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International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED 97) - FIELDS - level 3 - Detailed fields

Code	Abbreviation	Name	Valid from	Valid to	Family
5627	ISCED_O3	International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED 97) - FIELDS - level 3 - Detailed fields	01.01.2008	09.09.9999	Education

Code List Item:

Secretarial and office work

Code	Name	Valid from	Valid to
346	Secretarial and office work	01.01.2008	09.09.9999

Definition of item:

Secretarial and office work is the study of administrative procedures and practises,
office technology and clerical, shorthand and keyboard skills. Specialised secretarial
programmes (bilingual, medical, law, accounting etc) are included if the programme has
secretarial work as its objective, rather than work as specialised assistants. Programmes
with the following main content are classified here:

Administrative and secretarial services
Clerical programmes
Data entry
Foreign language secretary programmes
Keyboard skills
Legal secretary programmes
Medical secretary programmes
Operation of office machines
Receptionist training
Secretarial programmes
Shorthand
Switchboard operating
Typing

Inclusions:

Broad secretarial programmes comprising among other thing computer courses are
included in this field.

Exclusions:

Separate programmes in using a specific computer software are excluded from this field
and included in 482 ‘Computer use’.
Office management is excluded from this group and included in field 345
‘Management and administration’.
Hotel receptionist programmes are excluded from this field and included in field 811
‘Hotel, restaurant and catering’.

Correspondences

International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED 97) - FIELDS - level 2 - Narrow fields

Business and administration