| 20 March 2010 | | | | - Aviation professionals (pilots and flight instructors) |
| On 5 March 2010, Skills Australia produced a strategy | | | | - Judges, magistrates and tribunal members |
| report titled "Australian Workforce Futures". Skills | | | | - Police officers and fire fighters |
| Australia will be responsible for setting the new Skilled | | | | The list has many of the occupations on the current |
| Occupations List, and within the report, there is a list | | | | Migration Occupations in Demand List such as |
| called the "Specialised Occupations List". The | | | | engineers, accountants and selected trades. |
| Specialised Occupations list is likely to be the basis of | | | | However, the following occupational groups are |
| the revised Skilled Occupations List to be finalised at | | | | excluded from the Specialised Occupations List: |
| the end of April 2010 and introduced in July 2010. | | | | - General business occupations such as management, |
| The Specialised Occupations List gives an insight into | | | | marketing and HR |
| the likely future Skilled Occupations List. The list covers | | | | - Hairdressing and Commercial Cookery |
| the following broad specialisations: | | | | - Fitters and welders |
| - Medical Occupations - from doctors, nurses, | | | | Accountants are on the list, but only if their |
| pharmacists through to medical administrators and | | | | qualifications are CPA-equivalent. This would most |
| aged care workers | | | | likely affect a large number of international students |
| - Engineering | | | | studying accounting in Australia, as the CPA |
| - Architecture, Surveying and Construction | | | | qualification generally takes several years of |
| - Educational professionals | | | | post-qualification work experience to obtain. |
| - Accountants and Auditors | | | | Surprisingly, the list is relatively short on science |
| - Legal Professionals | | | | occupations such as mathematicians, life scientists and |
| - Selected Trades | | | | chemists - the low priority of these occupations under |
| It includes a number of occupations which are not | | | | the current system was one of the stated reasons for |
| currently on the Skilled Occupations List, including: | | | | making drastic changes. |
| - A broader range of education professionals, including | | | | The list is published using ANZSCO codes - we have |
| university lecturers and teachers of English as a | | | | attempted to translate these through to the current |
| Second Language | | | | ASCO codings. |