Under new Commonwealth legislation active from today, the Consolidated Sponsored Occupation List (CSOL) has been renamed the Short-term Skilled Occupation List.
Of the 21 occupations in ANZSCO Minor Group '233 Engineering Professionals', only two are included in the STSOL. These are: 233611 Mining engineer (excluding petroleum) 233999 Engineering professionals (not elsewhere classified). See Schedule 2 in 'Specification of Occupations, a Person or Body, a Country or Countries Amendment Instrument 2017/040 (IMMI 17/040)', 18 April 2017. Previously, only three engineering occupations were included on the CSOL: the two listed above, and 233612 Petroleum engineer. In March 2018, the 457 visa will be abolished, and will be replaced with the Temporary Skills Shortage (TSS) visa. There will be two versions of the TSS: a Short-Term stream, and a Medium-Term stream. The Short-Term stream will have a duration of up to two years, and will only be granted for occupations that are listed on the STSOL. The Medium-Term stream, with a duration of up to four years, will only be granted to occupations listed on the newly-named Medium and Long-term Strategic Skills List (MLTSSL), which is the former Skilled Occupation List (SOL). Previously, to access the 457 visa for an occupation, the occupation had to be listed on the CSOL. However, in practice the Department of Immigration and Border Protection added all the occupations on the legislated Skilled Occupation List (SOL) to those on the legislated CSOL to obtain a 'working' CSOL with a much larger number of occupations. Most engineering occupations were listed on the SOL, and it was through this practice that 457 visas could be accessed for all engineering occupations. See Section 10.2 (p.32) of the report for further information. Comments are closed.
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