Pastrycook
Food Trades
Pastrycook is listed on Australia's Core Skills Occupation List (CSOL). Skilled migration to Australia for Pastrycooks involves visa pathways, skills assessment requirements, and key eligibility requirements under the CSOL.
Pastrycook (ANZSCO 351112) is on the Core Skills Occupation List (CSOL).
ANZSCO Code
351112
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 Pastrycook
- Occupation code
- ANZSCO 351112
- 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
- 2 for Pastrycook, set out below.
Subclass 482
Skills in Demand, Core Skills stream
Employer nomination of Pastrycook under ANZSCO 2022 code 351112, 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 Pastrycook; the TRT stream has no occupation list.
Subclass 494
Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional)
Pastrycook is on the 494 lists in LIN 19/219 (ROL item 305, "pastrycook", ANZSCO 351112); 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
Pastrycook is on the STSOL (LIN 19/051, STSOL item 166), 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 Pastrycook on the STSOL (LIN 19/051, STSOL item 166); family sponsorship applies to MLTSSL occupations only.
Not available for Pastrycook: 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 Pastrycook
- Low skilled tasks (482, 186): Excludes any position relating to mass or standardised production (as opposed to specialist production), including the following: a position based in a franchise or factory a position that: involves full or partial production of food product for distribution to another location or predominantly involves the use of pre-prepared food product from another location
- CSOL caveat (482, 186): The position is involved in mass production in a factory setting.
More Food Trades occupations
Skills assessment requirements and visa eligibility are set per occupation, and a neighbouring classification in the Food Trades group can carry a different CSOL status or assessing authority than Pastrycook.
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.