Occupations & Criteria for the Green List

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Occupations With a Direct Pathway to Residence

Eligible migrants that have roles on the New Zealand Green List can come to New Zealand on a work visa from 4 July 2022. Those eligible can also apply for this residence pathway from September 2022.

Green List occupations with a direct pathway to residence are:

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Business Professionals

• External Auditor (Minimum salary requirement $80,200.64 per annum)
• Internal Auditor (Minimum salary requirement $80,200.64 per annum)

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Construction Roles

• Construction Project Manager
• Project Builder
• Quantity Surveyor
• Surveyor

Engineering Roles

• Chemical Engineer
• Civil Engineering Technician
• Civil Engineer
• Electrical Engineer
• Electronics Engineer
• Electrical Engineering Technician
• Electronic Engineering Technician
• Environmental Engineer
• Geotechnical Engineer
• Industrial Engineer
• Materials Engineer
• Mechanical Engineer
• Production or Plant Engineer
• Structural Engineer
• Engineering Professionals (Not Elsewhere Classified)
• Telecommunications Engineers
• Telecommunications Network Engineers

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Health & Social Roles

• Addiction Practitioner
• Ambulance Paramedic
• Anaesthetic Technician
• Anaesthetist
• Audiologist
• Audiometrist
• Careers Counsellor
• Chiropractor
• Clinical Dental Technician
• Clinical Psychologists & Psychologists (includes Educational, Organisational and not elsewhere classified)
• Counsellors
• Dental Prosthetist
• Dental Specialist
• Dental Technician
• Dental Therapist
• Dentist (Dental Practitioner or Dental Surgeon)
• Dietician Endodontist
• Enrolled Nurse
• Family and Marriage Counsellor
• General Practitioner
• Genetic Counsellor
• Hospital Pharmacist
• Imaging Technologist
• Industrial Pharmacist
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologist
• Medical Imaging Technologist
• Medical Laboratory Pre-Analytical Technician
• Medical Laboratory Scientist
• Medical Laboratory Technician
• Medical Radiation Therapist
• Midwife
• Nuclear Medicine Technologist
• Nurse Practitioners
• Occupational Therapist
• Operating Theatre Technician (Sterile Processing Technician)
• OpticianOptometrist
• Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon
• Oral Health Therapist
• Oral medicine specialist
• Oral Pathologist
• Oral surgery specialist
• OrthodontistOrthoptist
• Orthotic and Prosthetic Technician
• Orthotist/Prosthetist
• Osteopath
• Other Medical Practitioners (Including Dermatologist, Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Ophthalmologist, Diagnostic and Interventional Radiologist and Radiation Oncologist)
• Paedodontist
• Perfusionist (cardiac)
• Periodontist
• Physicist (Medical)
• Physiologist
• Physiotherapist
• Play Therapist (hospital)
• PodiatristProsthodontistPsychiatrist
• Public health dentistry specialist
• Registered Nurse (including but not limited to Aged Care)
• Rehabilitation Counsellor
• Resident Medical Officer
• Restorative dentistry specialist
• Retail Pharmacist
• Social WorkerSonographer
• Special needs dentistry specialist
• Specialist Doctors
• Specialist Physicians Not Elsewhere Classified
• Speech Language Therapist
• Student Counsellor
• Surgeons (Including General Surgeons, Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Neurosurgeon, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Otorhinolaryngologist, Urologist and Vascular Surgeon)
• Veterinarian

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IT & Science Roles

• Chief Information Officer
• ICT Managers ($120,000)
• Software Engineer ($120,000)
• ICT Security Specialist ($120,000)
• Multimedia Specialists ($95,000)
• Analyst Programmer
• Developer Programmer
• Software and Applications Programmers nec
• Software Engineer
• Software Tester
• Other Spatial Scientist
• Environmental Research Scientist 
• Food Technologist

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Occupations With a Work Pathway to Residence

Occupations that may apply for residence after working in New Zealand for two years or longer are:

Agriculture Roles

• Dairy Farm Managers

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Civil Operations

• Earthmoving Plant Operator (General) - minimum $34.11 per hour or above or the equivalent annual salary ($70,947 per annum) 
• Backhoe Operator
• Bulldozer Operator
• Excavator Operator
• Grader Operator
• Loader Operator

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Education Roles

• Kaiako Kura Kaupapa Māori (Māori medium Primary School Teacher) 
• Middle School Teacher / Intermediate School Teacher 
• Pouako Kura Kaupapa Māori (Māori medium Primary School Senior Teacher)
• Primary School Teacher 
• School Principal
• Secondary School Teachers Science, Mathematics, Technology or Pacific Languages.
• Skilled Residence: Transport Sector Work to Residence visa.
• Special Education Teachers
• Teachers – Early Childhood
• Teacher of the Hearing Impaired
• Teacher of the Sight Impaired 
• Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages

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IT

• Telecommunications Technician

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Trades Roles

• Automotive Electrician
• Building Associate (Building Construction supervisor) - minimum $44.49 per hour or the equivalent annual salary ($92,540 per annum) Common examples of job titles for this role are site supervisor, site manager, site foreman, build supervisor, build manager, civil project manager
• Civil construction supervisors
• Construction Crane, Hoist or Lifter Operator - minimum $38.56 per hour or above, or the equivalent annual salary ($80,200 per annum)
• Diesel Motor Mechanic (including Heavy Vehicle Inspector)
• Drain-layers
• Electrician (General) –registered
• Gasfitters
• Halal slaughterers
• Motor Mechanic (General)
• Motorcycle Mechanic
• Plumber – registered
• Skilled civil machine operators
• Skilled crane operators
• Skilled motor mechanics
• Skilled telecommunications technicians

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