Early childhood education and care worker cluster

Identifying and definitional attributes
Metadata item type:	Data Set Specification
METEOR identifier:	575567
Registration status:	Early Childhood, Superseded 01/06/2015
DSS type:	Data Element Cluster
Scope:	These data items are used in conjunction with each other to describe the contact workers employed in early childhood education and care services.

Collection and usage attributes
Comments:	The glossary items supporting this data element cluster include: Early childhood education and care contact worker Qualified early childhood teacher Early childhood education program
Source and reference attributes
Submitting organisation:	Early Childhood Data Sub Group (ECDSG)
Steward:	Early Childhood Data Sub Group (ECDSG)
Relational attributes
Related metadata references:	Supersedes Early childhood education and care worker cluster Early Childhood, Superseded 28/05/2014 Has been superseded by Early childhood education and care worker cluster Early Childhood, Standard 01/06/2015
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes +	Early Childhood Education and Care: Aggregate NMDS 2014 Early Childhood, Superseded 01/06/2015 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2014 Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2014 Early Childhood, Superseded 01/06/2015 DSS specific attributes + Implementation start date: 01/07/2014

Seq No.	Metadata item	Obligation	Max occurs
-	Person (employed)—education field of highest relevant qualification, in early childhood education and care, code N[N]	Mandatory	1
-	Person (employed)—level of highest qualification in early childhood education and care, code N[N]	Mandatory	1
-	Person (employed)—role of early childhood education and care worker, code N	Mandatory	1
-	Person (employed)—type of work activity, early childhood education and care, code N	Mandatory	1

Data Set Specification Attributes