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Definition
The highest level of early childhood education and care-related qualification a person employed in early childhood education and care has attained, as represented by a code.
Components
Data Element (this item)
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Data Element ConceptPerson (employed)—level of highest qualification in employment field
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Object ClassPerson
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PropertyLevel of highest qualification in employment field
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Value DomainHighest level of qualification (early childhood education and care), code N[N]
Representation
This representation is based on the value domain for this data element, more information is available at " Highest level of qualification (early childhood education and care), 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 | Postgraduate degree | ||
| 2 | Graduate diploma or graduate certificate level | |||
| 3 | Bachelor degree (honours) | |||
| 4 | Bachelor degree pass (4 years or equivalent) | |||
| 5 | Bachelor degree pass (3 years or equivalent) | |||
| 6 | Advanced diploma | |||
| 7 | Diploma | |||
| 8 | Certificate level 3 or 4 | |||
| 9 | Certificate level 1 or 2 | |||
| 10 | Other certificate | |||
| Supplementary Values | 97 | Not applicable (no qualification in early education and care related field) | ||
| 99 | Not stated/inadequately described |
Comments
Guide for use:
This item collects the highest level of early childhood education and care-related qualification attained by the worker. Only completed qualifications should be reported.
This item is only required to be reported for paid contact workers in early childhood education and care services.
This data element provides the information required for the reporting under the National Partnership Agreement on Early Childhood Education in relation to early childhood education teachers.
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