Auctioneer
Conducts sales of real estate, goods and livestock by taking offers from buyers and accepting the highest purchase price. Registration or licensing is required.
ANZSCO 2013, the edition the department applies to the points tested visas (189, 190 and 491).
Duties
Published for unit group 6111 Auctioneers, and Stock and Station Agents
- appraising and listing property for auction
- organising advertising, catalogues and other publicity for auctions
- consulting vendors and setting reserve prices
- describing property presented and the conditions of sale
- asking for or setting opening bids and determining reserve prices
- accepting bids from potential buyers and closing sales to the highest bidders
- purchasing and selling livestock and rural property on behalf of clients
- selling agricultural supplies, such as seed, grains, feed, sprays, dips, drenches and veterinary products, in accordance with statutory requirements
- acting as an insurance agent for rural clients
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.
Where Auctioneer stands right now
There is no expression of interest queue for this occupation: it is not on the points tested lists, so the route runs through an employer instead. Vizard maps that route step by step.
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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