Electronics Engineer

Specialisations within it

• Communications Engineer (Army)

Duties

Published for unit group 2334 Electronics Engineers

• designing electronic components, circuits and systems used for computer, communication and control systems, and other industrial applications
• designing software, especially embedded software, to be used within such systems
• developing apparatus and procedures to test electronic components, circuits and systems
• supervising installation and commissioning of computer, communication and control systems, and ensuring proper control and protection methods
• establishing and monitoring performance and safety standards and procedures for operation, modification, maintenance and repair of such systems
• designing communications bearers based on wired, optical fibre and wireless communication media
• analysing communications traffic and level of service, and determining the type of installation, location, layout and transmission medium for communication systems
• designing and developing signal processing algorithms and implementing these through appropriate choice of hardware and software
• Occupation:
• 233411 Electronics Engineer

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 30 July 2026.

This occupation reads differently for the 186 and 482

Two editions of ANZSCO are current at once, and the department applies ANZSCO 2022 to the employer sponsored visas while everything above follows ANZSCO 2013.

Under the 2022 edition this occupation is defined as:

Designs, develops, adapts, installs, tests and maintains electronic components, circuits and systems used for computer, communication, command and warfare systems, entertainment, transport and other industrial applications. Registration or licensing may be required.

Its duties are also published differently:

• designing electronic components, circuits and systems used for computer, communication and control systems, command and warfare systems, and other industrial applications
• designing software, especially embedded software, to be used within such systems
• developing apparatus and procedures to test electronic components, circuits and systems
• supervising installation and commissioning of computer, communication and control systems, and ensuring proper control and protection methods
• establishing and monitoring performance and safety standards and procedures for operation, modification, maintenance and repair of such systems
• designing communications bearers based on wired, optical fibre and wireless communication media
• analysing communications traffic and level of service, and determining the type of installation, location, layout and transmission medium for communication systems
• designing and developing signal processing algorithms and implementing these through appropriate choice of hardware and software
• designing the architecture, modelling and integration of communication and control systems, command and warfare systems, and other industrial applications

If you are going for a 186 or a 482, this is the wording that governs you. Everything above governs the points tested routes.

Where 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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