Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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Short name: | Tertiary qualification related to industry indicator |
METEOR identifier: | 314893 |
Registration status: | Community Services (retired), Standard 30/11/2007 |
Definition: | An indicator of whether an employed person has qualifications in a field related to their employment, as represented by a code. |
Data Element Concept: | Person (employed)—tertiary qualification related to industry indicator |
Value Domain: | Yes/no/not stated/inadequately described code N |
Collection and usage attributes | |
Guide for use: | CODE 9 Not stated/inadequately described This code is not for use in primary data collections. |
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Data element attributes | |
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | AIHW |
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Relational attributes | |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Children's Services NMDS Community Services (retired), Superseded 21/05/2010 DSS specific information: In the Children's Services NMDS, this item is only applicable to paid contact workers/caregivers in child care and preschool services. Only workers identified as being ‘paid’ in the data element: Paid employment indicator AND as being ‘primary contact workers’ or ‘other contact workers’ in the data element: Work type (children's services) should respond to this data element. If the worker answers 'Yes' then they should provide the highest level of qualification in the employment field (Highest level of qualification in employment field) and the education field of highest qualification (Field of highest qualification in an industry sector (children's services)). 'Yes' includes only those paid contact workers who are currently enrolled in a course of study in a children’s services related field. Codes 1-8 of the Field of highest qualification in an industry sector (children's services) data item outline the range of qualifications that are considered to be ‘children’s services related’. Only workers that are studying courses that fall within the categories listed in this item should be included as ‘currently studying’. 'No' includes workers who:
This item provides an indication of the number and proportion of staff who are working towards qualifications in the children’s services field. It will allow a comparison of the staffing enrolment status across different service types and worker status (age, qualification level, length of experience etc.) and may contribute to children’s services workforce policy and planning. |