You may also need to possess one or more of the priority attributes listed for this pathway (refer to the table below).

If you are working in a role classified as Skill Level 1 – 3 according to ANZSCO:

• You must have been working in Tasmania for at least 6 months immediately prior to your application. Your employment must average at least 20 hours per week over the 6-month period immediately prior to lodging your application.
• If you have a skills assessment and related employment in an occupation listed on the Tasmanian Onshore Skilled Occupation List (TOSOL) – you may be eligible for nomination after 3 months of employment.
• You must currently be living in Tasmania and intend to continue living in Tasmania (your dependents must not be living in another Australian state or territory).
• Your employment does not need to be related to your skills assessment.
• There must be a genuine, ongoing need for your position within the business (including a minimum 12-month contract with at least 3 months remaining at the time you apply for nomination).
• If you are a subcontractor, you may be considered in this pathway if you have a related skills assessment and at least 12 months business activity in Tasmania.
• If your employment is not related to your skills-assessment you must have relevant qualifications or experience consistent with the ANZSCO definition for that role.

If you are working in a role classified at ANZSCO Skill Level 4 or 5:

• You must have been working in Tasmania for at least 6 months* immediately prior to your application. Your employment must average at least 20 hours per week over the 6-month period prior to lodging your application
• You must currently be living in Tasmania and intend to continue living in Tasmania (your dependents must not be living in another Australian state or territory).
• Your employment must be ongoing, for at least 6 months beyond the application date.
• There must be a genuine and demonstrated severe labour recruitment difficulty for the role, endorsed by your employer in a statement detailing the need for the position, local recruitment and workforce development activities and strategies in place that have attempted to address that recruitment difficulty.
• You must have relevant qualifications or experience consistent with the ANZSCO definition for that role (usually either a related Certificate III or 12 months experience. See “additional details and definitions”).
• There must be opportunities for career advancement, endorsed in writing by your employer

*This requirement will change to at least 12 months for applications made in the 2023-24 program year.

Candidates who have only 6 months work experience in their ANZSCO 4 or 5 role are unlikely to be successful without possessing additional priority attributes.

Employment and conditions:

• Your employer must be a well-established business that has been actively operating in Tasmania for the past 12 months.
• Your wages and conditions must be no less favourable than those that would apply to an Australian citizen or permanent resident, and salary or wages are at least equivalent to the market salary rate.
• There must be a genuine, ongoing need for your position within the business (including a minimum 12 month contract with at least 3 months remaining at the time you apply for nomination). The contract may be casual, but must comply with the Fair Work Ombudsman’s National Employment Standards.

Please also read and refer to the Migration Tasmania:
– Additional information, exclusions and definitions
– Critical Roles list
– Tasmanian Onshore Skilled Occupation List (TOSOL)