns
- Sketching designs of proposed sculptures, and making wax and plaster models
- Devising forms from metal using welding and metalworking equipment, and from stone using masonry tools
- Carving and forming materials to desired shape using hand and power tools
Qualifications and experience
The occupations Painter (Visual Arts) and Sculptor in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications and experience outlined below.
In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification.
The occupations Potter or Ceramic Artist and Visual Arts and Crafts Professionals nec in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications and experience outlined below.
In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification.
- Bachelor degree or higher qualification. At least five years of relevant experience may substitute for the formal qualification (ANZSCO Skill Level 1)
- Bachelor degree or higher qualification. At least five years of relevant experience may substitute for the formal qualification (ANZSCO Skill Level 1)
Assessing authorities check your duties against these tasks, so your experience must match them, not only the job title.
Visa options
Which visas ANZSCO 211499 can be used for
From the Department of Home Affairs combined list of eligible skilled occupations. Every visa also has its own points, age, English, experience and skills assessment rules.
| Visa | Eligible | ANZSCO version | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 189 Skilled Independent | No | — | |
| 190 Skilled Nominated (state) | No | — | |
| 407 Training visa | No | — | |
| 485 Temporary Graduate | No | — | |
| 494 Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional | Yes | ANZSCO 2013 | |
| 491 State Skilled Work Regional, state nominated | No | — | |
| 491 Family Skilled Work Regional, family sponsored | No | — | |
| 482 Skills in Demand, Core Skills stream | No | — | |
| 186 Employer Nomination Scheme, Direct Entry | No | — |
Skills assessment
Skills assessment for ANZSCO 211499
Most skilled visas need a positive skills assessment from the authority below before you can lodge. It must be for the same occupation you nominate.
Vocational Education and Training Assessment Services (VETASSESS)
We prepare your VETASSESS assessment with you and check that your duties match ANZSCO 211499 before you apply.
States and territories
State and territory nomination
Home Affairs does not list Visual Arts and Crafts Professionals nec for the 190 or 491, so states and territories cannot nominate it. Employer sponsorship is the main route.
Similar occupations
Other occupations in Visual Arts and Crafts Professionals
If your duties fit one of these better, that is the code to nominate.
Questions
ANZSCO 211499: common questions
What is the ANZSCO code for visual arts and crafts professionals nec?
What does a visual arts and crafts professionals nec do?
Which skilled occupation list is Visual Arts and Crafts Professionals nec on?
Can I get a 189 visa as a visual arts and crafts professionals nec?
Is Visual Arts and Crafts Professionals nec eligible for state nomination (190 or 491)?
Can an employer sponsor a visual arts and crafts professionals nec?
Who assesses visual arts and crafts professionals nec skills for Australian migration?
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Source: Department of Home Affairs, checked 21 October 2026. Descriptions: Australian Bureau of Statistics, ANZSCO 2022 (CC BY 4.0). General information only, not immigration advice.
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