GLOSSARY
ANZSCO
Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations.
ASCO
Australian Standard Classification of Occupations.
NZSCO
New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations.
Field of knowledge required
This indicates the subject matter which is essential to the tasks performed.
Formal education
Consists of three types: primary, secondary and tertiary education. Primary and secondary education are measured in years of schooling e.g. in most Australian states, year 12 represents 6 years of primary education plus 6 years of secondary education. Tertiary education is divided into categories consistent with those recognised by the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF). When practical training is incorporated as a necessary component of formal education it is not separately identified.
Goods or services provided
The end product of the performance of the tasks of an occupation including physical goods, personal or other services, or abstract goods such as a software application or statistical information.
Hand tools
Equipment which is small enough to be moved by one person.
Job
Is a set of tasks designed to be performed by one individual in return for a wage or salary.
Main job
The job in which the person works the most hours.
Materials worked on
Materials of both a concrete and abstract nature which are extracted, processed, transformed, refined or fabricated as an essential part of the tasks performed. Examples of materials worked on include wood, metal, livestock, accounting data, text, people and organisations.
Occupation
Nominally, an occupation is a set of jobs with similar sets of tasks. In practice, an occupation is a collection of jobs sufficiently similar in their main tasks (in terms of skill level and specialisation) to be grouped together for classification purposes.
Previous experience
For a given occupation, the number of years of experience required before an individual can satisfactorily perform the tasks of the occupation in question.
Skill
For the purposes of ANZSCO, skill refers to the ability to perform the tasks of an occupation.
Skill level
A function of the range and complexity of the set of tasks involved. The greater the range and complexity of the set of tasks, the greater the skill level of the occupation.
Skill specialisation
The criterion used to group occupations in ANZSCO according to type, rather than level, of skill. The skill specialisation of an occupation is a function of the field of knowledge required, tools or equipment used, materials worked on, and goods or services provided in relation to the tasks performed.
Tools or equipment used
All forms of plant, machinery, computer-based equipment or hand tools used in the performance of the tasks, as well as intellectual tools such as personal interaction, and art or design techniques.
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