Move the slider to see how your points would have performed in every invitation round since January 2022.
At 70 points, you would have cleared the 189 cutoff in all 1 rounds where Technical Cable Jointers received invitations since 2022. The highest bar was 70 points. The catch: no Technical Cable Jointers were invited in the other 12 of the last 13 rounds.
Skipped in the 2 most recent rounds. Technical Cable Jointer wasn't invited in either 13 November 2025 or 4 June 2026. Last actual invitation: 8 December 2022 at 70 points.
The cutoff above is what got invited. This is the other half of the picture: how many people are sitting in the pool right now, and where you'd fall among them.
At 70 points, no Technical Cable Jointer EOIs in the May 2026 189 pool sit at or above your score. Almost everyone waiting is below you on points. Points are only one factor, and this is a snapshot, not a forecast.
Source: official SkillSelect EOI data, Australian Government · as at May 2026
Highlighted bars are EOIs at or above your points. These counts include only EOIs with a status of Submitted: people still waiting in the pool for an invitation. Once an EOI is invited, lodged, or closed, it has left the queue, so counting those would overstate how many people are actually ahead of you.
2 in the pool. As at May 2026, 2 Technical Cable Jointer expressions of interest were sitting in the 189 pool, waiting for an invitation. The largest cluster sits at 60 points.
The Technical Cable Jointer 189 pool has grown from 1 in May 2025 to 2 now. A bigger pool means more people competing for the same invitations.
An EOI moves through four stages. This chart counts only the first one. Here's the full picture so the numbers make sense.
Where you stand means how many people could be invited before you. That's only the people still in the queue with you, which is the Submitted pool. Everyone else has already been invited, has applied, or has left. Adding them would either inflate the number or compare people at completely different stages, and both mislead more than they help.
Technical Cable Jointer (342212) is on the MLTSSL, eligible for the 186, 189, 190, 482, 491, 494 visa programs. Skills assessment via TRA.
Across the 13 fully-itemised invitation rounds since January 2022, Technical Cable Jointer received 189 invitations in 1 of them, and was skipped in 12. Where invitations were issued, the cutoff has sat at 70 points. The most recent invitation was 8 December 2022, with the cutoff at 70 points. The two most recent rounds (13 November 2025 and 4 June 2026) skipped the occupation entirely. The Department of Home Affairs doesn't publish round-by-round occupation selection logic, so historical patterns shouldn't be read as forecasts.
| Round date | 189 cutoff | 491 (FS) cutoff |
|---|---|---|
| 4 June 2026 | Not invited | — |
| 13 November 2025 | Not invited | — |
| 21 August 2025 | Not invited | — |
| 7 November 2024 | Not invited | — |
| 5 September 2024 | Not invited | — |
| 13 June 2024 | Not invited | — |
| 18 December 2023 | Not invited | — |
| 25 May 2023 | Not invited | — |
| 8 December 2022 | 70 pts | — |
| 6 October 2022 | Not invited | — |
| 22 August 2022 | Not invited | — |
| 21 April 2022 | Not invited | — |
| 21 January 2022 | Not invited | — |
Refreshed daily from the official IMMI page · last refresh
There hasn't been a Technical Cable Jointer 189 invitation in either of the two most recent rounds (13 November 2025 and 4 June 2026), so there's no current cutoff to quote. The last invitation was 8 December 2022, where the cutoff sat at 70 points. The 1 rounds that did invite Technical Cable Jointers since 2022 ranged from 70 to 70 points.
Different visas, different lists, different ends. The 189 is permanent residence, points-tested, employer-independent, and uses the MLTSSL for occupation eligibility. The 482 Skills in Demand is a temporary employer-sponsored visa that uses the Core Skills Occupation List (which also includes Technical Cable Jointer). The 189 sends invitations based on a points ranking. The 482 requires a sponsoring employer who passes labour-market testing.
For the 189 visa, yes. TRA is the designated assessing authority for ANZSCO 342212 (Technical Cable Jointer). An EOI submitted without a positive skills assessment can't translate into a granted visa. Skills assessments have their own fees, processing times, and document requirements. Check the assessing authority's website for the current process specific to your qualifications and work experience.
No one can answer that honestly, and anyone selling certainty about future cutoffs is overstepping. What the data shows is the cutoff for Technical Cable Jointers has held within a tight range since 2022. The Department of Home Affairs sets the program direction. The official SkillSelect page publishes new rounds when they happen.
As at May 2026, 2 Technical Cable Jointer expressions of interest were waiting in the 189 pool: people who have lodged an EOI and not yet been invited. It's a monthly snapshot from official SkillSelect data, and it shows how crowded the pool is at each points score, not who gets invited (the Department of Home Affairs doesn't publish that).
This is general information about historical 189 invitation rounds. It isn't immigration advice for your situation. Only a registered migration agent (MARA) or Australian legal practitioner can advise on whether you meet visa requirements. Find a registered agent at mara.gov.au.
