OSCA 2024 · 331131 · Skill level 3
Metal Fabricator: OSCA 331131
ABS OSCA 2024 v1.0 · visa lists checked 21 October 2026
Metal Fabricator is OSCA 2024 code 331131. It corresponds to ANZSCO 322311 Metal Fabricator, which is on the CSOL and MLTSSL. Visa lists still use the ANZSCO code.
ANZSCO equivalent
ANZSCO code for OSCA 331131
Skilled visa lists still use ANZSCO codes, so this is the code that decides your visa options.
ANZSCO 322311
Metal Fabricator
On the Core Skills Occupation List, Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List.
Visas for ANZSCO 322311
The job
What a metal fabricator does
Marks off and fabricates structural steel and other metal stock to make, assemble or repair metal products, pipes and structures, such as boilers and pressure vessels.
Skill level 3: Certificate IV, or Certificate III with at least 2 years of on-the-job training, or 3 years of relevant experience
Also known as
- Boilermaker
Main tasks
Main tasks
- Studies blueprints, drawings and specifications to determine fabrication job requirements
- Measures and marks out the size, shape and location of cutouts and joints on metal stock
- Uses specialised tools to cut, bend or shape metal into the desired structure or product
- Joins metal sections together by welding, bolting and riveting
- Examines welds for width of bead, penetration and precision, and performs necessary repairs or reworks
- Cleans and smooths welds by filing, chiselling and grinding
- May program machinery or computer-aided fabrication tools to optimise the metal fabrication process
Unit group 3311
Other occupations in Structural Steel and Welding Trades Workers
Questions
OSCA 331131: common questions
What is the OSCA code for metal fabricator?
What is the ANZSCO code for OSCA 331131?
Is Metal Fabricator 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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