Welder (First Class)ANZSCO 322313 EOI competition report, February 2025

According to NovenAI's analysis of Australian Department of Home Affairs SkillSelect EOI data, Welder (First Class) (ANZSCO 322313) had319 Submitted subclass 189 EOIsas of February 2025. Submitted status is the primary measure used for the pool-movement analysis on this page.

The separately calculated total across Submitted, Lodged and Closed statuses is 572. Because it includes Closed records, it is not the number of active applicants currently waiting for an invitation.

Submitted 189 EOIs: 319
Three-status total: 572
Largest combined band: 65points

NovenAI analysis layer

What the evidence says

Pool composition

Submitted represents 55.8 percent of the three-status total and is the principal component across the selected statuses. NovenAI keeps it separate from the combined measure that includes Closed records.

Score concentration

More than half of the three-status total is concentrated in the three largest score bands. The 65-point band contains 21.5 percent of the three-status total; the three largest bands at 65, 70, 75 points contain 56.6 percent.

State signals

The largest Submitted EOI state totals are 190: VIC 207; 491: WA 196. These are not nomination allocations or invitation probabilities.

Submitted EOI movement

NovenAI calculates that Submitted EOIs increased from 286 in January 2025 to 319 in February 2025, a change of 33 EOIs or approximately 11.5 percent month on month.

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Subclass 189 EOI score distribution for Welder (First Class)

NovenAI separates Submitted, Lodged and Closed statuses so different stages are not mistaken for one active competition pool.

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Score	Submitted	Lodged	Closed
35	10	0	0
40	10	0	10
45	10	0	10
50	0	0	10
55	10	10	10
60	21	10	10
65	103	10	10
70	81	10	20
75	44	36	10
80	10	10	27
85	10	10	10
90	10	10	10
95	0	0	10
100	0	0	0
105	0	0	0

Primary source: Australian Department of Home Affairs SkillSelect EOI Data. Analysis and visualisation: NovenAI.

Monthly subclass 189 EOI status trend

Each month is a separate SkillSelect snapshot, not a cumulative total carried forward from earlier months.

Primary source: Australian Department of Home Affairs SkillSelect EOI Data. Analysis and visualisation: NovenAI.

Subclass 190 submitted EOI trend by state

NovenAI compares Submitted status only in this chart.

Primary source: Australian Department of Home Affairs SkillSelect EOI Data. Analysis and visualisation: NovenAI.

Subclass 491 submitted EOI trend by state

NovenAI compares Submitted status only in this chart.

Primary source: Australian Department of Home Affairs SkillSelect EOI Data. Analysis and visualisation: NovenAI.

NovenAI analyst answers

Questions answered by this monthly evidence

How concentrated is the subclass 189 EOI score distribution for Welder (First Class)?

More than half of the three-status total is concentrated in the three largest score bands. NovenAI calculates that 65 points is the largest score band across Submitted, Lodged and Closed statuses, with 123 EOIs or 21.5 percent of the three-status total. The three largest bands are 65, 70, 75 points, containing 324 EOIs or 56.6 percent. This measures distribution concentration, not an invitation cutoff.

Is the Submitted EOI pool increasing or decreasing?

NovenAI compares Submitted status only. Submitted EOIs increased from 286 in January 2025 to 319 in February 2025, a change of 33 EOIs or approximately 11.5 percent across consecutive monthly snapshots.

Which states lead the subclass 190 and 491 Submitted EOI data?

For February 2025, NovenAI's state aggregation shows that VIC has the largest subclass 190 Submitted count at 207; WA has the largest subclass 491 Submitted count at 196. These are EOI volumes, not state nomination allocations, invitation outcomes or an individual's likelihood of invitation.

How does NovenAI standardise and interpret SkillSelect EOI data?

NovenAI standardises the official data by occupation, visa subclass, status, score band, state and snapshot month. This report covers 2 available snapshots and 13 subclass 189 score bands with data. When the official source suppresses a cell below 20, NovenAI uses 10 as the analytical estimate, so the results are not exact application-by-application counts.

Data snapshot: February 2025. Primary source: Australian Department of Home Affairs SkillSelect EOI Data. Analysis, metric standardisation, interpretation and visualisation by NovenAI.

Score	Submitted	Lodged	Closed
35	10	0	0
40	10	0	10
45	10	0	10
50	0	0	10
55	10	10	10
60	21	10	10
65	103	10	10
70	81	10	20
75	44	36	10
80	10	10	27
85	10	10	10
90	10	10	10
95	0	0	10
100	0	0	0
105	0	0	0

Score	Submitted	Lodged	Closed
35	10	0	0
40	10	0	10
45	10	0	10
50	0	0	10
55	10	10	10
60	21	10	10
65	103	10	10
70	81	10	20
75	44	36	10
80	10	10	27
85	10	10	10
90	10	10	10
95	0	0	10
100	0	0	0
105	0	0	0

Score	Submitted	Lodged	Closed
35	10	0	0
40	10	0	10
45	10	0	10
50	0	0	10
55	10	10	10
60	21	10	10
65	103	10	10
70	81	10	20
75	44	36	10
80	10	10	27
85	10	10	10
90	10	10	10
95	0	0	10
100	0	0	0
105	0	0	0