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: | 731286 |
Registration status: | Early Childhood, Standard 02/12/2020 |
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] |
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: | Australian Department of Education, Skills and Employment |
Steward: | Data Strategy Group (DSG) |
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field of highest relevant qualification, in early childhood education and care, code N[N] Early Childhood, Superseded 02/12/2020 |
Implementation in Data Set Specifications: | Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2020 Early Childhood, Standard 02/12/2020 Implementation start date: 01/07/2020 Early Childhood Education and Care: Unit Record Level NMDS 2021 Early Childhood, Qualified 25/10/2021 Implementation start date: 01/07/2021 |