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Subdivision

81 Tertiary Education

Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC)
Reference period
2006 (Revision 2.0)

This subdivision contains the following ANZSIC group:

Group

810 Tertiary Education

This group contains the following ANZSIC classes:

Class

8101 Technical and Vocational Education and Training

This class consists of units mainly engaged in providing technical and vocational education and training. These units offer a large variety of courses covering a range of subjects or specialise in a particular field of education such as computer and business management training.

Primary activities

  • Apprenticeship training program operation
  • Business college and school operation
  • Information technology training centre operation
  • Institute of technology operation
  • Professional and management development training
  • Secretarial training
  • Technical and further education college operation
  • Technical college operation
  • Vocational computer training

Exclusions/References

Units mainly engaged in

  • providing undergraduate or postgraduate teaching are included in Class 8102 Higher Education;
  • providing sports and physical recreation coaching not predominantly leading to tertiary qualifications are included in Class 8211 Sports and Physical Recreation Instruction; and
  • providing education in the arts not predominantly leading to tertiary qualifications are included in Class 8212 Arts Education.
Class

8102 Higher Education

This class consists of units mainly engaged in providing undergraduate or postgraduate teaching.

Primary activities

  • Colleges of education operation
  • Postgraduate school, university operation
  • Research school, university operation
  • Specialist institute or college
  • Teachers’ college operation
  • Undergraduate school, university operation
  • University operation

Exclusions/References

Units mainly engaged in

  • operating student halls of residence are included in Class 4400 Accommodation; and
  • undertaking research in the agricultural, biological, physical or social sciences are included in Class 6910 Scientific Research Services.