The Green List: Tier 1 and Tier 2 Occupations

You can check whether your profession is on Tier 1 or Tier 2 of the Green List, which may allow you to proceed to the Straight to Residence Pathway or the Work to Residence Pathway.

Please note that the Green List is changing frequently, as it is adapted to reflect the evolving New Zealand job market and its skill shortages. New occupations are added, and some may be removed.

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Tier 1: The Straight to Residence Pathway

• Acoustic Engineer (Engineering Professionals nec)
• Addiction practitioner/alcohol & drug clinician
• Aircraft Maintenance Engineer
• Anaesthetic Technician
• Anaesthetist
• Analyst Programmer
• Audiologist
• Audiometrist
• Auditor (internal & external)
• Aviation Engineer (Avionics, Aeronautical, Aerospace Engineer)
• Calibration Engineer (Engineering Professionals Nec)
• Cardiologist
• Chemical Engineer
• Chief Information Officer
• Chiropractor
• Civil Engineer
• Civil Engineering Technician
• Clinical dental technician
• Clinical Haematologist
• Clinical physiologists (sleep, renal, exercise, respiratory, neurology, and cardiac)
• Clinical Psychologists & Psychologists
• Construction Project Manager
• Corrosion engineer (Engineering Professionals Nec)
• Counsellor
• Dental specialists
• Dental technician
• Dental therapist
• Dentist
• Developer Programmer
• Dietician
• Dispensing optician
• Drug and alcohol counsellor
• Educational Psychologists
• Electrical Engineer
• Electrical Engineering Technician
• Electronic Engineering Technician
• Electronics Engineer
• Emergency Medicine Specialist
• Endocrinologist
• Engineering Professionals (Not Elsewhere Classified)
• Enrolled nurse
• Environmental Engineer
• Environmental Research Scientist
• Fire Safety Engineer (Engineering Professionals Nec)
• Food Technologist
• Gastroenterologist
• General Practitioner
• Genetic counsellor
• Geotechnical Engineer
• ICT Database and System Administrator
• ICT Managers not elsewhere classified (nec)
• ICT Project Manager
• ICT Security Specialist
• Industrial Engineer
• Intensive Care Specialist
• Materials Engineer
• Mechanical Engineer
• Mechatronics engineer (Engineering Professionals Nec)
• Mechanical Engineering Technician
• Medical imaging technologist
• Medical laboratory pre-analytical technician
• Medical Laboratory Scientist
• Medical laboratory technician
• Medical Oncologist
• Medical Practitioners nec
• Medical radiation therapist
• Medical resonance imaging technologist
• Midwife
• Multimedia Specialist
• Naval Architects (aka Marine Designer)
• Neurologist
• Nuclear medicine technologist
• Nurse practitioner
• Occupational therapist.
• Optometrist
• Oral health therapist
• Organisational Psychologist
• Orthoptist
• Orthotic and prosthetic technician
• Orthotist/prosthetist
• Osteopath
• Other Medical Practitioners (Including Dermatologist, Obstetrician And Gynaecologist, Ophthalmologist, Diagnostic And
• Interventional Radiologist, And Radiation Oncologist)
• Other Spatial Scientist
• Paediatric Surgeon- Surgeon
• Paediatrician
• Paramedic/emergency medical technician
• Pathologist- Other Medical Practitioners
• Perfusionist (cardiac)
• Pharmacist
• Physicist (Medical)
• Physiotherapist
• Plastic and Reconstructive surgeons – Surgeons
• Play therapist (hospital)
• Podiatrist
• Product Design engineers- Engineering Professionals Nec
• Production or Plant Engineer
• Project Builder
• Psychiatrist
• Psychologist Nec
• Psychotherapist
• Quantity Surveyor
• Registered Nurses (including but not limited to Aged Care, except Nurse Practitioner and Nurse Manager)
• Renal Medicine Specialist
• Resident Medical Officer
• Rheumatologist – specialist Physicians
• Safety Engineer- Engineering Professionals nec

• Kaiako Kura Kaupapa Māori – Māori-medium Primary School Teacher
• Pouako Kura Kaupapa Māori – Māori-medium Primary School Senior Teacher
• Primary School Teacher
• Middle School Teacher / Intermediate School Teacher
• Secondary School Teachers – all specialisations
• Social worker
• Software and Applications Programmers not elsewhere classified (nec)
• Software Engineer
• Software Tester
• Sonographer
• Specialist Physician (General Medicine)
• Specialist Physicians Not Elsewhere Classified
• Speech language therapist
• Sterile processing technician
• Structural Engineer
• Surgeons (Including General Surgeons, Cardiothoracic Surgeons,  Neurosurgeons, Orthopaedic Surgeons, Otorhinolaryngologists, Urologists and Vascular Surgeons)
• Surveyor
• Telecommunications Engineers
• Telecommunications Network Engineers
• Test and Activation Engineer (Naval Shipbuilding)- Engineering Professionals nec
• Thoracic Medicine Specialist
• Urologist
• Veterinarian

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Tier 2: The Work to Residence Pathway

• • School Principal
  • Special Needs Teacher
  • Teacher of the Hearing Impaired
  • Teacher of the Sight Impaired
  • Special Education Teachers nec
  • Teacher of English to Speakers of Other Languages – if working in a primary, intermediate or secondary school
  • Automotive Electrician
  • Diesel Motor Mechanic (including Heavy Vehicle Inspector)
  • Electrician (General) –registered
  • Plumber – registered
  • Dairy Farm Managers, including Dairy Farm Manager, Assistant Dairy Farm Manager and Dairy Herd Manager
  • Building Associate
  • Gasfitter
  • Drainlayer
  • Skilled Crane operator
  • Earthmoving Plant Operator (General)
  • Backhoe Operator
  • Bulldozer Operator
  • Excavator Operator
  • Grader Operator
  • Loader Operator
  • Halal slaughterer
  • Motor mechanic – General
  • Motorcycle mechanic
  • Telecommunications Technician