Speech Pathologist (Aus) \ Speech Language Therapist (NZ)

Job titles this occupation covers

If your job title is one of these, this is usually the code it belongs to, whatever your employer calls the role.

• Speech Therapist

Duties

Published for unit group 2527 Audiologists and Speech Pathologists or Therapists

• � assessing and diagnosing the extent of client hearing loss using a wide range of techniques, including audiometric tests
• � reporting results of assessments and tests in writing and making referrals to medical practitioners
• � recommending solutions to those with hearing impairment including amplification, implantable devices, medical interventions and assistive listening devices and providing aural rehabilitation programs
• � providing counselling, advice and information to clients and families as a part of overall treatment
• � assisting with the development and management of noise control and hearing conservation strategies
• � administering standardised and informal tests and observing clients to determine the nature and extent of their communication disorders or swallowing difficulties
• � providing treatment and management of speech, language, learning and communication disorders that may be developmental, part of a disability, or acquired as a result of injury or disease
• � advising on the positioning of the body and on the textures of food and fluids which assists an individual to eat and swallow safely without choking
• � providing information and education to health professionals, early childhood educators and teachers, and support and counselling to individuals affected by communication and swallowing difficulties, and to their families and carers.

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.

The definition is identical in both editions, but the published duties are not:

• assessing and diagnosing the extent of client hearing loss using a wide range of techniques, including audiometric tests
• reporting results of assessments and tests in writing and making referrals to medical practitioners
• recommending solutions to those with hearing impairment including amplification, implantable devices, medical interventions and assistive listening devices and providing aural rehabilitation programs
• providing counselling, advice and information to clients and families as a part of overall treatment
• assisting with the development and management of noise control and hearing conservation strategies
• administering standardised and informal tests and observing clients to determine the nature and extent of their communication disorders or swallowing difficulties
• providing treatment and management of speech, language, learning and communication disorders that may be developmental, part of a disability, or acquired as a result of injury or disease
• advising on the positioning of the body and on the textures of food and fluids which assists an individual to eat and swallow safely without choking
• providing information and education to health professionals, early childhood educators and teachers, and support and counselling to individuals affected by communication and swallowing difficulties, and to their families and carers.

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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