OSCA 2024 · 343331 · Skill level 3
Shearer: OSCA 343331
ABS OSCA 2024 v1.0 · visa lists checked 21 October 2026
Shearer is OSCA 2024 code 343331. It corresponds to 2 ANZSCO codes (363311 and 361211). 1 of them is on Australia's skilled visa lists, which still use ANZSCO codes.
ANZSCO equivalent
ANZSCO codes for OSCA 343331
Skilled visa lists still use ANZSCO codes, so this is the code that decides your visa options.
ANZSCO 363311
Shearer
Not on the skilled occupation lists.
ANZSCO 361211
Shearer
On the Regional Occupation List.
Visas for ANZSCO 361211
The job
What a shearer does
Removes wool and hair from sheep, goats, alpacas and other animals.
Skill level 3: Certificate IV, or Certificate III with at least 2 years of on-the-job training, or 3 years of relevant experience
Main tasks
Main tasks
- Selects and prepares shearing equipment
- Catches and positions animals for shearing
- Shears and removes wool and hair from animals
- Identifies contaminated fibre and injured, infected and diseased animals
- Treats skin cuts on shorn animals
- Returns shorn animals to let-out pens for counting and checking
- May service, maintain and repair shearing equipment
- May shear stud animals with hand shears or special combs
Unit group 3433
Other occupations in Shearers and Wool Classers
Questions
OSCA 343331: common questions
What is the OSCA code for shearer?
What is the ANZSCO code for OSCA 343331?
Is Shearer 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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