π FY2026-27 QLD Occupation List Changes
Onshore list (Queensland Onshore Skilled Occupation List)
Added (13) - π’ 121211 Cotton Grower (491) - π’ 121213 Fruit or Nut Grower (491) - π’ 121214 Grain, Oilseed or Pasture Grower / Field Crop Grower (491) - π’ 121299 Crop Farmers nec (491) - π’ 121321 Poultry Farmer (491) - π’ 121411 Mixed Crop and Livestock Farmer (491) - π’ 139912 Environmental Manager (491 +Β 190) - π’ 139914 Quality Assurance Manager (491 +Β 190) - π’ 232214 Other Spatial Scientist (491 +Β 190) - π’ 234212 Food Technologist (491 +Β 190) - π’ 234912 Metallurgist (491 +Β 190) - π’ 272613 Welfare Worker (491) - π’ 311111 Agricultural Technician (491)
Removed (5) - π΄ 131112 Sales and Marketing Manager (wasΒ 491) - π΄ 133511 Production Manager (Forestry) (wasΒ 491) - π΄ 134212 Nursing Clinical Director (was 491 +Β 190) - π΄ 234399 Environmental Scientist nec (was 491 +Β 190) - π΄ 272115 Student Counsellor (wasΒ 491)
Moved from 491 only to 491 + 190 (11) - π’ 133513 Production Manager (Mining) - π’ 134111 Child Care Centre Manager - π’ 232611 Urban and Regional Planner - π’ 251111 Dietitian - π’ 251511 Hospital Pharmacist - π’ 251513 Retail Pharmacist - π’ 251912 Orthotist or Prosthetist - π’ 252311 Dental Specialist - π’ 272511 Social Worker - π’ 311213 Medical Laboratory Technician - π’ 312913 Mine Deputy
Moved from 491 + 190 to 491 only (2) - π΄ 121111 Aquaculture Farmer - π΄ 234915 Exercise Physiologist
Added to the Building and Construction pathway (2) - π’ 312199 Architectural, Building and Surveying Technicians nec - π’ 312611 Safety Inspector
Offshore list (QSOL)
Added (3) - π’ 254411 Nurse Practitioner (491 +Β 190) - π’ 254499 Registered Nurses nec (491 +Β 190) - π’ 272314 Psychotherapist (491 +Β 190)
Removed (19) - π΄ 133411 Manufacturer - π΄ 133512 Production Manager (Manufacturing) - π΄ 233112 Materials Engineer - π΄ 233215 Transport Engineer - π΄ 233411 Electronics Engineer - π΄ 233511 Industrial Engineer - π΄ 233513 Production or Plant Engineer - π΄ 233612 Petroleum Engineer - π΄ 233913 Biomedical Engineer - π΄ 234312 Environmental Consultant - π΄ 234399 Environmental Scientist nec - π΄ 241111 Early Childhood (Pre-primary School) Teacher - π΄ 241213 Primary School Teacher (was 491 only) - π΄ 241311 Middle School Teacher (was 491 only) - π΄ 241411 Secondary School Teacher - π΄ 312311 Electrical Engineering Draftsperson - π΄ 312999 Building and Engineering - π΄ 341113 Lift Mechanic - π΄ 399213 Power Generation Plant Ope
All removed occupations were 491 + 190
Moved from 491 only to 491 + 190 (2) - π’ 232611 Urban and Regional Planner - π’ 252711 Audiologist