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OSCA 2024 · 251431 · Skill level 1

Special Education Teacher: OSCA 251431

ABS OSCA 2024 v1.0 · visa lists checked 21 October 2026

Special Education Teacher is OSCA 2024 code 251431. It corresponds to ANZSCO 241511 Special Needs Teacher (in part), which is on the CSOL and MLTSSL. Visa lists still use the ANZSCO code.

ANZSCO equivalent

ANZSCO code for OSCA 251431

Skilled visa lists still use ANZSCO codes, so this is the code that decides your visa options.

  • ANZSCO 241511 · in part

    Special Needs Teacher

    On the Core Skills Occupation List, Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List.

    Visas for ANZSCO 241511

The job

What a special education teacher does

Teaches academic and living skills to early childhood, primary and secondary school students with particular learning difficulties using various techniques, and promotes students' social, emotional, intellectual and physical development.

Skill level 1: Bachelor degree or higher, or at least 5 years of relevant experience

Registration or licensing is required.

Main tasks

Main tasks

  • Assesses students' abilities and limitations with regard to intellectual, sensory, physical, social and emotional disabilities, or specific problems of language and culture
  • Develops and implements individualised learning, behaviour and wellbeing plans to maximise students' growth
  • Teaches students with physical, social, intellectual, emotional and linguistic needs
  • Enhances student engagement through enriched differentiated and individualised learning programs
  • Administers various forms of assessment and interprets the results
  • Prepares and maintains students' data, and records and submits reports as required
  • Advises, instructs and counsels parents and teachers on the availability and use of special techniques and therapies that benefit students' growth

Unit group 2514

Other occupations in Specialist Education Teachers

Questions

OSCA 251431: common questions

What is the OSCA code for special education teacher?
The OSCA 2024 code is 251431 (Special Education Teacher), skill level 1. OSCA is the Australian Bureau of Statistics occupation classification released on 6 December 2024.
What is the ANZSCO code for OSCA 251431?
ANZSCO 241511 Special Needs Teacher (in part). "In part" means only some of that ANZSCO occupation moved to this OSCA code.
Is Special Education Teacher on Australia's skilled occupation lists?
The lists use ANZSCO codes. ANZSCO 241511 Special Needs Teacher is on the Core Skills Occupation List (CSOL) and Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List (MLTSSL), according to the Home Affairs list checked on 21 October 2026.
Does Home Affairs use OSCA codes for visas?
Not yet. As of 21 October 2026, skilled occupation lists, skills assessments and visa applications still use ANZSCO codes.

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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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