Working as a plumber in Australia
What official sources say about working as a plumber in Australia: what the occupation group earns, how foreign qualifications are recognised and which shortage list names it.
In Australia, the occupation group "Craft and related trades workers", which includes plumbers, earns ≈ 3,820 EUR/month (gross, 2021). Plumber is a regulated profession in Australia. Foreign qualifications go through: Apply through the Offshore Skills Assessment Program to the approved RTO for the nominated trade. A successful assessment can result in an Offshore Technical Skills Record (OTSR); then apply for a provisional State/Territory licence, complete gap training and supervised employment, and meet full-licence requirements. In Australia, plumbers are listed on the 2025 Occupation Shortage List (ANZSCO 2022).
- Earnings of the occupation group "Craft and related trades workers"
- ≈ 3,820 EUR/month (gross, 2021)
- Regulation
- Regulated
- Recognition route
- Apply through the Offshore Skills Assessment Program to the approved RTO for the nominated trade. A successful assessment can result in an Offshore Technical Skills Record (OTSR); then apply for a provisional State/Territory licence, complete gap training and supervised employment, and meet full-licence requirements.
- Shortage list
- Listed
Pay
Earnings of the occupation group "Craft and related trades workers" in Australia: ≈ 3,820 EUR/month (gross, 2021), from ILO. An occupation group is wider than one job title: it is the pay of everyone the group holds, not of plumbers alone.
Regulation and recognition
Plumber is a regulated profession in Australia.
- Recognition route
- Apply through the Offshore Skills Assessment Program to the approved RTO for the nominated trade. A successful assessment can result in an Offshore Technical Skills Record (OTSR); then apply for a provisional State/Territory licence, complete gap training and supervised employment, and meet full-licence requirements.
- Recognition authority
- Trades Recognition Australia (TRA) through an approved Registered Training Organisation (RTO) for offshore skills assessment; the State/Territory licensing authority for the subsequent licence.
Shortage list
An exact current shortage-list record is published for plumber in Australia: 2025 Occupation Shortage List (ANZSCO 2022); 2025 Occupation Shortage List (ANZSCO 2022); 2025 Occupation Shortage List (ANZSCO 2022); 2025 Occupation Shortage List (ANZSCO 2022).
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Plumber in Australia: salary, recognition and shortage status [ImmigrationDB compilation; version ca086bd8a5a3fed35dbb0a9a276a3638]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/move-as/plumber/australia/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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