OSCA 2024 · 842231 · Skill level 5
Horticultural Nursery Assistant: OSCA 842231
ABS OSCA 2024 v1.0 · visa lists checked 21 October 2026
Horticultural Nursery Assistant is OSCA 2024 code 842231. It corresponds to 2 ANZSCO codes (843311 and 841412). None of them is on Australia's skilled visa lists, which still use ANZSCO codes.
ANZSCO equivalent
ANZSCO codes for OSCA 842231
Skilled visa lists still use ANZSCO codes, so this is the code that decides your visa options.
ANZSCO 843311
Horticultural Nursery Assistant
Not on the skilled occupation lists.
ANZSCO 841412
Horticultural Nursery Assistant
Not on the skilled occupation lists.
The job
What a horticultural nursery assistant does
Assists in propagating, cultivating and harvesting plants in a horticultural nursery. May also assist in propagating and cultivating plants for forestry purposes.
Skill level 5: Certificate I or secondary education
Also known as
- Nursery Worker (Horticulture)
Main tasks
Main tasks
- Loads, unloads and moves nursery supplies and equipment
- Prepares nursery sites and plots using hand tools and machines
- Assists with propagating and transplanting plants
- Tends plants by hand watering and weeding
- Adjusts mist irrigation systems, shade and ventilation
Questions
OSCA 842231: common questions
What is the OSCA code for horticultural nursery assistant?
What is the ANZSCO code for OSCA 842231?
Is Horticultural Nursery Assistant 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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