Photographer's Assistant - ANZSCO 399915
Skilled occupation profile
Photographer's Assistant
ANZSCO 399915Photographer's Assistant assists Photographers in taking and developing photographs.
Occupation guide
Occupation details and migration pathways
This guide brings together the key occupation tasks, possible visa pathways and skills assessment information for Photographer's Assistant ANZSCO 399915.
Typical tasks and duties
Photographer's Assistant may perform the following tasks:
- Carry extra equipment for the photographer
- Communicate with clients to truly understand their needs/desires
- Perform administrative jobs such as billing, keeping records, contacting clients
- Prep areas for photo shoots, disassemble these areas when finished
- Process images and prepare them for final editing by the photographer
- Set up lighting for shoots/single photographs
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, Photographer's Assistant usually requires a suitable skills assessment. Relevant assessing authorities may include:
Additional occupation-specific assessment information
Photographer's Assistant is classified as Group F occupations by Vetassess. The criteria for skills assessment of Group F occupations are the following:
- Qualification/s assessed at least AQF Certificate II with a highly relevant field of study and at least one year of postqualification highly relevant employment at an appropriate skill level in the last five years;Or
- Qualification/s assessed at Australian Certificate II without a highly relevant field of study and at least two years of post-qualification highly relevant employment at an appropriate skill level 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 II, 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 Photographer's Assistant — ANZSCO 399915 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
