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Identifying and Definitional Attributes
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Occupation of person
Identifying and Definitional Attributes
Identifier & Version
QH 040812 v1
Metadata Item Type
Data Element
Data Element Type
Data Element
Approval Status
Current
01-Jul-2000
Superseded
20-Dec-2011
Approval Type
Standard
Approving Authority
Effective From
01-Jul-2000
Effective To
30-Jun-2004
Definition
The job or duties in which the person is principally engaged.
Context
Injury surveillance: There is considerable user demand for data on occupation-related injury and illness, including from Worksafe Australia and from industry, where unnecessary production costs are known in some areas and suspected to be related to others in work-related illness, injury and disability.
Short Name
Occupation of person
Name in Other Contexts
Representational Attributes
Datatype
Numeric
Representation Class
Code
Format
N(2)
Minimum Character Length
2
Maximum Character Length
2
Permissible Values
Permissible_values
Australian Standard Classification of Occupations, Second edition (ABS 1997, Catalogue No. 1220.0 2 digit code level (sub major group))
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Supplementary Values
Supplemenary_values
-
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Collection and Usage Attributes
Guide for Use
New
Verification Rules
Collection Methods
Comments
The structure of the Australian Standard Classification of Occupations has five levels: 9 Major Groups - 1 digit codes 35 Sub-major groups - 2 digit codes 81 Minor groups - 3 digit codes 340 Unit groups - 4 digit codes 986 Occupations - 5 digit codes For example: Level Code Title Major Group 2 Professionals Sub-major group 23 Health Professionals Minor group 231 Medical Practitioners Unit group 2311 Generalist Medical Practitioners Occupation 2311-11 General Medical Practitioner A Computer Assisted Coding system is available from the Australian Bureau of Statistics to assist in coding occupational data to Australian Standard Classification of Occupations codes.
Relational Attributes
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Data Element
Person-occupation (ANZSCO 2009)
QH 040812 Version 3
Superseded
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Data Element
Occupation of person
QH 040812 Version 2
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Source and Reference Attributes
Source Organisation
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Source Document
Australian Standard Offence Classification of Occupations, Second Edition, 1997, Catalogue No. 1220.0
Keywords
Job
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