CAVEATS ON 457 OCCUPATIONS
Caveats on 457 occupations
| Occupation | ANZSCO | Exclusions |
| Chief Executive or Managing Director | 111111 | 457: Excludes: |
| 1. positions in a business that have an annual turnover of less than AUD 1 million; | ||
| 2. positions in a business that have fewer than five employees; | ||
| 3. positions that have a nominated base salary of less than AUD 90,000. | ||
| Corporate General Manager | 111211 | 457: Excludes: |
| 1. positions in a business that have an annual turnover of less than AUD 1 million; | ||
| 2. positions in a business that have fewer than five employees; | ||
| 3. positions that have a nominated base salary of less than AUD 90,000. | ||
| Aquaculture Farmer | 121111 | 457: Excludes positions that predominantly involve low-skilled tasks. |
| Examples: fruit picking or packing, feeding of livestock or animals | ||
| Cotton Grower | 121211 | 457: Excludes positions that predominantly involve low-skilled tasks. |
| Examples: fruit picking or packing, feeding of livestock or animals | ||
| Flower Grower | 121212 | 457: Excludes positions that predominantly involve low-skilled tasks. |
| Examples: fruit picking or packing, feeding of livestock or animals | ||
| Fruit or Nut Grower | 121213 | 457: Excludes positions that predominantly involve low-skilled tasks. |
| Examples: fruit picking or packing, feeding of livestock or animals | ||
| Grain, Oilseed or Pasture Grower (Aus) / Field Crop Grower (NZ) | 121214 | 457: Excludes positions that predominantly involve low-skilled tasks. |
| Examples: fruit picking or packing, feeding of livestock or animals | ||
| Grape Grower | 121215 | 457: Excludes positions that predominantly involve low-skilled tasks. |
| Examples: fruit picking or packing, feeding of livestock or animals | ||
| Mixed Crop Farmer | 121216 | 457: Excludes positions that predominantly involve low-skilled tasks. |
| Examples: fruit picking or packing, feeding of livestock or animals | ||
| Sugar Cane Grower | 121217 | 457: Excludes positions that predominantly involve low-skilled tasks. |
| Examples: fruit picking or packing, feeding of livestock or animals | ||
| Vegetable Grower (Aus) / Market Gardener (NZ) | 121221 | 457: Excludes positions that predominantly involve low-skilled tasks. |
| Examples: fruit picking or packing, feeding of livestock or animals | ||
| Crop Farmers (nec) | 121299 | 457: Excludes positions that predominantly involve low-skilled tasks. |
| Examples: fruit picking or packing, feeding of livestock or animals | ||
| Apiarist | 121311 | 457: Excludes positions that predominantly involve low-skilled tasks. |
| Examples: fruit picking or packing, feeding of livestock or animals | ||
| Beef Cattle Farmer | 121312 | 457: Excludes positions that predominantly involve low-skilled tasks. |
| Examples: fruit picking or packing, feeding of livestock or animals | ||
| Dairy Cattle Farmer | 121313 | 457: Excludes positions that predominantly involve low-skilled tasks. |
| Examples: fruit picking or packing, feeding of livestock or animals | ||
| Horse Breeder | 121316 | 457: Excludes positions that predominantly involve low-skilled tasks. |
| Examples: fruit picking or packing, feeding of livestock or animals | ||
| Mixed Livestock Farmer | 121317 | 457: Excludes positions that predominantly involve low-skilled tasks. |
| Examples: fruit picking or packing, feeding of livestock or animals | ||
| Pig Farmer | 121318 | 457: Excludes positions that predominantly involve low-skilled tasks. |
| Examples: fruit picking or packing, feeding of livestock or animals | ||
| Poultry Farmer | 121321 | 457: Excludes positions that predominantly involve low-skilled tasks. |
| Examples: fruit picking or packing, feeding of livestock or animals | ||
| Sheep Farmer | 121322 | 457: Excludes positions that predominantly involve low-skilled tasks. |
| Examples: fruit picking or packing, feeding of livestock or animals | ||
| Livestock Farmers (nec) | 121399 | 457: Excludes positions that predominantly involve low-skilled tasks. |
| Examples: fruit picking or packing, feeding of livestock or animals | ||
| Mixed Crop & Livestock Farmer | 121411 | 457: Excludes positions that predominantly involve low-skilled tasks. |
| Examples: fruit picking or packing, feeding of livestock or animals | ||
| Sales & Marketing Manager | 131112 | 457: Excludes: |
| 1. positions based in a front-line retail setting; | ||
| 2. positions that predominately involve direct client transactional interaction on a regular basis; | ||
| 3. positions in a business that have an annual turnover of less than AUD 1 million; | ||
| 4. positions that have a nominated base salary of less than AUD 65,000. | ||
| Corporate Services Manager | 132111 | 457: Excludes: |
| 1. positions in a business that have an annual turnover of less than AUD 1 million; | ||
| 2. positions in a business that have fewer than five employees; | ||
| 3. positions that have a nominated base salary of less than AUD 80,000. | ||
| Finance Manager | 132211 | 457: Minimum of two years relevant work experience required for the position |
| Supply and Distribution Manager | 133611 | 457: Excludes: |
| 1. positions in a business with an annual turnover of less than AUD 1 million; | ||
| 2. positions in a business with fewer than five employees; | ||
| 3. positions that have a nominated base salary of less than AUD 65,000. | ||
| ICT Project Manager | 135112 | 457: Minimum of two years relevant work experience required for the position |
| Specialist Managers (nec)� | 139999 | Excludes Ambassador, Archbishop and Bishop |
| Cafe or Restaurant Manager | 141111 | 457: Excludes positions in a limited service restaurant. A limited service restaurant includes, but is not limited to, any of the following: |
| 1. fast food or takeaway food services; | ||
| 2. fast casual restaurants; | ||
| 3. drinking establishments that offer only a limited food service; | ||
| 4. limited service cafes including, but not limited to, coffee shops or mall cafes; | ||
| 5. limited service pizza restaurants. | ||
| ENS: Excludes positions in Fast Food or Takeaway Food Service. | ||
| Hotel or Motel Manager | 141311 | 457: Excludes positions that predominately involve responsibility for managing hotel or motel staff. The specification does not exclude positions that predominately involve responsibility for organising and controlling the operations of a hotel or motel that may have limited duties requiring management of hotel or motel staff but is not the main function of the position. |
| Hair or Beauty Salon Manager | 142114 | 457: Excludes |
| 1. positions that predominately involve hair dressing and/or beauty therapy related non-managerial tasks; or | ||
| 2. positions in a business that employ fewer than five employees. | ||
| Customer Service Manager | 149212 | 457: Excludes: |
| 1. positions based in a front-line retail setting; | ||
| 2. positions that predominately involve direct client transactional interaction on a regular basis; | ||
| 3. positions in a business that have an annual turnover of less than AUD 1 million; | ||
| 4. positions that have a nominated base salary of less than AUD 65,000. | ||
| Conference & Event Organiser | 149311 | 457: Excludes: |
| 1. positions in a business that have an annual turnover of less than AUD 1 million; | ||
| 2. positions that have a nominated base salary of less than AUD 65,000. | ||
| Transport Company Manager | 149413 | 457: Excludes: |
| 1. truck driver positions; | ||
| 2. fleet manager positions; | ||
| 3. container controller positions; | ||
| 4. positions in a business that have an annual turnover of less than AUD 1 million; | ||
| 5. positions in a business that have fewer than five employees. | ||
| Facilities Manager | 149913 | 457: Excludes: |
| 1. positions that are not located in a commercial building or shopping centre environment; | ||
| 2. positions that predominately involve the management of the provision of only one particular service to a facility or managing one particular relationship. | ||
| Example: a position that manages the cleaning contract for a facility but not other contracts relevant to the facility. | ||
| Accountant (General) | 221111 | 457: Excludes: |
| 1. clerical, book keeper and accounting clerk positions; | ||
| 2. positions in a business that have an annual turnover of less than AUD 1 million; | ||
| 3. positions in a business that have fewer than five employees. | ||
| Management Consultant | 224711 | 457: Excludes: |
| 1. positions in a business that have an annual turnover of less than AUD 1 million; | ||
| 2. positions in a business that have fewer than five employees. | ||
| Information and Organisation Professionals (nec) | 224999 | 457: Minimum of two years relevant work experience required for the position |
| Advertising Specialist | 225111 | 457: Minimum of two years relevant work experience required for the position |
| Marketing Specialist | 225113 | 457: Excludes: |
| 1. positions based in a front-line retail setting; | ||
| 2. positions that predominately involve direct client transactional interaction on a regular basis; | ||
| 3. positions in a business that have an annual turnover of less than AUD 1 million; | ||
| 4. positions that have a nominated base salary of less than AUD 65,000. | ||
| Technical Sales Representatives (nec) including, but not limited to, education sales representatives | 225499 | 457: Excludes: |
| 1. positions that are based in a front-line retail setting; | ||
| 2. positions that are based in a call centre and do not require a significant technical knowledge of products; | ||
| 3. positions that predominantly involve selling educational courses to individual students; | ||
| 4. positions that have a nominated base salary of less than AUD 65,000. | ||
| Graphic Designer | 232411 | 457: Minimum of two years relevant work experience required for the position |
| University Lecturer (Suitable for the position of Research Associate or Research Fellow in a University) | 242111 | 457: Minimum of two years relevant work experience required for the position |
| Software Tester | 261314 | 457: Minimum of two years relevant work experience required for the position |
| ICT Systems Test Engineer | 263213 | 457: Minimum of two years relevant work experience required for the position |
| Minister of Religion | 272211 | Only available for Subclass 407 (Training) visa |
| Mechanical Engineering Technician | 312512 | 457: Excludes positions relating to mobile phone repairs. |
| Baker | 351111 | 457: Excludes positions related to mass or standardised production, including positions based in a franchise or factory, as opposed to specialist production. Positions excluded, but not limited to the following exclusions, are any of the following: |
| 1. positions that involve full or partial production of food product for distribution to another location; | ||
| 2. positions that predominantly involve the use of pre-prepared food product from another location. | ||
| Pastrycook | 351112 | 457: Excludes positions related to mass or standardised production, including positions based in a franchise or factory, as opposed to specialist production. Positions excluded, but not limited to the following exclusions, are any of the following: |
| 1. positions that involve full or partial production of food product for distribution to another location; | ||
| 2. positions that predominantly involve the use of pre-prepared food product from another location. | ||
| Chef | 351311 | 457: Excludes positions involved in mass production in a factory setting and positions in a limited service restaurant. A limited service restaurant includes, but is not limited to, any of the following: |
| 1. fast food or takeaway food services; | ||
| 2. fast casual restaurants; | ||
| 3. drinking establishments that offer only a limited food service; | ||
| 4. limited service cafes including, but not limited to, coffee shops or mall cafes; | ||
| 5. limited service pizza restaurants. | ||
| ENS: Excludes positions in Fast Food or Takeaway Food Service. | ||
| Cook | 351411 | 457: Excludes positions involved in mass production in a factory setting and positions in a limited service restaurant. A limited service restaurant includes, but is not limited to, any of the following: |
| 1. fast food or takeaway food services; | ||
| 2. fast casual restaurants; | ||
| 3. drinking establishments that offer only a limited food service; | ||
| 4. limited service cafes including, but not limited to, coffee shops or mall cafes; | ||
| 5. limited service pizza restaurants. | ||
| ENS: Excludes positions in Fast Food or Takeaway Food Service. | ||
| Animal Attendants & Trainers (nec) | 361199 | 457: Excludes positions related to animal husbandry including, but not limited to, caring for livestock on a farm setting. |
| Hairdresser | 391111 | 457: Minimum of two years relevant work experience required for the position |
| Massage Therapist | 411611 | 457: Excludes: |
| 1. non full-time positions; | ||
| 2. positions that are not based in a therapeutic setting; | ||
| 3. positions involving the provision of non-medical relaxation massage. | ||
| Contract Administrator | 511111 | 457: Minimum of two years relevant work experience required for the position |