OSCA 2024 · 732231 · Skill level 4
Engineering Production Worker: OSCA 732231
ABS OSCA 2024 v1.0 · visa lists checked 21 October 2026
Engineering Production Worker is OSCA 2024 code 732231. It corresponds to ANZSCO 712311 Engineering Production Worker, which is not on the skilled visa lists. Visa lists still use the ANZSCO code.
ANZSCO equivalent
ANZSCO code for OSCA 732231
Skilled visa lists still use ANZSCO codes, so this is the code that decides your visa options.
ANZSCO 712311
Engineering Production Worker
Not on the skilled occupation lists.
The job
What an engineering production worker does
Performs a range of production process tasks to refine and treat metals and mineral ore, fire ceramics, and operate plant to produce and finish metal products such as rods, tubing and structural shapes and moulds for casting.
Skill level 4: Certificate II or III, or at least 1 year of relevant experience
Specialisations
- Alumina Refinery Operator
- Brake Press Operator
- Computer Numerical Control Machine Operator
- Foundry Operator
- Furnace Operator (Metal)
- Laser Operator
- Sheetmetal Worker (Second Class)
- Tool Setter
Main tasks
Main tasks
- Interprets engineering production schematics and blueprints
- Operates and monitors rolling plant, machinery and equipment to process mineral ore
- Operates and adjusts production plant to shape metal stock and castings, and cut sheet metal
- Operates computer-controlled production plant
- Operates furnaces and quenching plant to smelt and change the structure of metals
- Operates welding and electroplating plant
- Casts molten metal and operates plant to draw metal wire through dies
- Uses kilns and ovens to fire ceramics
Questions
OSCA 732231: common questions
What is the OSCA code for engineering production worker?
What is the ANZSCO code for OSCA 732231?
Is Engineering Production Worker 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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