6278.0 - Education and Training Experience, 2009 
Quality Declaration
Quality Declaration ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 30/03/2010
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Employed full-time Employed persons who usually worked 35 hours or more a week in all jobs and those who, although usually working less than 35 hours a week, worked 35 hours or more during the reference week. Employed part-time Employed persons who usually worked less than 35 hours a week in all jobs and either did so during the reference week, or were not at work in the reference week. Employee A person who works for a public or private employer and receives remuneration in wages, salary, a retainer fee from their employer while working on a commission basis, tips, piece rates, or payment in kind, or a person who operates their own incorporated enterprises with or without hiring employees. In this publication, employee relates to his/her main job. Employee excluding owner managers of incorporated enterprises See entries for 'Employee' and 'Owner managers of incorporated enterprises'. This group is comparable with 'Wage or salary earners' presented in editions of this publication prior to 2005. See paragraph 49 of the Explanatory Notes for more details. Employer A person who operates his or her own unincorporated economic enterprise or engages independently in a profession or trade, and hires one or more employees. Enrolled Refers to persons enrolled for a course of study at an educational institution or organisation (as defined) in the last 12 months. This includes persons who may have completed, deferred or chosen not to complete such a course within the last 12 months, as well as persons who were studying at the time of enumeration. Equivalised household income Equivalising adjusts actual income to take into account of the different needs of households of different size and composition. There are economic advantages associated with living with others, because household resources, especially housing, can be shared. The equivalence scale used to obtain equivalised income is that used in studies by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and is referred to as the 'modified OECD scale'. The scale gives a weight of 1.0 to the first adult in the household, a weight of 0.5 for each additional adult (persons aged 15 years and over), and a weight of 0.3 for each child. For each household, the weights for household members are added together to form the household weight. Total household income is then divided by the household weight to give an income that a lone person household would need for a similar standard of living. Equivalised household income can be viewed as an indicator of the economic resources available to each member of the household. Field of education Field of Education is defined as the subject matter of an educational activity. It is categorised according to the Australian Standard Classification of Education (ASCED), 2001 (cat. no. 1272.0) Field of Education classification. Financial support Persons who completed at least one formal or non-formal course during the 12 months prior to interview, were asked if they had received financial support from one or more of the following sources in relation to their training and/or study:
Formal Learning Refers to learning which is structured, taught learning in institutions and organisations and leads to a recognised qualification issued by a relevant body, in recognition that a person has achieved learning outcomes or competencies relevant to identified individual, professional, industry or community needs. A learning activity is formal if it leads to a learning achievement that is possible to position within the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) and includes workplace training if such training results in a qualification. Higher education institution An Australian institution providing higher education courses, e.g. Universities; Colleges of Advanced Education; Institutes of Advanced Education; Institutes of Higher Education; Institutes of Tertiary Education; Agricultural Colleges and some Institutes of Technology. Highest year of school completed The highest level of primary or secondary education which a person has completed, irrespective of the type of institution or location where that education was undertaken. Household A group of related or unrelated persons who usually live in the same dwelling and make common provision for food and other essentials of living; or a lone person who makes provision for his or her own food and other essentials of living without combining with any other person. Incorporated enterprise An enterprise which is registered as a separate legal entity to its members or owners (also known as a limited liability company). Income Regular and recurring cash receipts before income tax is deducted, including moneys received from wages and salaries, government pensions and allowances, and other regular receipts such as superannuation, worker's compensation, child support, other transfers from other households, scholarships, profit or loss from own unincorporated business or partnership and investment income. Industry Industry has been classified according to the Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification (ANZSIC), 2006 (cat. no. 1292.0). Informal learning Refers to unstructured, non-institutionalised learning activities that are related to work, family, community or leisure. Activities may occur on a self-directed basis, but are excluded from scope if there is no specific intention to learn. Labour force For any group, persons who were employed or unemployed, as defined. Labour force status A classification of the civilian population aged 15 years and over into employed, unemployed or not in the labour force, as defined. The definitions conform closely to the international standard definitions adopted by the International Conferences of Labour Statisticians. Leave entitlements Employees were asked whether they were entitled to paid holiday leave and/or paid sick leave with their employer. Entitlement to paid holiday and/or sick leave is sometimes used as a proxy for determining the permanent or casual status of workers. Level (and Field) not determined Level (and Field) not determined includes inadequately described responses and cases where no response was given. Level of education Level of education is a function of the quality and quantity of learning involved in an educational activity. It is categorised according to the Australian Standard Classification of Education (ASCED), 2001 (cat. no. 1272.0) Level of Education classification. Level of highest educational attainment Level of highest educational attainment identifies the highest achievement a person has attained in any area of study. It is not a measurement of the relative importance of different fields of study but a ranking of qualifications and other educational attainments regardless of the particular area of study or the type of institution in which the study was undertaken. See paragraphs 36-42 of the Explanatory Notes for how highest level is derived. For this variable, Level (of highest educational attainment) not determined is used when respondents have given their highest level of school completed and have said they have a non-school qualification but have not supplied a level for the non-school qualification. Their highest level of school completed may well be their highest level of attainment but because the level of their highest non-school qualification is not available, it can not be determined whether their Year 12, 11 or 10 is their highest level of attainment. Level not determined also includes inadequately described responses or where no responses were given. Level of highest non-school qualification The highest qualification a person has attained, other than qualifications associated with school education. Main field of education Main field of education is defined as the subject matter of an educational activity. It is categorised according to the Australian Standard Classification of Education (ASCED), 2001 (cat. no. 1272.0) Field of Education classification. Main field of highest non-school qualification The main field of study undertaken by a person in completing the person's highest educational qualification, other than attainments of primary of secondary education Main language spoken at home The main language spoken by a person in his/her home, on a regular basis, to communicate with other residents of the home and regular visitors to the home. Marginally attached to the labour force Persons who were not in the labour force in the reference week, wanted to work and:
Median Weekly Earnings Weekly earnings is the amount of weekly pay usually earned while working as an employee, before taxation or other deductions are made. Annual, monthly or fortnightly amounts were converted to their weekly equivalent. If the person had more than one job, then the one in which the person usually worked the most hours was used to calculate weekly earnings. Median weekly earnings is the amount which divides the distribution of employees into two equal groups, one having earnings above and the other having earnings below that amount. Mixed field programmes The field Mixed field programmes is categorised according to the Australian Standard Classification of Education (ASCED), 2001 (cat. no. 1272.0) Field of Education classification. Non-formal learning Non-formal learning refers to structured, taught learning, but differs from formal learning in that it does not lead to a qualification within the AQF. It includes non-accredited workplace training, that is, training that does not lead to a recognised qualification. Some examples of types of non-formal courses include:
Non-school qualification Non-school qualifications are awarded for educational attainments other than those of pre-primary, primary or secondary education. They include qualifications at the Post Graduate Degree level, Master Degree level, Graduate Diploma and Graduate Certificate level, Bachelor Degree level, Advanced Diploma and Diploma level, and Certificates I, II, III and IV levels. Non-school qualifications may be attained concurrently with school qualifications. Not in the labour force Persons who were not in the categories 'employed' or 'unemployed' as defined. Nor in the 'marginally attached to the labour force' category for 65 - 74 year olds. Occupation Classified according to the Australian and New Zealand Standard Classification of Occupations (ANZSCO), First Edition, 2006 (cat. no. 1220.0). Other educational institution Includes institutions or organisations that offer courses and/or training such as Schools, Business colleges, Industry skills centres, Professional or industry associations, Equipment/product manufacturers or suppliers, Job Network members or other government training centres, Adult or community education centres and 'Other' organisations. Owner managers of incorporated enterprises Persons who work in their own incorporated enterprise, that is, a business entity which is registered as a separate legal entity to its members or owners (also known as a limited liability company). Participation Participation relates to formal, non-formal and informal learning undertaken in last 12 months prior to the survey. Population of interest The population of interest for SET 2009 includes:
Qualification Formal certification, issued by a relevant approved body, in recognition that a person has achieved learning outcomes or competencies relevant to identified individual, professional, industry or community needs. Statements of attainment awarded for partial completion of a course of study at particular level are excluded. Quintiles Groupings that result from ranking all households or people in the population in ascending order according to some characteristic such as their household income and then dividing the population into five equal groups, each comprising 20% of the estimated population. The same dollar values for household income can therefore appear in separate quintiles. Remoteness The ABS has defined Remoteness within the Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) (cat. no. 1216.0). The ASGC Remoteness Structure is defined only in census years, commencing with the census year 2001, and includes all Collection Districts (CDs) across Australia. The purpose of the Remoteness Structure is to classify CDs which share common characteristics of remoteness into broad geographical regions called Remoteness Areas (RAs). The structure defines six RAs: Major Cities of Australia; Inner Regional Australia; Outer Regional Australia; Remote Australia; Very Remote Australia; and Migratory. The delimitation criteria for RAs are based on the Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia (ARIA), which measures the remoteness of a point based on the physical road distance to the nearest Urban Centre in each of five size classes. For this survey, the ASGC 2006 CDs were used. The RAs were derived by calculating the average ARIA index value for each CD and applying the ASGC 2001 RA criteria. The Remoteness Structure is described in detail in the publication Statistical Geography Volume 1 Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) 2001 (cat. no. 1216.0). School study School study is participation in primary or secondary level education regardless of the institution or location where that study took place, including at a Technical and Further Education (TAFE) institution or schooling at home. Sector of employment Sector of employment is used to classify a respondent's employer as a public or private enterprise. The public sector includes all government units, such as government departments, non-market non-profit institutions that are controlled and mainly financed by government, and corporations and quasi-corporations that are controlled by government. All other employers are classified as the private sector. Studying full-time Enrolment in study full-time as reported by the respondent. Studying part-time Enrolment in study part-time as reported by the respondent. Study leading to a qualification The reported level of education of any study being undertaken that will lead to formal certification, issued by a relevant approved body, in recognition that a person has achieved learning outcomes or competencies relevant to identified individual, professional, industry or community needs. TAFE A Technical and Further Education institution. In Victoria this may also be interpreted as Training and Further Education. In Tasmania TAFE has been split into two new training organisations known as Polytechnic and Tasmanian Skills Institute. Both will be referred to as TAFE in this publication. Training costs incurred by participant Persons who completed at least one work-related training course during the 12 months prior to interview were asked whether they had personally paid for any part of their training course. Some examples of costs are: course fees, materials, study related accommodation or travel costs and other expenses. Unemployed Persons aged 15 years and over who were not employed during the reference week, and;
Wage or salary earner An employed person who, during the reference week, worked for an employer for wages or salary in their main job. Work-related non-formal courses Non-formal learning was classified as being a work-related course if the main purpose for participating in the learning was one of the following:
Worked full-time Employed persons who usually worked 35 hours or more a week in their current main job and those who, although usually working less than 35 hours a week, worked 35 hours or more during the reference week. For persons who worked with their main period employer who was not their current main employer, it refers to those who usually worked 35 hours or more a week in that job. Worked part-time Employed persons who usually worked less than 35 hours a week in their current main job and either did so during the reference week, or were not at work in the reference week. For persons who worked with their main period employer who was not their current main employer, it refers to those who usually worked less than 35 hours a week in that job. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window.
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