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Description
A code which identifies whether a student had commenced and/or completed some other qualification or certificate of attainment or competence; and the last year in which the requirements for the qualification or certification were completed.
Details
| Version: | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| First year: | 2000 |
| Last year: | 2004 |
| Field name: | PRIOR-OTHER-QUAL |
| Element name: | Prior other qualification/certificate; year |
Code format:
| Data Type: | Character |
|---|---|
| Units: | Code (numeric), right justified, with leading zeros if needed |
| Width: | 5 |
Classification
| CODE | MEANING |
|---|---|
| 00000 | Overseas Student |
| 00100 | Domestic student but not a commencing student |
A commencing domestic student and:
| CODE | MEANING |
|---|---|
| 10000 | did not have some other qualification or certificate of attainment or competence |
| 2YYYY | did have some other qualification or certificate of attainment or competence and the last year in which the requirements for the qualification or certification were completed was YYYY |
| 99999 | there was no information on prior other qualification/certificate |
Coding notes
YYYY is replaced by the last year in which the requirements for the qualification or certification were completed. If no information is available for year, code as "29999".
If data are reported for overseas students, DESTPAC will identify such students using Element 358 (Citizen/resident indicator) and will ignore the data during edit validations and the data for them will be re‑coded as "00000" when data are loaded to DEST's database.
*If data other than "00100" are reported for non‑commencing domestic students, DESTPAC will ignore the data during edit validations.