Production Manager (Manufacturing)
Plans, organises, directs, controls and coordinates the manufacturing activities of an organisation including physical and human resources.
ANZSCO 2013, the edition the department applies to the points tested visas (189, 190 and 491).
Specialisations within it
- Operations Manager (Production)
- Plant Manager (Manufacturing) (Aus)
- Works Manager (Manufacturing) (Aus)
Duties
Published for unit group 1335 Production Managers
- determining, implementing and monitoring production strategies, policies and plans
- planning details of production activities in terms of output quality and quantity, cost, time available and labour requirements
- controlling the operation of production plant and quality procedures through planning of maintenance, designation of operating hours and supply of parts and tools
- monitoring production output and costs, and adjusting processes and resources to minimise costs
- informing other Managers about production matters
- overseeing the acquisition and installation of new plant and equipment
- directing research into production methods, and recommending and implementing initiatives
- controlling the preparation of production records and reports
- coordinating the implementation of occupational health and safety requirements
- directing staff activities and monitoring their performance
This is what the occupation is, not what a skills assessment requires. The assessing body applies its own criteria on top of this, and those criteria are not published here. Check them with the body itself.
Who assesses this occupation
Last confirmed against the department's list on 9 September 2026.
Open roles at approved sponsors
11open roles at employers on an official sponsorship list have the words “Production Manager” in the job title, read from the employers' own job boards on 23 September 2026.
Being on a list means the employer holds an approval to sponsor, not that every role it advertises comes with sponsorship. The roles, and what each ad says about sponsorship, are in Vizard Jobs.
Where Production Manager (Manufacturing) stands right now
Vizard tracks the queue for this occupation: how many people are waiting at every points score for the 190, 491, the recent invitation round cutoffs, and how far down the queue your own score puts you.
Updated to 1 August 2026, from the department's own SkillSelect data.
See where you standWhere this comes from
Definition and duties: Australian Bureau of Statistics, ANZSCO
Assessing authorities and skilled lists: Department of Home Affairs skilled occupation list
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