OSCA 2024 · 821135 · Skill level 5
Earthmoving Labourer: OSCA 821135
ABS OSCA 2024 v1.0 · visa lists checked 21 October 2026
Earthmoving Labourer is OSCA 2024 code 821135. It corresponds to ANZSCO 821113 Earthmoving Labourer, which is not on the skilled visa lists. Visa lists still use the ANZSCO code.
ANZSCO equivalent
ANZSCO code for OSCA 821135
Skilled visa lists still use ANZSCO codes, so this is the code that decides your visa options.
ANZSCO 821113
Earthmoving Labourer
Not on the skilled occupation lists.
The job
What an earthmoving labourer does
Performs routine tasks in excavating earth, clearing and levelling sites, and digging irrigation channels.
Skill level 5: Certificate I or secondary education
Specialisations
- Grave Digger
Main tasks
Main tasks
- Performs routine tasks to manually excavate and move earth, rocks and other materials
- Loads excavated materials onto conveyors, wheelbarrows and trucks for removal
- Spreads and levels soil, gravel and sand on roads and driveways, trench bottoms and similar locations
Unit group 8211
Other occupations in Construction and Demolition Labourers
Questions
OSCA 821135: common questions
What is the OSCA code for earthmoving labourer?
What is the ANZSCO code for OSCA 821135?
Is Earthmoving Labourer 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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