Court Orderly - ANZSCO 599213
Skilled occupation profile
Court Orderly
ANZSCO 599213Court Orderly provides operational support to a court or registry.
Occupation guide
Occupation details and migration pathways
This guide brings together the key occupation tasks, possible visa pathways and skills assessment information for Court Orderly ANZSCO 599213.
Typical tasks and duties
Court orderly (officers) may perform the following tasks:
- announce the beginning and end of court sessions
- call on witnesses and administer the prescribed oath to jurors and witnesses
- administer the jury roster and post court lists on notice boards
- keep records of court processes served
- enforce court decisions by executing court orders, and serving legal orders and documents such as summonses or subpoenas
- maintain the orderly conduct of court and hearing rooms and adjacent areas
- attend to judges or magistrates, escorting them from chambers to the courtroom
- record and protect exhibits tendered in court and pass them to participants during the hearing
- maintain security, care and control of jury panels
- liaise with the judiciary, police department and legal professionals, and advise the public on legal procedures and practices
- run the court registries and maintain the court files
- open and close court and hearing room proceedings
- organise furniture for court and hearing rooms
- allocate rooms for use by legal practitioners
- prepare audiovisual equipment for court and hearing rooms
- escort prisoners to and from courtrooms
- summon potential jurors to court.
Possible visa pathways
This occupation appears on Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional Occupations. The right visa pathway depends on factors such as your age, English level, qualifications, work experience, skills assessment, points score, nomination options and employer sponsorship.
Skills assessment
For skilled migration purposes, Court Orderly usually requires a suitable skills assessment. Relevant assessing authorities may include:
Additional occupation-specific assessment information
Court Orderly is classified as Group D occupations by Vetassess. The criteria for skills assessment of Group D occupations are the following:
- Qualification(s) assessed at AQF Certificate IV with a highly relevant field of study and at least one year of post-qualification highly relevant employment completed in the last five years;Or
- Qualification(s) assessed at AQF Certificate IV without a highly relevant field of study and at least two years of post-qualification highly relevant employment completed in the last five years;Or
- Qualification(s) assessed at AQF Certificate III with a highly relevant field of study and at least three years of post-qualification highly relevant employment completed in the last five years;
According to Vetassess, if you have pre-qualification employment and if all of your employment is before your qualifications assessed at the AQF Certificate III or Certificate IV level, three years of highly relevant employment in addition to at least one year of highly relevant employment at an appropriate skill level completed in the last five years.
Legacy subclass 187 pathway
Do you currently hold, or have you previously held, a subclass 457 or 482 visa?
If you have worked for a sponsoring employer in regional Australia, please note that Court Orderly — ANZSCO 599213 was included in the legacy Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme (subclass 187) occupation list. The subclass 187 Direct Entry stream is closed to new applications, but the Temporary Residence Transition stream may remain available to certain transitional subclass 457 and subclass 482 workers. Eligibility is limited and depends on your visa history, relevant dates, sponsored regional employment, employer nomination, age, English and other requirements. Being included on this occupation list does not establish eligibility.
If this may describe your circumstances, we can assess whether the subclass 187 transitional arrangements may still apply to you.
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Reviewed by Principal Migration Consultant
Reviewed by Mohammad Reza Azimi
This occupation page has been reviewed for migration context by Shada Migration Services. Mohammad has assisted clients with Australian migration matters since 2009 and holds a Graduate Certificate in Migration Law from the Australian National University.
Last reviewed: July 2026
