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Identifying and Definitional Attributes
QH 040218 v1
Data Element
Data Element
Current
15-Jan-1998
Superseded
20-Dec-2011
Standard
01-Jul-1991
30-Jun-1998
Occupation categories which are used to group individual staff positions that perform similar key duties in similar fields and have similar training requirements. Job designations categorise individual positions into coherent groups or occupations.
Health workforce planning and analysis
Job code
Representational Attributes
Numeric Character
Code
N(6)
6
6
Permissible Values

Permissible_values

CodeDescription
112018Receptionist
112118Research Officer - General
340611Registrar - Dermatology
NOVALCorporate reference file maintained by the Health Workforce Planning and Analysis Unit. For example:
Supplementary Values

Supplemenary_values

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Collection and Usage Attributes
Instructions for the allocation of these codes are contained in "Queensland Health job designations and codes - a guide to using the list of occupations", available from the Health Workforce Planning and Analysis Unit.

Currently the format of the job designation codes allows the grouping of job designations into streams and substreams as well as categories based on the NHDD. There is no guarantee that this feature will be retained in the future.
Job designations are not the same as position titles. Many position titles have the same job designation. The purpose of the standard job designation is to insulate longitudinal studies and standardised reporting from the frequent cosmetic changes to job titles. The Health Workforce Planning and Analysis Unit maintain a mapping from Job designation codes to both the first and second versions of the ABS Australian Standard Classification of Occupation codes (ASCO).
Relational Attributes
Related Metadata References

Related Metadata References_IR

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ViewRelationshipMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifier & VersionApproval Status
Has been superseded byData ElementData ElementPerson-occupation (QHD job code)QH 042728 Version 1Superseded
Is mappable toData ElementCross-ClassificatoryStaffing categoriesQH 040762 Version 1Superseded
Implementation in Metadata Sets

Implemented

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ViewMetadata Item TypeMetadata Item SubtypeNameIdentifer & VersionObligationApproval StatusEffective FromEffective To
Information AssetData CollectionFinancial and Residential Activity Collection (FRAC)QH 020005 Version 1Superseded01-Jul-199130-Jun-1998
Source and Reference Attributes