This item has been superseded by a newer version by one or more Registration Authorities.
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.
Components
Data Element (this item)
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Data Element ConceptPerson (employed)—education field of highest relevant qualification
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Object ClassPerson
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PropertyEducation field of highest relevant qualification
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Value DomainEarly childhood education and care field of qualification code N[N]
Representation
This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Early childhood education and care field of qualification code N[N] ".| Data Type | Number |
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| Format | N[N] |
| Maximum character length | 2 |
| Value | Meaning | Start Date | End Date | |
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| Permissible Values | 1 | Teaching (early childhood related) | ||
| 2 | Teaching (primary) | |||
| 3 | Teaching (other) | |||
| 4 | Child Care | |||
| 5 | Nursing (including Mothercraft Nursing) | |||
| 6 | Other human welfare studies and services | |||
| 7 | Behavioural science | |||
| 8 | Other early childhood related | |||
| 9 | Other qualification not related to early childhood | |||
| Supplementary Values | 97 | Not applicable (No qualification) | ||
| 98 | Unknown (Qualification unknown) | |||
| 99 | Not stated/inadequately described |
Comments
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.
This item is only applicable to paid contact workers/caregivers in child care and preschool services.
Comments:The 'No qualification' and 'Qualification unknown' categories have been put into the Supplementary values field to ensure that the permissible values only refer to the field of education. Future development - suggest separating this data element into a yes/no indicator data element to determine whether the person has a qualification or not, and a field of education data element.