LISTING OF THE NEC FIELDS OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING
BROAD FIELD NARROW FIELD
Generic programmes
000 and qualifications not
further defined
Basic programmes and
001 0011
GENERIC qualifications
00 PROGRAMMES AND
002 Literacy and numeracy
QUALIFICATIONS
003 Personal skills
Generic programmes
009 and qualifications not
elsewhere classified
011 Education
01 EDUCATION
Inter-disciplinary
programmes and
018
qualifications involving
education
Arts and humanities
020
not further defined
DETAILED FIELD
Generic programmes
0000 and qualifications not
further defined
Basic programmes and
qualifications
0021 Literacy and numeracy
0031 Personal skills
Generic programmes
0099 and qualifications not
elsewhere classified
Education not further
0110
defined
0111 Education science
Training for pre-school
0112
teachers
Educator training
0113 without subject
specialization
Educator training with
0114
subject specialisation
Educator training with
0114
subject specialisation
Programmes and
qualifications involving
0119
education not
elsewhere classified
Inter-disciplinary
programmes and
0188
qualifications involving
education
Arts and humanities
0200
not further defined
0210 Arts not further defined
 Audio-visual
0211 techniques and media
production
Fashion, interior and
0212
industrial design
0213 Fine arts
021 Arts
0214 Craft skills
Music and performing
0215
arts
Film, Television and
0216
Screen Studies
Arts not elsewhere
0219
classified
Humanities (except
0220 languages) not further
defined
0221 Religion and theology
ARTS AND History and
02 0222
HUMANITIES Humanities (except archaeology
022
languages)
0223 Philosophy and ethics
0224 Islamic studies
Humanities (except
0229 languages) not
elsewhere classified
Languages not further
0230
defined
0231 Language acquisition
Literature and
023 Languages 0232
linguistics
0233 National Language
Languages not
0239
elsewhere classified
Inter-disciplinary Inter-disciplinary
programmes and programmes and
028 0288
qualifications involving qualifications involving
arts and humanities arts and humanities
 Arts and humanities Arts and humanities
029 not elsewhere 0299 not elsewhere
classified classified
Social sciences, Social sciences,
journalism and journalism and
030 0300
information not further information not further
defined defined
Social and behavioural
0310 sciences not further
defined
0311 Economics
Political sciences and
0312
Social and behavioural public policy
031
sciences 0313 Psychology
Sociology and cultural
0314
studies
Social and behavioural
0319 sciences not
elsewhere classified
Journalism, information
SOCIAL SCIENCES, 0320 and communication not
03 JOURNALISM AND further defined
INFORMATION Journalism and
0321
reporting
Journalism, information Library, information
032 0322
and communication and archival studies
Media and
0323
communications
Journalism, information
0329 and communication not
elsewhere classified
Inter-disciplinary Inter-disciplinary
programmes and programmes and
qualifications involving qualifications involving
038 0388
social sciences, social sciences,
journalism and journalism and
information information
 Social sciences, Social sciences,
journalism and journalism and
039 0399
information not information not
elsewhere classified elsewhere classified
Business, Business,
040 administration and law 0400 administration and law
not further defined not further defined
Business and
0410 administration not
further defined
Accounting, auditing
0411
and taxation
Finance, banking and
0412
insurance
Islamic banking and
0413
finance
Management and
Business and 0414
041 administration
Management
Management and
0414
administration
BUSINESS,
Marketing and
04 ADMINISTRATION 0415
advertising
AND LAW
Secretarial and office
0416
studies
0417 Work skills
Business and
0419 administration not
elsewhere classified
0421 Law
042 Law
0421 Law
Inter-disciplinary Inter-disciplinary
programmes and programmes and
048 qualifications involving 0488 qualifications involving
business, business,
administration and law administration and law
Business, Business,
049 administration and law 0499 administration and law
not elsewhere classified not elsewhere classified
 Natural sciences, Natural sciences,
mathematics and mathematics and
050 0500
statistics not further statistics not further
defined defined
Biological and related
0510 sciences not further
defined

Biological and related 0511 Biology

051
sciences 0512 Biochemistry
Biological and related
0519 sciences not
elsewhere classified
Environment not
0520
further defined
0521 Environmental sciences
052 Environment Natural environments
0522
and wildlife
Environment not
0529
elsewhere classified
NATURAL
Physical sciences not
SCIENCES, 0530
05 further defined
MATHEMATICS AND
STATISTICS 0531 Chemistry
053 Physical sciences 0532 Earth sciences
0533 Physics
Physical sciences not
0539
elsewhere classified
Mathematics and
0540 statistics not further
Mathematics and defined
054
statistics
0541 Mathematics
0542 Statistics
Inter-disciplinary Inter-disciplinary
programmes and programmes and
qualifications involving qualifications involving
058 0588
natural sciences, natural sciences,
mathematics and mathematics and
statistics statistics
 Natural sciences, Natural sciences,
mathematics and mathematics and
059 0599
statistics not elsewhere statistics not elsewhere
classified classified
Information and
communication
0610
technologies (ICTs)
not further defined
Information technology
0611
and information system
Information and
061 communication 0612 Software engineering
technologies 0613 Computer Science
INFORMATION AND
0614 Computer Use
06 COMMUNICATION
TECHNOLOGIES Information and
Communication
0619
Technologies (ICTs)
not elsewhere classified
Inter-disciplinary Inter-disciplinary
programmes and programmes and
qualifications involving qualifications involving
068 0688
information and information and
communication communication
technologies technologies
Engineering, Engineering,
manufacturing and manufacturing and
070 0700
construction not further construction not further
defined defined
Engineering and
0710 engineering trades not
further defined
Chemical engineering
0711
and processes
0712 Electricity and energy
Electronics and
0713
automation
Mechanics and metal
0714
Engineering and trades
071
engineering trades Mechanics and metal
0714
trades
 Motor vehicles, ships
0715
and aircraft
0716 Civil engineering
Environmental
0717
protection technology
Engineering and
0719 engineering trades not
elsewhere classified
Manufacturing and
0720 processing not further
defined
ENGINEERING,
0721 Food processing
07 MANUFACTURING
AND CONSTRUCTION Materials (glass, paper,
0722
Manufacturing and plastic and wood)
072
processing Textiles (clothes,
0723
footwear and leather)
0724 Mining and extraction
Manufacturing and
0729 processing not
elsewhere classified
Architecture, surveying
0730 and town planning not
further defined
0731 Architecture
Architecture, surveying
073 Urban and Regional
and town planning 0732
Planning
Building and
0733
Construction
0734 Surveying
074 Engineering technology 0741 Engineering technology
Inter-disciplinary Inter-disciplinary
programmes and programmes and
qualifications involving qualifications involving
078 0788
engineering, engineering,
manufacturing and manufacturing and
construction construction
 Engineering, Engineering,
manufacturing and manufacturing and
079 0799
construction not construction not
elsewhere classified elsewhere classified
Agriculture, forestry, Agriculture, forestry,
080 fisheries and veterinary 0800 fisheries and veterinary
not further defined not further defined
Agriculture not further
0810
defined
Crop and livestock
0811
081 Agriculture production
0812 Horticulture
Agriculture not
AGRICULTURE, 0819
elsewhere classified
FORESTRY,
08 082 Forestry 0821 Forestry
FISHERIES AND
VETERINARY 083 Fisheries 0831 Fisheries
084 Veterinary 0841 Veterinary
Inter-disciplinary Inter-disciplinary
programmes and programmes and
088 qualifications involving 0888 qualifications involving
agriculture, forestry, agriculture, forestry,
fisheries and veterinary fisheries and veterinary
Agriculture, forestry, Agriculture, forestry,
089 fisheries and veterinary 0899 fisheries and veterinary
not elsewhere classified not elsewhere classified
Health and welfare not Health and welfare not
090 0900
further defined further defined
Health not further
0910
defined
0911 Dental studies
0912 Medicine
Nursing, midwifery and
0913
medical assistance
Medical diagnostic and
0914
treatment technology
091 Health
Therapy and
0915
rehabilitation
 0916 Pharmacy
Traditional and
0917 complementary
medicine and therapy
HEALTH AND
09 Health not elsewhere
WELFARE 0919
classified
Welfare not further
0920
defined
Care of elderly and of
0921
disabled adults
Child care and youth
092 Welfare 0922
services
Social work and
0923
counselling
Welfare not elsewhere
0929
classified
Inter-disciplinary Inter-disciplinary
programmes and programmes and
098 0988
qualifications involving qualifications involving
health and welfare health and welfare
Health and welfare not Health and welfare not
099 0999
elsewhere classified elsewhere classified
Services not further Services not further
100 1000
defined defined
Personal services not
1010
further defined
1011 Domestic services
Hair and beauty
1012
services
Hotel, restaurants and
101 Personal services 1013
catering
1014 Sports
Travel, tourism and
1015
leisure
Personal services not
1019
elsewhere classified
 Hygiene and
occupational health
1020
services not further
defined

Hygiene and 1021 Community sanitation

10 SERVICES 102 occupational health Occupational health
services 1022
and safety
Hygiene and
occupational health
1029
services not elsewhere
classified
Security services not
1030
further defined
1031 Military and defence
103 Security services Protection of persons
1032
and property
Security services not
1039
elsewhere classified
104 Transport services 1041 Transport services
Inter-disciplinary Inter-disciplinary
programmes and programmes and
108 1088
qualifications involving qualifications involving
services services
Services not elsewhere Services not elsewhere
109 1099
classified classified
99 Field unknown 999 Field unknown 9999 Field unknown