Skills Service Organisation This field is contained in Government-funded students and courses (VET) the following database/s: Students Program enrolments Subject enrolments Program completions Apprentices and trainees (A&T) Compared to: Major Skills Service Organisation 'Major Skills Service Organisation' is determined by the highest qualification a student is enrolled in. For example, if a student is enrolled in a certificate IV program that is assigned to the Artibus Innovation' Skills Service Organisation (SSO) and a certificate III program that can be assigned to the Australian Industry Standards' SSO, the Artibus Innovation' SSO is the as the ‘major’ SSO qualification is higher. If a student is enrolled in two programs of the same level the program with the highest number of hours is selected as the program and the SSO associated with this program is ‘major’ selected as the Skills Service ‘Major Organisation’. Students can be enrolled in more than one qualification. The field ‘Skills Service Organisation' in the Programs, Subjects and Program completions databases counts all qualifications in which a student is enrolled in. Students and courses (VET) Term Definition Classification Classification Source categories sub-categories Skills Refers to Artibus Innovation (construction & This is a two-level Calculated based Service categories of property services) hierarchical on the AVETMISS training package structure. The field Qualification/ qualifications by second and Course Identifier Australian Industry Standards their specific most detailed level from the Program (electrotechnology, gas, water & industry sectors. of the classification file. transport) Industry skills consists of the councils base units which PwC's Skills for Australia (business, represent are detailed culture, ICT, automotive & mining) particular qualification codes industries and (i.e. FDF10103 - Skills Impact (agriculture, food, forest groups of training Certificate I in Food & racing) packages. Processing). SkillsIQ (community, health, sports, tourism, hairdressing & retail) Innovation and Business Skills Australia (manufacturing, furnishings & sustainability) Training packages not linked to SSO State/territory continued on next page
Skills Service Organisation This field is contained in the following database/s: Government-funded students and courses (VET) Students Program enrolments Subject enrolments Program completions Apprentices and trainees (A&T) Compared to: Major Skills Service Organisation 'Major Skills Service Organisation' is determined by the highest qualification a student is enrolled in. For example, if a student is enrolled in a certificate IV program that is assigned to the Artibus Innovation' Skills Service Organisation (SSO) and a certificate III program that can be assigned to the Australian Industry Standards' SSO, the Artibus Innovation' SSO is the ‘major’ SSO as the qualification is higher. If a student is enrolled in two programs of the same level the program with the highest number of hours is selected as the ‘major’ program and the SSO associated with this program is selected as the ‘Major Skills Service Organisation’. Students can be enrolled in more than one qualification. The field ‘Skills Service Organisation' in the Programs, Subjects and Program completions databases counts all qualifications in which a student is enrolled in. Students and courses (VET) Term Definition Classification categories Classification sub-categories Source Skills Service Refers to categories of training package qualifications by their specific industry sectors. Industry skills councils represent particular industries and groups of training packages. Artibus Innovation (construction & property services) This is a two-level hierarchical structure. The second and most detailed level of the classification consists of the base units which are detailed qualification codes (i.e. FDF10103 - Certificate I in Food Processing). Calculated based on the AVETMISS field Qualification/ Course Identifier from the Program file. Australian Industry Standards (electrotechnology, gas, water & transport) PwC's Skills for Australia (business, culture, ICT, automotive & mining) Skills Impact (agriculture, food, forest & racing) SkillsIQ (community, health, sports, tourism, hairdressing & retail) Innovation and Business Skills Australia (manufacturing, furnishings & sustainability) Training packages not linked to SSO State/territory continued on next page
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