Cook
Food Trades
Cook is listed on Australia's Core Skills Occupation List (CSOL). Skilled migration to Australia for Cooks involves visa pathways, skills assessment requirements, and key eligibility requirements under the CSOL.
Cook (ANZSCO 351411) is on the Core Skills Occupation List (CSOL).
ANZSCO Code
351411
Skills Assessment Body
Typical Qualification
AQF Certificate IV, or Certificate III with at least two years of on-the-job training (ANZSCO Skill Level 3)
Visa pathways for Cook
- Occupation code
- ANZSCO 351411
- Occupation lists
- CSOL, STSOL (LIN 19/051), ROL for the 494 (LIN 19/219)
- Assessing authority
- Trades Recognition Australia (TRA) · assessment fee $130 to $5,320 AUD by program and pathway, checked October 2026
- Typical qualification
- AQF Certificate IV, or Certificate III with at least two years of on-the-job training (ANZSCO Skill Level 3)
- Caveats on the Department's list
- 4 for Cook, set out below.
Subclass 482
Skills in Demand, Core Skills stream
Employer nomination of Cook under ANZSCO 2022 code 351411, with at least 1 year of relevant work experience.
Subclass 186
Employer Nomination Scheme
Direct Entry on the CSOL with a skills assessment from TRA, or Temporary Residence Transition after 2 years on a 482 with the sponsoring employer as Cook; the TRT stream has no occupation list.
Subclass 494
Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional)
Cook is on the 494 lists in LIN 19/219 (ROL item 307, "cook", ANZSCO 351411); a regional employer nominates, and the Subclass 191 permanent visa follows after 3 years without an occupation list of its own.
Subclass 190
Skilled Nominated
Cook is on the STSOL (LIN 19/051, STSOL item 168), so a state or territory can nominate it; each state's own list decides whether it does.
Subclass 491
Skilled Work Regional (Provisional)
State or territory nomination for Cook on the STSOL (LIN 19/051, STSOL item 168); family sponsorship applies to MLTSSL occupations only.
Not available for Cook: 189 (not on the MLTSSL in LIN 19/051).
How each visa works: 482, 186, 494, 189, 190, 491, DAMA and skills assessment. Costs: employer sponsorship cost and visa cost estimator. Lists: Department of Home Affairs.
Caveats for Cook
- Low skilled tasks (482, 186): Excludes any position involved in mass production in a factory setting
- Low skilled tasks (482, 186): Excludes any position in a limited service restaurant. A limited service restaurant includes, but is not limited to: a fast food or takeaway food service a fast casual restaurant a drinking establishment that offers only a limited food service a limited service cafe, including a coffee shop or mall cafe a limited service pizza restaurant.
- CSOL caveat (482, 186): The position is involved in mass production in a factory setting.
- CSOL caveat (482, 186): The position is in a limited service restaurant.
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Reviewed by Visa Plan Lawyers · Last updated: April 2026 · Occupation data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Occupation Standard Classification for Australia (OSCA) and the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO), and the Department of Home Affairs Core Skills Occupation List, given legal effect through the Subclass 482 instrument (F2024L01620) and the Subclass 186 instrument (F2024L01618). Occupation list status (MLTSSL, STSOL, ROL) from LIN 19/051 (F2026C00265, in force from 28 March 2026) and LIN 19/219 (F2025C00059, in force from 14 December 2024); assessing authorities and caveats as published by the Department of Home Affairs on 2026-09-25. This page provides general information only and does not constitute legal advice. Contact Visa Plan for advice specific to your situation.