Person (employed)—education field of highest relevant qualification, in early childhood education and care, code N[N]
Data Element Attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Field of highest qualification relevant to early childhood education and care |
| METEOR identifier: | 602566 |
| Registration status: | Early Childhood, Standard 01/06/2015 |
| 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 |
| Value Domain: | Early childhood education and care field of qualification code N[N] |
Value domain attributes | ||
Representational attributes | ||
| Representation class: | Code | |
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| Data type: | Number | |
| Format: | N[N] | |
| Maximum character length: | 2 | |
| Value | Meaning | |
| Permissible values: | 1 | Teaching (early childhood related) |
| 2 | Teaching (primary) | |
| 3 | Teaching (other) | |
| 8 | Other early childhood related | |
| Supplementary values: | 97 | Not applicable (No qualification/No ECEC related qualification) |
| 99 | Not stated/inadequately described | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| 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 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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Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Early Childhood Data Sub Group (ECDSG) |
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| 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 |
Data element attributes | |
Collection and usage attributes | |
| 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. |
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| Collection methods: | The field of education reported should be in relation to the highest level of early childhood education and care-related qualification reported for the data element Level of highest qualification in early childhood education and care. |
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 Person (employed)—education field of highest relevant qualification, in early childhood education and care, code N[N] Early Childhood, Superseded 01/06/2015 Has been superseded by Person (employed)—education field of highest relevant qualification, in early childhood education and care, code N[N] Early Childhood, Superseded 02/12/2020 See also Person (employed)—level of highest qualification in early childhood education and care, code N[N] Early Childhood, Standard 01/06/2015 |
| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Early childhood education and care worker cluster Early Childhood, Standard 01/06/2015 Early Childhood Education and Care: Aggregate NMDS 2015 Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018 Early Childhood Education and Care: Aggregate NMDS 2016 Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018 Early Childhood Education and Care: Aggregate NMDS 2017 Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018 Early Childhood Education and Care: Aggregate NMDS 2018 Early Childhood, Standard 24/07/2018 Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2015 Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018 Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2016 Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018 Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2017 Early Childhood, Superseded 24/07/2018 Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2018 Early Childhood, Superseded 02/12/2020 |