This item has been superseded by a newer version by one or more Registration Authorities.
Definition
The highest level of qualification a person employed in early childhood education and care has attained in the relevant field, 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 | 98 | Unknown (qualification unknown) | ||
| 97 | Not applicable (no qualification in early education and care related field) | |||
| 99 | Not stated/inadequately described |
Comments
Guide for use:
The qualification status of a worker relates to the worker’s currently held relevant qualifications, i.e. only completed qualifications should be reported.
Origin: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 level 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 level of education data element.