Vocational Education Training (VET): VET is a program of study that is intended to develop competency in skills relevant to the workplace or entry to further education. Includes initial vocational courses and courses subsequent to initial vocational courses. These courses are typically associated with prepatory, operative, trades/skilled and para-professional education and training.

Completion means when you successfully passed the required assessment(s) or examination(s) (i.e. when final results are received). It does not mean the time when you attended a graduation ceremony or having attended all classes.

Qualifications hierarchy from highest to lowest: Postgraduate degree Graduate diploma, Graduate Certificate Bachelor degree (including Honours) Advanced Diploma, Diploma Certificate IV, Certificate III, Certificate II, Certificate I

Qualification levels - hierarchy from highest to lowest: Postgraduate Degree (e.g. Doctorate, Masters) Graduate Diploma, Graduate Certificate Bachelor Degree (including Honours Degree) Advanced Diploma, Associate Degree, Diploma Certificate IV (including Advanced Certificate), Certificates III, II, I

Include: Study towards a qualification that a respondent has stopped, but intended to complete, or says they may complete. Exclude: Qualifications the respondent is currently studying. These should have been included in B_Q02aAU.

Qualification levels - hierarchy from highest to lowest: Postgraduate Degree (e.g. Doctorate, Masters) Graduate Diploma, Graduate Certificate Bachelor Degree (including Honours Degree) Advanced Diploma, Associate Degree, Diploma Certificate IV (including Advanced Certificate), Certificates III, II, I

Qualification levels - hierarchy from highest to lowest: Postgraduate Degree (e.g. Doctorate, Masters) Graduate Diploma, Graduate Certificate Bachelor Degree (including Honours Degree) Advanced Diploma, Associate Degree, Diploma Certificate IV (including Advanced Certificate), Certificates III, II, I Secondary school Primary school

1. This question refers to the degree that the study takes place during working hours, meaning that the working hours are used to study for the qualification rather than for actually working. It also includes the case where a number of working hours are being replaced by study even if the studying itself takes place outside normal working time of the respondent. 2. If the study takes place outside working time and the respondent has received payment for the hours or additional leisure hours, the study should be coded as 'during working hours'. The answer should only reflect the participation in classes, tutorials etc. and not homework.

Correspondence or distance education courses require communicating with a teacher or trainer by exchanging printed or electronic media, or through technology that allows communication in real time. Such a course may include periodic live-in or residential sessions. It may also be referred to as studying 'externally'.

1. This type of training is characterised by planned periods of training, instruction or practical experience, using normal tools of work. 2. It is usually organised by the employer to facilitate adaptation of (new) staff. 3. It may include general training about the company as well as specific job-related instructions (safety and health hazards, working practices). 4. It includes for instance organised training or instructions by management, supervisors or co-workers to help the respondent to do his/her job better or to introduce him/her to new tasks, but can also take place in the presence of a tutor.

1. Courses are typically subject oriented and taught by persons specialised in the field(s) concerned. They can take the form of classroom instruction (sometimes in combination with practice in real or simulated situations) or lectures. 2. If the person delivering private lessons has a teacher-student relationship with the respondent this question should be coded as 'yes'. If the provider/tutor is assisting the learner as a friend, family member or other social relationship it should be coded as 'no'.

1. Correspondence or distance education courses require communicating with a teacher or trainer by exchanging printed or electronic media, or through technology that allows communication in real time. Such a course may include periodic live-in or residential sessions. It may also be referred to as studying 'externally'. 2. Organised sessions for on-the-job training or training by supervisors or co-workers is characterised by planned periods of training, instruction or practical experience, using normal tools of work. It is usually organised by the employer to facilitate adaptation of (new) staff. It may include general training about the company as well as specific job-related instructions (safety and health hazards, working practices). This includes for instance organised training or instructions by management, supervisors or co-workers to help the respondent to do his/her job better or to introduce him/her to new tasks, but can also take place in the presence of a tutor. 3. Courses are typically subject oriented and taught by persons specialised in the field(s) concerned. They can take the form of classroom instruction (sometimes in combination with practice in real or simulated situations) or lectures. If the person delivering private lessons has a teacher-student relationship with the respondent this question should be coded as 'yes'. If the provider/tutor is assisting the learner as a friend, family member or other social relationship it should be coded as 'no'.

1. This question refers to the degree that the activity takes place during working hours meaning that the working hours are used to attend the activity instead of working. 2. It also includes the case where a number of working hours are being replaced by the learning activity even if the activity itself takes place outside normal working time of the respondent. 3. If the learning activity takes place outside working time and the respondent has received payment for the hours or additional leisure hours, the activity should be coded as during working hours. 4. The answer should only reflect the participation in the course itself and not homework.

1. Paid work means any work for pay or profit during the reference week, even for as little as one hour. Pay includes cash payments or "payment in kind" (payment in goods or services rather than money), whether payment was received in the week the work was done or not. Also counted as working for pay is anyone who receives wages for on-the-job training that involves the production of goods or services. 2. Self-employed: a person who works directly for himself/herself. A self-employed person may or may not have personnel.

1. People who are temporarily away from their job because of holiday, sickness, maternity leave, sabbatical etc should be coded 'yes'. 2. People who have been temporarily laid off, but receive at least 50% of their wage or salary from their employer or expect to return to their former job within 3 months, should also be coded 'yes'.

1. Unpaid work for a business that you own or a relative owns means that the respondent does not receive any pay or profit from the work during the reference week. The respondent should not have received or expect to receive cash payments or "payment in kind" (payment in goods or services rather than money) for work done at a business s/he or a relative owns. 2. Unpaid family work is any task directly contributing to the operation of the family farm or business.