Reference list of Educational Programs in Services

Travel, tourism and leisure

Travel and tourism is the study of marketing and advertising tourist destinations and events. It includes the study of ticketing and reservation practices. Leisure is the study of recreational and leisure activities for individuals and groups.

Programmes and qualifications with the following main content are classified here:

·      Adventure based activities

·      Ground crew training (airport)

·      Guiding, tour leading

·      Recreation and leisure

·      Tourist trades programmes

·      Travel and tourism

·      Travel services

Exclusions

Study of recreation and leisure activities for school children is excluded from this detailed field and included in detailed field ‘Child care and youth services’ (in the Health and Welfare domain).

- Hotel, restaurants and catering

Hotel, restaurants and catering is the study of providing food, beverages, accommodation and related services at hotels, restaurants etc.

Programmes and qualifications with the following main content are classified here:

·      Cooking (restaurant and hotel-type)

·      Hospitality services

·      Hotel and restaurant studies

Exclusions

Study of food processing (industrial) is excluded from this detailed field and included in detailed field ‘Food processing’ (in the Engineering domain).

Security services

- Military and defence

Military and defence is the study of services to the community connected with war and defence, designed to provide training in the principles and practice of military science.

Programmes and qualifications with the following main content are classified here:

·      Air force training

·      Army training

·      Defence studies

·      Military science

·      Navy training

·      War theory

Exclusions

Military personnel participating in non-military programmes should be classified according to the subject content of the training programme.

 

-  Protection of persons and property

Protection of persons and property is the study of services to the community concerning protection of property and persons. It comprises training in police work, public security, fire protection and fire-fighting.

Programmes and qualifications with the following main content are classified here:

·      Civil security

·      Customs programmes

·      Fire-protection (fire-fighting)

·      Fire technology

·      Police work

·      Policing studies

·      Prison work

·      Public security

·      Security and loss prevention services

Exclusions

Study of law is excluded from this detailed field and included in the Law domain.

Study of criminology is excluded from this detailed field and included in the detailed field ‘Sociology and cultural studies’ (in the Social Sciences, Education, Journalism and Information domain).

 

Transport services

Transport is the study of operating, navigating and directing ships, train, aircraft and other forms of transportation.

Programmes and qualifications with the following main content are classified here:

·      Aircraft operation

·      Air traffic control

·      Air traffic safety

·      Cabin crew training

·      Communication (air, railway, road etc.) programmes

·      Flying and navigation

·      Navigation technologies

·      Postal service

·      Railway operations

·      Road motor vehicle operations

·      Ship operation

·      Shipping

·      Transport studies

Exclusions

Programmes in telephone network services are excluded from this detailed field and included in the detailed field ‘Electronics and automation’ (in the Engineering domain).

Sports

Sports is the study of techniques and skills in a chosen sport.

Programmes and qualifications with the following main content are classified here:

·      Sport trainer studies

·      Techniques and skills in a chosen sport

·      Training of umpires/referees and other sports officials

Exclusions

Training of school teachers in physical education (sports teachers) is excluded from this detailed field and included in detailed field ‘Teacher training with subject specialisation’ (in the Social Sciences, Education, Journalism and Information domain).

Hygiene and occupational health services

- Community sanitation

Community sanitation is the study of community services dealing with items that affect public health such as hygienic standards in food, water supply, disposal of sewage and garbage and street cleaning.

Programmes and qualifications with the following main content are classified here:

·      Hygiene

·      Refuse/sewage handling

·      Water supply (service)

·      Waste management

 

- Occupational health and safety

Occupational health and safety is the study of recognising, evaluating and controlling environmental factors associated with the workplace.

Programmes and qualifications with the following main content are classified here:

·      Ergonomics (occupational health and safety)

·      Health and safety in the workplace

·      Industrial welfare

·      Labour protection

·      Labour security

·      Labour welfare (safety)

·      Occupational health and industrial hygiene

·      Occupational safety

·      Stress management

·      Work environment

Exclusions

Study of vocational rehabilitation and occupational therapy is excluded from this detailed field and included in the detailed field ‘Therapy and rehabilitation’(in the Health and Welfare domain).

Study of labour law is excluded from this detailed field and included in ‘Law’ (in the Business, Administration and Law domain).

Study of ergonomics is excluded from this detailed field if emphasis is given to technical aspects and is included in the appropriate detailed field under the Engineering domain.

 

Personal services

-Domestic services

Domestic services are the study of various domestic services.

Programmes and qualifications with the following main content are classified here:

·      Domestic science

·      Mortuary science

·      Home economics

Exclusions

Study of building maintenance is excluded from this detailed field and included in the detailed field ‘Building and civil engineering’ (in the Engineering domain).

  

Inter-disciplinary programmes and qualifications involving services

Inter-disciplinary or broad programmes and qualifications to which the greatest intended learning time is devoted to services are classified here.