If you hold a recognised trade qualification, an Australian employer can sponsor you on a Subclass 482 work visa. We match you to a real vacancy and confirm the pay and the location. The same practice handles the recruitment, the skills assessment and the visa application. You pay no fee. The employer pays the recruitment fee.
Motor Mechanic (General) and Diesel Motor Mechanic are both on the Core Skills Occupation List for the Subclass 482 visa, reviewed October 2026. If you hold a recognised qualification in one of these trades, you can apply, wherever you trained.
Service, diagnostics and repair of cars and light commercial vehicles for dealerships and independent workshops. Experience with hybrid or electric vehicles is useful but not required.
Diesel engines, air brakes, hydraulics and scheduled fleet maintenance for bus operators, transport fleets and heavy-vehicle workshops. We confirm the occupation code that matches the work you do before anything is lodged.
Manufacturer training and dealer-level diagnostics on Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi, Volkswagen, Porsche, Land Rover or Volvo. Prestige dealers and specialist workshops in Australia need technicians with this training.
Aussie Jobs is a recruitment and migration practice for automotive trades, based in Australia. Your consultant handles your file from your first message to your start date. The visa work is done by a registered migration agent, MARA 2021.
Visa applications are prepared by a registered migration agent (MARA 2021) under the Migration Agents Code of Conduct. You can check the registration on the website of the Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority.
Before a workshop sees your name, we check your trade certificate with the body that issued it, your apprenticeship record and your manufacturer training. The workshop receives a shortlist it can act on.
Recruitment, skills assessment, visa application and arrival support are handled by the same practice. You do not deal with three separate companies.
We place motor mechanics, diesel mechanics and brand-trained technicians. We know the workshops, the occupation codes and the assessment process.
Most of our placements use the Subclass 482 Skills in Demand visa, Core Skills stream. It is an employer-sponsored work visa for up to four years. Motor Mechanic (General) and Diesel Motor Mechanic are on its Core Skills Occupation List, reviewed October 2026. The pay must meet the Core Skills Income Threshold, A$79,423 a year from 1 July 2026, plus superannuation.
Four steps, in this order. One practice handles all four.
You send your trade, your qualification, your years of experience and the country you live in now. We check your certificate and tell you which occupation code fits.
An Australian workshop with sponsorship approval interviews you by video and makes a written offer. The employer nominates the position for the Subclass 482 visa.
For applicants outside Australia, Trades Recognition Australia runs the offshore assessment: first a check of your documents, then a technical interview. We prepare the evidence with you.
The registered migration agent lodges the Subclass 482 application against the nomination. After two years with the same sponsor, the employer can nominate you for the permanent Subclass 186 visa.
We provide three services: one for the mechanic, one for the Australian workshop, and one for the visa between them.
We check your trade certificate, apprenticeship record, manufacturer training, driving licence and English level. We confirm the occupation code. Then we present you to workshops that are hiring in your trade. You pay no fee for this.
Register nowDealerships, independent workshops, bus and fleet operators and prestige specialists tell us the role, the location and the pay. We present a short list of qualified technicians from outside Australia with the visa eligibility already checked. You pay the recruitment fee.
Brief a roleSponsor approval, nomination, skills-assessment coordination, the document pack and lodgement are handled by the registered migration agent (MARA 2021) under the Code of Conduct. Questions about the visa are answered by your consultant.
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We check your trade certificate, your apprenticeship record and your manufacturer training. We confirm the occupation code. If a workshop that is hiring in your trade wants to interview you, we arrange the interview by video. If the workshop makes a written offer, it nominates the position, Trades Recognition Australia assesses your trade and the registered migration agent lodges the Subclass 482 application. You pay no fee for the placement. The employer pays the recruitment fee.
You tell us the role, the location, the pay and the start date. We present a short list of qualified technicians from outside Australia whose certificates we have checked and whose visa eligibility we have confirmed. You interview by video and make a written offer. The registered migration agent (MARA 2021) handles sponsor approval, the nomination and the visa application. You pay the recruitment fee.
The Subclass 482 Skills in Demand visa, Core Skills stream, in almost every case. It is tied to a nominated position with a sponsoring employer, so the job offer comes first and the visa application follows it. Motor Mechanic (General), ANZSCO 321211, and Diesel Motor Mechanic, ANZSCO 321212, are on the Core Skills Occupation List, reviewed October 2026. We confirm the current list before anything is lodged. After two years with the same sponsor, the permanent Subclass 186 visa is the usual next step.
Yes, for these trades. Trades Recognition Australia is the assessing body. For applicants outside Australia it runs the offshore assessment in two stages: a check of your qualification documents and work history, then a technical interview. The occupation code decides the scope of the assessment. Bus and heavy-vehicle work is assessed as Diesel Motor Mechanic, ANZSCO 321212. We settle the code and the evidence with you before you pay the assessment fee.
You do not pay Aussie Jobs a fee. The employer pays the recruitment fee. Government charges are separate from our fee: the Trades Recognition Australia assessment fee and the Subclass 482 visa application charge. Some government charges must be paid by the employer under Australian law. Before anything is lodged, we tell you in writing which charges apply to you and the amount of each.
Mechanics: send your trade, your qualification and the country you live in now. Employers: send the role, the location and the pay. Your consultant replies within one working day.