Person (employed)—education field of highest relevant qualification, early childhood education and care field of qualification code N[N]

Identifying and definitional attributes

• Early Childhood, Superseded 07/06/2011

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Collection and usage attributes

Permissible values

The value domain uses the Field of Education classification of Australian Standard Classification of Education (ASCED). This is a three-level hierarchical Classification specifying broad, narrow and detailed fields of study.

CODE 1 Teaching (early childhood related)-ASCED 070101

CODE 2 Teaching (primary)-ASCED 070103

CODE 3 Teaching (other)-ASCED 070105-070199
This field includes special education, and teaching English as a second language. 

CODE 4 Child Care - maps to Children’s services-ASCED 090503

Examples of subjects in this detailed field include:

• storytelling
• infant and child care and development
• early childhood research
• understanding and guiding children’s behaviour
• play and learning environment.

CODE 5 Nursing (including Mothercraft Nursing)-ASCED 0603
Note 4 digit level as includes all nursing categories.

CODE 6 Other human welfare studies and services-ASCED 090501, 090505-090599
This field includes:

• social work (090501)
• youth work (090505)
• care for the Disabled (090509) 
• residential client care (090511)
• counselling (090513)
• welfare studies (090515)
• human welfare studies and services (090599)

CODE 7 Behavioural science  (ASCED 090701-090799)
This field includes:

• psychology (090701)
• behavioural science (090799)

CODE 8 Other early childhood related
This includes other early education and care related fields not classifiable in any of the above categories.

CODE 9 Other qualification not related to early childhood

This includes other fields  of education not classifiable in any of the above categories

Supplementary values

CODE 97 Not applicable

Use this code when there is no qualification

CODE 98 Unknown

Use this code when the qualification is unknown

Source and reference attributes

Australian Bureau of Statistics 2001. Australian Standard Classification of Education (ASCED) Cat. No. 1272.0. Canberra: ABS.

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Data element attributes

Collection and usage attributes

This is the specific field of education in which the early childhood education and care worker has attained their highest early childhood education and care related qualification.

This item is only applicable to paid contact workers/caregivers in child care and preschool services.

Source and reference attributes

Relational attributes