OSCA 2024 · 251131 · Skill level 1
Early Childhood (Pre-primary School) Teacher: OSCA 251131
ABS OSCA 2024 v1.0 · visa lists checked 21 October 2026
Early Childhood (Pre-primary School) Teacher is OSCA 2024 code 251131. It corresponds to 2 ANZSCO codes (241111 and 241112). 1 of them is on Australia's skilled visa lists, which still use ANZSCO codes.
ANZSCO equivalent
ANZSCO codes for OSCA 251131
Skilled visa lists still use ANZSCO codes, so this is the code that decides your visa options.
ANZSCO 241111 · in part
Early Childhood (Pre-primary School) Teacher
On the Core Skills Occupation List, Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List.
Visas for ANZSCO 241111ANZSCO 241112
Kaiako Kohanga Reo (Māori Language Nest Teacher)
Not on the skilled occupation lists.
The job
What an early childhood (pre-primary school) teacher does
Designs, plans, teaches and evaluates educational programs and practices for young children, including following and implementing an approved learning framework in an early childhood setting.
Skill level 1: Bachelor degree or higher, or at least 5 years of relevant experience
Registration or licensing is required.
Also known as
- Kindergarten (Pre-primary School) Teacher
- Preschool Teacher
Main tasks
Main tasks
- Develops and delivers educational programs based on an approved learning framework
- Promotes the safety, health, wellbeing, learning and development of young children
- Provides pedagogical leadership
- Coaches, mentors and supervises staff
- Builds and maintains strong reciprocal relationships with young children and their families
- Complies with service policies and national and/or state-based education legislation
- Works in partnership with families, community members and external agencies to promote the education, care and wellbeing of children
- Maintains records of each child's learning, wellbeing, development, participation and progress, and communicates this with families
Questions
OSCA 251131: common questions
What is the OSCA code for early childhood (pre-primary school) teacher?
What is the ANZSCO code for OSCA 251131?
Is Early Childhood (Pre-primary School) Teacher 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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