OSCA 2024 · 231731 · Skill level 1
Painter (Visual Arts): OSCA 231731
ABS OSCA 2024 v1.0 · visa lists checked 21 October 2026
Painter (Visual Arts) is OSCA 2024 code 231731. It corresponds to ANZSCO 211411 Painter (Visual Arts), which is on the ROL. Visa lists still use the ANZSCO code.
ANZSCO equivalent
ANZSCO code for OSCA 231731
Skilled visa lists still use ANZSCO codes, so this is the code that decides your visa options.
ANZSCO 211411
Painter (Visual Arts)
On the Regional Occupation List.
Visas for ANZSCO 211411
The job
What a painter (visual arts) does
Conceives and creates visual art forms such as pictures, abstract designs and similar compositions, to communicate impressions and ideas.
Skill level 1: Bachelor degree or higher, or at least 5 years of relevant experience
Main tasks
Main tasks
- Generates ideas, develops concepts, and considers the desired composition, style and colour palette for their visual art forms
- Selects appropriate mediums, such as oil or acrylic paints, inks, pencils, charcoal, pastels or watercolours
- Prepares materials, such as choosing brushes, priming canvases, walls, wood or other surfaces, and sets up the workspace
- Applies selected mediums to canvas or other surfaces using different techniques and implements to achieve the desired visual expression
- Exhibits their visual artwork in art galleries, museums or other exhibition spaces
- Sells their visual art forms directly to collectors, art enthusiasts or through online platforms or art markets
- May use virtual canvases, paint brushes and palettes to create digital visual art forms
Unit group 2317
Other occupations in Visual Arts and Crafts Professionals
Questions
OSCA 231731: common questions
What is the OSCA code for painter (visual arts)?
What is the ANZSCO code for OSCA 231731?
Is Painter (Visual Arts) on Australia's skilled occupation lists?
Does Home Affairs use OSCA codes for visas?
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Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, OSCA 2024 v1.0 (CC BY 4.0); Department of Home Affairs, checked 21 October 2026. General information only, not immigration advice.
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