Occupation ceilings

An ‘occupation ceiling’ may be applied to invitations issued under the independent, skilled regional (provisional) visas. This means there will be a limit on how many EOIs can be invited for skilled migration from an occupation group. This ensures that the skilled migration program is not dominated by a small number of occupations. Once this limit is reached, no further invitations for that particular occupation group will be issued for that program year. Invitations will then be allocated to intending migrants in other occupation groups even if they are lower ranking. See ‘occupation ceilings’ tab on this page.

The table below shows the occupation ceilings for the 2020-2021 program year for each occupation on the list of eligible skilled occupations by four-digit ANZSCO code unit group.

Occupation ceiling values are based on a percentage of stock employment figures for each occupation. Employment figures are provided by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, and represent the number of people employed in Australia in each occupation.

Occupation ceilings do not apply to State or Territory Nominated, Employer Sponsored or Business Innovation and Investment visa subclasses.

Occupation ceilings for the 2020-21 program year.

Occupation ID	Description	Occupation Ceiling Value 2020-21	Invitations to 14/07/2020
1331	Construction Managers	7,145	0
1332	Engineering Managers	1,474	0
1341	Child Care Centre Managers	1,000	0
1342	Health and Welfare Services Managers	1,666	0
1399	Other Specialist Managers	4,188	0
2111	Actors, Dancers and Other Entertainers	1,000	0
2112	Music Professionals	1,000	0
2121	Artistic Directors, and Media Producers and Presenters	1,000	0
2211	Accountants*	1,000	0
2212	Auditors, Company Secretaries and Corporate Treasurers*	1,619	0
2241	Actuaries, Mathematicians and Statisticians	1,000	0
2243	Economists	1,000	0
2245	Land Economists and Valuers	1,000	0
2247	Management consultant	4,526	0
2321	Architects and Landscape Architects	1,452	0
2322	Cartographers and Surveyors	1,000	0
2331	Chemical and Materials Engineers	1,000	65
2332	Civil Engineering Professionals	3,919	141
2333	Electrical Engineers	1,348	98
2334	Electronics Engineers*	1,000	<20
2335	Industrial, Mechanical and Production Engineers*	2,682	48
2336	Mining Engineers	1,000	20
2339	Other Engineering Professionals*	1,000	<20
2341	Agricultural and Forestry Scientists	1,000	<20
2342	Chemists, and Food and Wine Scientists	1,000	<20
2343	Environmental Scientists	1,295	0
2344	Geologists, Geophysicists and Hydrogeologists	1,000	0
2345	Life Scientists	1,000	<20
2346	Medical Laboratory Scientists	1,536	0
2347	Veterinarians	1,000	0
2349	Other Natural and Physical Science Professionals	1,056	0
2411	Early Childhood (Pre-primary School) Teachers	3,321	0
2414	Secondary School Teachers	8,716	0
2415	Special Education Teachers	1,721	0
2421	University Lecturers and Tutors	5,042	0
2512	Medical Imaging Professionals	1,161	<20
2514	Optometrists and Orthoptists	1,000	0
2519	Other Health Diagnostic and Promotion Professionals	1,000	0
2521	Chiropractors and Osteopaths	1,000	0
2524	Occupational Therapists	1,461	<20
2525	Physiotherapists	1,685	<20
2526	Podiatrists	1,000	0
2527	Speech Professionals and Audiologists	1,000	0
2531	General Practitioners and Resident Medical officers	4,257	<20
2533	Internal Medicine Specialists	1,000	<20
2534	Psychiatrists	1,000	0
2535	Surgeons	1,000	0
2539	Other Medical Practitioners	1,168	<20
2541	Midwives	1,333	<20
2544	Registered Nurses	17,859	40
2611	ICT Business and Systems Analysts*	2,273	0
2612	Multimedia Specialists and Web Developers	1,000	0
2613	Software and Applications Programmers*	8,405	0
2621	Database and Systems Administrators and ICT Security Specialists	2,667	0
2631	Computer Network Professionals*	2,245	0
2633	Telecommunications Engineering Professionals	1,000	76
2711	Barristers	1,000	0
2713	Solicitors	4,535	0
2723	Psychologists	1,545	<20
2725	Social Workers	1,862	0
3122	Civil Engineering Draftspersons and Technicians	1,000	<20
3123	Electrical Engineering Draftspersons and Technicians	1,000	<20
3132	Telecommunications Technical Specialists	1,000	<20
3211	Automotive Electricians	1,000	0
3212	Motor Mechanics	5,205	0
3222	Sheetmetal Trades Workers	1,000	0
3223	Structural Steel and Welding Trades Workers	4,866	0
3232	Metal Fitters and Machinists	6,335	0
3233	Precision Metal Trades Workers	1,000	0
3241	Panelbeaters	1,000	0
3311	Bricklayers and Stonemasons	1,712	0
3312	Carpenters and Joiners	6,812	0
3322	Painting Trades Workers	3,303	0
3331	Glaziers	1,000	0
3332	Plasterers	1,452	0
3334	Wall and Floor Tilers	1,000	0
3341	Plumbers	5,861	0
3411	Electricians	8,021	0
3421	Airconditioning and Refrigeration Mechanics	1,581	0
3422	Electrical Distribution Trades Workers	1,000	0
3423	Electronics Trades Workers	2,047	0
3513	Chefs	2,256	0
3611	Animal Attendants and Trainers	1,239	0
3941	Cabinetmakers	1,694	0
3991	Boat Builders and Shipwrights	1,000	0
4523	Sports Coaches, Instructors and Officials	1,262	0
4524	Sportspersons	1,000	0

*Occupations that are subject to pro rata arrangements. For Accountants (2211) the occupational ceiling also reflects volumes in other skilled visa categories.

Current round

Invitations issued on 14 July 2020

The table below shows the number of invitations issued in the SkillSelect invitation round on 14 July 2020.

Visa subclass	Number
Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189)	500
Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) – Family Sponsored	100

Invitation process and cut offs

The highest ranked clients by points score are invited to apply for the relevant visa. For clients who have equal points scores, the time at which they reached their points score for that subclass (referred to as the date of effect) determines their order of invitation. Expressions of Interest with earlier dates of effect are invited before later dates.

Visa subclass	Minimum points score	Latest date of effect month
Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189)	90	07/2020
Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) – Family Sponsored)	95	05/2020

Point scores and the dates of effect cut off for the pro rata occupations in the 14 July 2020 invitation round.

Due to high levels of demand, and in keeping with previous program years, the below occupation groups will be subject to pro rata arrangements to ensure availability of invitations across the program year.

SkillSelect first allocates available places to Skilled – Independent visas (subclass 189), and thereafter the remaining to Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) – Family Sponsored . If all places are taken up by subclass 189 visas then there will be no invitations issued for subclass 491 visas in these occupations.

Subclass	Occupation ID	Description	Minimum points score	Latest date of effect month
189/491	2211	Accountants	N/A	N/A
189/491	2212	Auditors, Company Secretaries and Corporate Treasurers	N/A	N/A
189	2334	Electronics Engineer	90	12/2019
491	2334	Electronics Engineer	95	05/2020
189	2335	Industrial, Mechanical and Production Engineers	N/A	N/A
491	2335	Industrial, Mechanical and Production Engineers	95	11/2019
189	2339	Other Engineering Professionals	N/A	N/A
491	2339	Other Engineering Professionals	95	11/2019
189/491	2611	ICT Business and System Analysts	N/A	N/A
189/491	2613	Software and Applications Programmers	N/A	N/A
189/491	2631	Computer Network Professionals	N/A	N/A

Invitations issued during 2020-21 program year

Visa subclass	Jul	Total
Skilled Independent visa (subclass 189)	500	500
Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa (subclass 491) – Family Sponsored	100	100
Total	600	600

The above figures do not include invitations issued for State and Territory Government nominated visa subclasses. State and Territory Governments nominate throughout the month for specific points tested skilled migration and business innovation and investment visas.

Source: Department of Home Affairs

A summary of the results from Victorian schools.

Independent/Catholic schools

Eight Scotch College students achieved a perfect ATAR of 99.95. Their median ATAR was 90.38 and 50 percent of the cohort achieved an ATAR of 90 or more.
One Methodist Ladies’ College student achieved a perfect ATAR of 99.95. A total of 110 MLC students achieved a score of more than 90, placing them in the top 10 percent of the state.
Korowa Anglican Girls’ School. The median ATAR for their year 12 students was 92.05 (that means that half of their students got a score above that figure), and 10 percent of their students achieved 99 or above.
St Michael’s Grammar. 28 percent of its cohort achieved ATARs of 90 or more this year.
Three Haileybury students have achieved the highest possible ATAR of 99.95. Almost half of Haileybury’s students received an ATAR of 90 or above. The median ATAR was 89.2.
At Presbyterian Ladies College, the median ATAR was 92.55 and 60 percent of students obtained an ATAR of 90 or above.
At Camberwell Girls Grammar School, the median ATAR was 93 and 62 percent of students obtained an ATAR of 90 or above.
Mentone Grammar achieved a median ATAR of 84.65 and 35 percent of students got an ATAR of 90 or more. Their dux, Joshua Nung, is one of 28 males who achieved a perfect study score of 99.95.
Girton Grammar School in Bendigo also is home to one of the students to obtain a 99.95 ATAR, Alexander Nielsen. 35 percent of its students got an ATAR in the 90’s and their median ATAR was 83.
Mentone Girls Grammar has reported that 42 percent of its students got an ATAR above 90 and the median ATAR was 86.
Camberwell Grammar School recorded a median ATAR of 90.55. More than half the Year 12 cohort achieved an ATAR over 90.
Three students from Penleigh and Essendon Grammar have achieved a perfect ATAR of 99.95. The median ATAR at the school was 88.75.
55 percent of Shelford Girls’ Grammar’s VCE cohort have obtained an ATAR score of 90 and above, and their median ATAR was 91.45.
Lauriston Girls’ School’s cohort of 36 students achieved a median ATAR of 89.4.
Heatherton Christian College in Clarinda achieved a median ATAR of 77.55, with 23 percent of students receiving a score of 90 or above.
Toorak College got a median ATAR of 85.30 and 30 percent of its students received an ATAR over 90.
One Brighton Grammar student obtained a perfect ATAR of 99.95. 42 percent of its boys received an ATAR over 90 and their median score was 86.90.
Two Melbourne Girls Grammar achieved the maximum possible ATAR of 99.95. Their median ATAR was 91.15.

Girton Grammar School students celebrate their results. Photo: Supplied

Selective government schools

Mac.Robertson Girls’ School achieved a median ATAR of 96.25. 62 percent of students received an ATAR of 95 or above
Nossal High School obtained a median ATAR of 92.2, and 57 percent of students achieved an ATAR of 90 or more.
52 percent of students at John Monash Science School has obtained an ATAR over 90.
Suzanne Cory High School had a median ATAR of 87.7

Non-selective government schools

Balwyn High’s dux received a score of 99.95 and was one of eight female students in the state to obtain a perfect score. 39 percent of its students got more than 90 and the median ATAR was 84.45.
McKinnon Secondary College is reporting that 30 percent of its students obtained an ATAR of 90 or above.
More than half the students at Brentwood Secondary College received an ATAR above 70.
East Doncaster Secondary College reported that 25 percent of students received an ATAR of 90 and above
Melbourne Girls College’s median score was 33 and 25 percent of its students scored an ATAR above 90.
Braybrook College’s dux David Trevorrow received an ATAR of 99.50.
Cheltenham Secondary College’s dux Jack Stephens received an ATAR of 98.9.

Melbourne University has offered at least 46 students a Chancellor’s Scholarship.

The scholarship awards the student a free place in a Melbourne University undergraduate degree, a $5000 yearly allowance, up to $2500 towards a period of overseas study as an exchange student and accommodation close to the main Parkville campus.

The lucky VCE students included:

Khai Ling Chan (Methodist Ladies College)
Ziyue Lu (Camberwell Anglican Girls Grammar School)
Tianpei Yang (Geelong College)
Samuel Herz (Mount Scopus Memorial College)
Dewmi Abeysirigunawardana (Penleigh and Essendon Grammar)
Matthew Bassat (Mount Scopus Memorial College)
Nuria Yu (Methodist Ladies College)
Fiona Yu (Frankston High School)
Leon Yeung (Penleigh and Essendon Grammar)
Junyao Zhang (Penleigh and Essendon Grammar)
Arnand Bharadwaj (Trinity Grammar School)
Isabelle Zupan (Genazzano FCJ College)
David Lin (Trinity Grammar School)
Rachel Niesen (Balwyn High School)
Gabin Soosaipillai (Melbourne High School)
Simon Ou (Melbourne High School)
Clara Charbine (Haileybury Girls College)
Eishitha Galpayage Don (Haileybury College)
Anne Pham (Balwyn High School)
Victor Li (Melbourne High School)
Timothy Wang (Melbourne High School)
Zachary Tuttle (Trinity Grammar School)
Charlotte Holland (Peninsula Grammar)
Isabelle Stewart (Melbourne Girls Grammar)
Tien Dung Pham (Peninsula Grammar)
Dissanayake Premaratne (Scotch College)
Tony Zhang (Melbourne Grammar School)
Megan Pyke (Highvale Secondary College)
Ella Ferris (Victorian College of the Arts Secondary)
William Sutherland (Scotch College)
Daniel Crowley (Xavier College)
Thomas Ebeyan (Melbourne Grammar School)
Patrick Gigacz (St Kevin’s College Toorak)
Victoria Phan (Macrobertson Girls High School)
Matthew Harrison (Camberwell Grammar School)
Simone Gong (Caulfiend Grammar School)
Anna Sing (Macrobertson Girls High School)
Kiran Laurence (Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School)
Joshua Nung (Mentone Grammar School)
Michael Culvenor (Xavier College)
David Lawlor (Brighton Grammar School)
David Wang (St Kevin’s College Toorak)
Letian Jiang (Scotch College)
Zi Xuan Qin (Scotch College)
Sophie He (Ruyton Girls’ School)
Roshica Ponnampalam (Ruyton Girls’ School)

Fiona Yu achieved an ATAR score of 99.90 at Frankston High School and has been offered a Chancellor’s Scholarship at Melbourne University. Photo: Paul Jeffers

At the University of Melbourne, 47 high achieving students were offered fee-free degrees and annual allowances of up to $10,000 as part of the prestigious chancellor’s scholarship. Private school students made up the vast majority of recipients, with just three coming from non-selective entry government schools.

Fiona Yu, 18, believed she might be the first person to get the award from Frankston High School. She scored a 99.90 and said she was screaming and jumping up and down when she found out. Her aim is to study science.

“Mum was super proud, she cried a bit. That was the first endearment I’ve seen but I’m happy I saw it,” she said.

Fiona said she was happiest to score a perfect 50 in methods, as it was taught by her favourite teacher. The staff at Frankston High did the best they could to support her, she said.

“Luckily I had really caring teachers that allowed me to work on other things rather than what they were teaching,” she said.

Source: The Age – by Craig Butt