4240.0.55.002 - National Early Childhood Education and Care Collection: Data Collection Guide, 2013

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Contents >> Data Element Collection Instructions >> Unit Record Level (URL) Data >> Statistical Entity: Worker - URL >> Field of Highest Qualification Relevant to Early Childhood Education and Care

FIELD OF HIGHEST QUALIFICATION RELEVANT TO EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AND CARE

ABS short name: TCH_FLDHIRELQUL
ABSD Template reference (Worker): Column O
METeOR Technical name: Person (employed) - education field of highest relevant qualification, in early childhood education and care, code N[N]
METeOR identifier: 473406
METeOR link: <http://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/473406>
METeOR 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.

Scope

Inclusions: All contact workers who have paid employment with an early childhood education and care service provider and are involved in the delivery of a preschool program.
Exclusions: Unpaid workers and non-contact workers within early childhood education and care services.

Underlying Concepts

Concept: Field of highest qualification relevant to early childhood education and care.
Nominal definition: The field of highest qualification relevant to early childhood education and care, completed by a worker within an early childhood education and care service.
Operational definition: Consistent with nominal definition.
Supporting data elements:

Level of highest qualification relevant to early childhood education and care.

Conceptual issues:

The field of education reported should be in relation to the data element Level of highest qualification relevant to early childhood education and care.

Standard Jurisdictional Output Categories

Classification scheme: Australian Standard Classification of Education (ASCED) 2001 (Cat. No 1272.0)
Representation class: Code
Data type: Number
Format: N[N]
Maximum character length: 2
Classification values:

Supplementary values:

2.3.4 LEGAL VALUE CHECKS

	Edit specifications	Edit resolution

1.	If field is blank.	Provide a valid field of qualification code, otherwise amend to code ‘99’.

2.	If field is not code 1, 2, 3, 8, 97 or 99.	Provide a valid field of qualification code. Where jurisdictional fields of qualification differ from ECEC NMDS categories, the ABS requests that a correspondence is supplied to ABS to verify code mapping.

3.	If field contains text or character length is greater than 2.	Provide a valid field of qualification code.

Guide for Use

Counting rules:

Report the specific field of education in which the worker has attained their highest early childhood education and care related qualification.

Operationally, this information may be collected by obtaining all education qualifications for the early childhood education and care worker, and through a correspondence, identifying the field of the highest qualification relevant to early childhood education and care.

Only completed qualifications should be reported.

Classification Definitions

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
This field includes special education, and teaching English as a second language.

CODE 8 - Other early childhood related
This includes other early education and care related fields not classifiable in any of the above categories.

CODE 97 - Not applicable (no qualification/no ECEC related qualification)
Use this code when there is no qualification or the qualification is not related to early childhood education and care.

CODE 99 - Not stated/inadequately described
For use when the field of highest relevant qualification of the worker is unknown, not stated or inadequately described. Where the field of qualification is unknown, the ABS requests that jurisdictions identify the reason for the unknown response and document any follow-up processes undertaken.

Other Information

For more information on ASCED, see Australian Standard Classification of Education (ASCED) (cat. no. 1272.0) on the ABS website <https://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/ProductsbyCatalogue/B49672F95CD93ABECA2570B30005BFE1>

The Australian Standard Classification of Education (ASCED) is comprised of two component classifications, Level of Education and Field of Education. It provides a basis for comparable administrative and statistical data on educational activities and attainment classified by level and field. The publication provides details of the conceptual basis of ASCED, the structure of the classification, definitions for all categories of level and field and s with other education classifications.

Related aggregate data element: No related aggregate data element.