Key facts
Code summary
Code 855
Official title Other education services
Version PSIC 2019
Source layer PSA / BSP
Parent 85 - Education
Section P - Education
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PSIC 2019 Navigation-first hub Group 855 - Other education services
PSIC Group 855 covers Other education services. Direct children below it include Sports and recreation education, Cultural education, and Other education. It clusters closely related activities and helps compare nearby...
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Nearby codes
851
Pre-primary/pre-school education
852 Primary/elementary education Elementary education refers to the stage of compulsory formal education primarily concerned with providing basic education, and usually corresponding to six or seven grades. The core at this level consists of education for children, the customary or normal age of entrance to which is seven years. Programs in this level are designed to give the pupils a sound basic education in reading, writing, and arithmetic along with an elementary understanding of other subject areas such as social studies, science, arts and music, practical arts, and values education.
853 Secondary/High School Education
854 Higher education
856 Educational support services
About this level
Practical summary
Group 855 sits in the PSIC 2019 hierarchy under P Education > 85 Education. This group usually narrows the choice to a small family of classes such as Sports and recreation education, Cultural education, and Other education. It is useful when two or three neighboring activities look similar but should not be collapsed into one code.
Administrative context
Where this code is used
This group is used when reviewers compare a short list of classes such as Sports and recreation education, Cultural education, and Other education and need to decide which family is the closest fit. It is common in internal classification review and administrative lookup work.
Selection note
How to choose it
Use this group when the activity sits between similar classes such as Sports and recreation education, Cultural education, and Other education. The safest choice is the one whose wording matches the actual production, service or operating model most closely.
Official note
Source-backed description
This group includes general continuing education and continuing vocational education and training for any profession. Instruction my be oral or written and may be provided in classrooms or by radio, television, Internet, correspondence or other includes the provision of instruction in athletic activities to groups or individuals, foreign language instructions, instruction in the arts, drama or music or other means of communication. This group also instruction or specialized training, not comparable to the education in groups 851-853. This group excludes provision of primary education, secondary education or higher education, see group 852, 853 and 854.
FAQ
What does PSIC Group 855 cover?
PSIC Group 855 clusters a smaller family of classes under Other education services and is useful when the business sits between closely related options.
How do I compare Group 855 with sibling groups?
Look at the parent class and the nearby sibling groups. On this page, the most relevant nearby options are 851 Pre-primary/pre-school education and 852 Primary/elementary education Elementary education refers to the stage of compulsory formal education primarily concerned with providing basic education, and usually corresponding to six or seven grades. The core at this level consists of education for children, the customary or normal age of entrance to which is seven years. Programs in this level are designed to give the pupils a sound basic education in reading, writing, and arithmetic along with an elementary understanding of other subject areas such as social studies, science, arts and music, practical arts, and values education..
Why is Group 855 useful for classification?
It sits at the point where a broad sector is already narrowed enough to compare a small family of similar classes before the final code choice.