Skills demand for Sales Representative (Industrial Products)
Before anything else, it is worth knowing where this occupation sits in the labour market. Demand drives which visa pathways are realistic and how a state is likely to view a nomination.
Jobs and Skills Australia does not record a shortage for this occupation at present. A skilled pathway remains open, but the case will rest on your individual claims rather than on the labour market doing any of the work for you.
Visa pathways for Sales Representative (Industrial Products)
Which visas are available to you depends on which of the government's skilled occupation lists your occupation appears on. The lists are not interchangeable, and being on one of them does not put you on the others.
Inclusion on the Core Skills Occupation List makes the Skills in Demand visa's Core Skills stream available, subject to the usual sponsorship and nomination requirements.
Skills assessment for Sales Representative (Industrial Products)
Every skilled application turns on the skills assessment. An independent authority — not the Department — decides whether your qualifications and experience genuinely correspond to the occupation you are nominating, and there is no way around it.
The authority sets and publishes its own fees. The pathways and charges below are taken from the authority's own fee schedule, and we check them against that source. Confirm the current figure with the authority before you apply — fees change, and the authority is the only source that can be relied on.
Employer sponsorship requirements
Your sponsoring employer must be an Australian business registered with the Australian Business Register (ABR) and meet regulatory compliance standards. They must lodge a nomination with the Department of Home Affairs, demonstrating genuine need to employ you. For the 482 visa, the employer must show the role cannot be filled by an Australian citizen or permanent resident within a reasonable recruitment period. For the 186, the employer must commit to your permanent placement and salary conditions.
They must also provide evidence of your employment contract, role description, and salary at or above the award rate for the occupation. Many employers expect you to have already begun employment or committed verbally before formalising the nomination.
The relationship between you and the employer is critical. Sponsorship requires transparency about your work visa status, agreement on salary, and mutual commitment to the visa outcome. Some employers also require you to fund your own VETASSESS assessment and visa application costs. Clarify sponsorship costs and responsibilities upfront before accepting a sponsorship offer.
How to apply, step by step
- Confirm the correct ANZSCO code for your occupation. Everything downstream depends on it, and an assessment obtained for the wrong code does not transfer.
- Obtain a positive skills assessment from the assessing authority for that occupation.
- Meet the English language requirement for the visa you are applying for.
- Lodge an Expression of Interest through SkillSelect, claiming only points you can evidence.
- If you are seeking state nomination, apply to the nominating body separately and on its terms.
- Wait to be invited. You cannot apply for the visa until an invitation is issued.
- Lodge the visa application within the period allowed by the invitation, with the evidence for every claim you made.