Person (employed)—education field of highest relevant qualification, early childhood education and care, code N[N]
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Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Field of highest qualification relevant to early childhood education and care |
| METEOR identifier: | 441592 |
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| Definition: | The field of education in which a person has attained their highest qualification relevant to early childhood education and care, as represented by a code. |
| Data Element Concept: | Person (employed)—education field of highest relevant qualification |
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| Representation class: | Code | ||||||||||||||
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| Data type: | Number | ||||||||||||||
| Format: | N[N] | ||||||||||||||
| Maximum character length: | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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| Guide for use: | 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 CODE 4 Child Care - maps to Children’s services-ASCED 090503 Examples of subjects in this detailed field include:
CODE 5 Nursing-ASCED 0603 CODE 8 Other early childhood related Supplementary values CODE 97 Not applicable Use this code when there is no qualification or no ECEC related qualification. | ||||||||||||||
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| Submitting organisation: | Early Childhood Data Sub Group (ECDSG) | ||||||||||||||
| Origin: | Australian Bureau of Statistics 2001. Australian Standard Classification of Education (ASCED) Cat. No. 1272.0. Canberra: ABS. Reference through http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/[email protected]/StatsLibrary | ||||||||||||||
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| Guide for use: | 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. Only completed qualifications should be reported. This item is only applicable to paid contact workers in early childhood education and care services. | ||||||||||||||
| Collection methods: | The field of education reported should be in relation to the highest level of qualification reported for the data element Level of highest qualification in employment field. | ||||||||||||||
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| Submitting organisation: | Early Childhood Data Sub Group (ECDSG) | ||||||||||||||
| Steward: | Early Childhood Data Sub Group (ECDSG) | ||||||||||||||
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| Related metadata references: | Supersedes Person (employed)—education field of highest relevant qualification, early childhood education and care field of qualification code N[N]
Has been superseded by Person (employed)—education field of highest relevant qualification, in early childhood education and care, code N[N]
See also Person (employed)—level of highest qualification in early childhood education and care, code N[N]
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| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes + |
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