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Early childhood education and care worker cluster

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Set Specification
METEOR identifier:Help on this term444715
Registration status:Help on this term
  • Early Childhood, Superseded 09/03/2012 [Non DictionaryHelp on this term]
DSS type:Help on this termData Element Cluster
Scope:Help on this term

These data items are used in conjunction with each other to describe the workers employed in early childhood education and care services.

The following diagram shows the sequencing of the data items for workers for data collection purposes, it is not outlining the sequencing for derivation purposes. The sequencing of the data items will capture information for:

  • the main type of work activity and main role for paid workers during the reference period;
  • the field and level of highest qualification relevant to ECEC for paid contact workers during the reference period; and
  • the number of hours worked in the delivery of a preschool program for paid contact workers who delivered a preschool program during the reference period.

Early childhood education and care teacher diagram

ECE teacher flowchart

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this termEarly Childhood Data Sub Group (ECDSG)

Relational attributes

Related metadata references:Help on this term
Has been superseded by Early childhood education and care worker cluster
  • Early Childhood, Superseded 08/04/2013
Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term
All attributes +

Early Childhood Education and Care: Aggregate NMDS 2011Early Childhood, Superseded 09/03/2012

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2011


Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2011Early Childhood, Superseded 09/03/2012

DSS specific attributes +

Implementation start date: 01/07/2011


Metadata items in this Data Set SpecificationHelp on this term

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Seq No.Help on this termMetadata itemHelp on this termObligationHelp on this termMax occursHelp on this term
1Person (employed)—paid employment indicator, code N

DSS specific information:

'Yes' includes early childhood education and care workers who receive wages or salary. They can include contract workers or relief workers.
'No' includes workers who are not paid, but who may be receiving in-kind benefits in recognition or exchange for their work. Unpaid staff may include volunteers, unpaid work trainees, parents and family members and students on work experience.
In-kind benefits such as free child care or the reimbursement of work-related expenses in full or part (for example, token payments or small gifts such as t-shirts) are not regarded as payment of salary, and people who receive these are considered to be unpaid workers.

Mandatory1
2Person (employed)—type of work activity, early childhood education and care, code N

Conditional obligation:

Conditional on responding '1 Yes' to whether the person is in paid employment.
Conditional1
3Person (employed)—role of early childhood education and care worker, code N

Conditional obligation:

Conditional on responding '1 Yes' to whether the person is in paid employment.
Conditional1
4Person (employed)—education field of highest relevant qualification, early childhood education and care, code N[N]

Conditional obligation:

Conditional on being a paid early childhood education and care contact worker.
Conditional1
5Person (employed)—level of highest qualification in early childhood education and care, code N[N]

Conditional obligation:

Conditional on being a paid early childhood education and care contact worker.
Conditional1
6Person (employed)—preschool program delivery indicator, yes/no/not stated/inadequately described, code N

Conditional obligation:

Conditional on being a paid early childhood education and care contact worker.
Conditional1
7Person (employed)—hours worked in preschool program delivery, total hours NNN

Conditional obligation:

Conditional on being a paid early childhood education and care contact worker who delivered a preschool program.
Conditional1
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