OSCA 2024 · 311138 · Skill level 2
Primary Products Quality Assurance Officer: OSCA 311138
ABS OSCA 2024 v1.0 · visa lists checked 21 October 2026
Primary Products Quality Assurance Officer is OSCA 2024 code 311138. It corresponds to 2 ANZSCO codes (311314 and 311399). All of them are on Australia's skilled visa lists, which still use ANZSCO codes.
ANZSCO equivalent
ANZSCO codes for OSCA 311138
Skilled visa lists still use ANZSCO codes, so this is the code that decides your visa options.
ANZSCO 311314
Primary Products Quality Assurance Officer
On the Core Skills Occupation List.
Visas for ANZSCO 311314ANZSCO 311399 · in part
Primary Products Inspectors nec
On the Core Skills Occupation List, Short-term Skilled Occupation List.
Visas for ANZSCO 311399
The job
What a primary products quality assurance officer does
Develops, implements and oversees monitoring, testing and application of quality assurance programs within a primary production or processing enterprise. May monitor production requirements as they relate to food safety, biosecurity and quality assurance.
Skill level 2: Associate degree, advanced diploma or diploma, or at least 3 years of relevant experience
Specialisations
- Dairy Quality Assurance Officer
- Meat Quality Assurance Officer
Main tasks
Main tasks
- Develops, implements, audits and monitors quality assurance procedures at farms and primary product processing facilities to ensure compliance with standards
- Advises producers and processors on regulations related to grading, packing, processing and loading of products
- Ensures that hygiene standards are observed in storage, processing and packing facilities, and transport vehicles
- Informs producers and the general public of the health implications of diseases and impurities impacting primary products
- May monitor production requirements as they relate to food safety, biosecurity or quality assurance
Unit group 3111
Other occupations in Agricultural Technicians and Inspection Officers
Questions
OSCA 311138: common questions
What is the OSCA code for primary products quality assurance officer?
What is the ANZSCO code for OSCA 311138?
Is Primary Products Quality Assurance Officer 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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