9502.0.55.001 - Framework for Australian Tourism Statistics, 2003  
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180. This section elaborates on the typical measures for the supplier element of the event and provides definitions and classifications where relevant.


NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS (OR ENTERPRISES)

181. This is a basic measurement relating to the number of individual suppliers of goods/services in the destination area.


VALUE OF SALES

182. The value of sales provides data for assessing the economic effect of tourism on the destination area or to a specific industry sector.


NUMBER OF PERSONS EMPLOYED

183. The number of persons employed provides the basis for an estimate of the employment value of tourism to the destination region. It is recommended that the following ABS definition for employed persons be used. Employed persons comprise 'persons aged 15 and over who, during the reference week:

(a) worked for one hour or more for pay, profit, commission or payment in kind in a job or business, or on a farm (comprising employees, employers and own account workers); or

(b) worked for one hour or more without pay in a family business or on a farm (i.e. contributing family workers); or

(c) were employees who had a job but were not at work and were:

  • away from work for less than four weeks up to the end of the reference week; or
  • away from work for more than four weeks up to the end of the reference week and received pay for some or all of the four week period to the end of the reference period; or
  • away from work as a standard work or shift arrangement; or
  • on strike or locked out; or
  • on workers' compensation and expected to return to their job; or

(d) were employers or own account workers, who had a job, business or farm, but were not at work.'


TYPES OF PERSONS EMPLOYED

Full-time/part-time

184. Full-time should be defined as those persons who usually work 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. Otherwise the person should be classed as part-time.

Gender

185. Statistics on gender will enable the study of employment trends (e.g. demand for workers and employment characteristics), based on gender segregation.

Age

186. It is recommended that the following age groups be used:

0-14 years
15-19 years
20-24 years
25-34 years
35-44 years
45-54 years
55-59 years
60-64 years
65 years and over

187. Age should be recorded as the number of years reached at the last birthday.

Occupation

188. The occupations of employed persons should be classified according to the Australian Standard Classification of Occupations (ASCO) Second Edition.

Training

189. Statistics on training are important to assess the current levels of skills and the future training needs of the industry. A number of standard classifications are available for classifying formal training. Formal training is defined as:
      'all training activities which have a structured plan and format designed to develop employment related skills and competencies. It consists of periods of instruction or a combination of instruction and monitored practical work. The instruction can take the form of workshops, lectures, tutorials, training seminars, audio-visual presentations, demonstration sessions or monitored self-paced training packages. It includes structured on-the-job training'.

190. Formal training does not include such informal training as unstructured on-the-job training, which involves being shown how to do things as the need arises or learning by performing the job. Activities which are formal but where the primary objective is not training (i.e. certain types of conferences and seminars) should not be treated as training.

191. Formal training can be divided into the following categories:

(a) In-house training. 'Training that is organised by employers mainly for their own employees, either using the employers' own staff or outside consultants (e.g. a consultant who designs a program specifically for the employer)'. In-house training can be conducted at an off-site location or on the employers' business premises

(b) External training. 'Training that is organised and conducted by outside training/educational institutions, agencies or consultants'.

192. The ABS has developed the Australian Standard Classification of Education (ASCED). This comprises two component classifications: Level of Education and Field of Education.




LOCATION

193. Location of business establishments should be classified according to the system used to categorise destination regions.


VARIOUS ECONOMIC /ACCOUNTING INDICATORS

194. Studies which look at various aspects of the economics of tourism will require a variety of economic measures (e.g. levels of investment, capital stocks, income and expenditure). For these data items, conventional accounting and economic definitions should be used.



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