OSCA 2024 · 391433 · Skill level 3
Printing Machinist: OSCA 391433
ABS OSCA 2024 v1.0 · visa lists checked 21 October 2026
Printing Machinist is OSCA 2024 code 391433. It corresponds to 3 ANZSCO codes (392311, 392312 and 899511). 2 of them are on Australia's skilled visa lists, which still use ANZSCO codes.
ANZSCO equivalent
ANZSCO codes for OSCA 391433
Skilled visa lists still use ANZSCO codes, so this is the code that decides your visa options.
ANZSCO 392311
Printing Machinist
On the Core Skills Occupation List, Short-term Skilled Occupation List.
Visas for ANZSCO 392311ANZSCO 392312
Small Offset Printer
On the Regional Occupation List.
Visas for ANZSCO 392312ANZSCO 899511
Printer's Assistant
Not on the skilled occupation lists.
The job
What a printing machinist does
Produces books, magazines, newspapers, brochures, posters, leaflets, packaging materials and stationery using printing presses.
Skill level 3: Certificate IV, or Certificate III with at least 2 years of on-the-job training, or 3 years of relevant experience
Specialisations
- Digital Printer
- Flexographic Printing Machinist
- Label Printing Machinist
- Lithographic Printing Machinist
- Small Offset Printer
Main tasks
Main tasks
- Sets, adjusts and monitors substrate-feed mechanisms, delivery mechanisms, inking systems and other printing machine functions
- Loads and unloads materials into printing machines, and monitors inventory of printing supplies and materials
- Mixes ink and solvents to standard, and regulates paper and ink supply during print runs
- Monitors, evaluates and determines press operations manually and by computer to check print quality standards against proofs and detect malfunctions
- Undertakes maintenance, adjustment, repair and cleaning of machines
Unit group 3914
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Questions
OSCA 391433: common questions
What is the OSCA code for printing machinist?
What is the ANZSCO code for OSCA 391433?
Is Printing Machinist 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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