Human resources in science and technology, abbreviated as HRST, refers to those persons who fulfil one or the other of the following conditions:
- successfully completed education at the third level
- not formally qualified as above, but employed in a S&T occupation where the above qualifications are normally required.
Related abbreviations in statistical reporting
- HRSTE: human resources in science and technology by level of education. Those people who have successfully completed a tertiary level education (until 2013, ISCED97 - levels 5A, 5B, 6; starting with 2014, ISCED2011 - levels 5 to 8);
- HRSTO: human resources in science and technology by occupation. Those people not formally qualified as above but employed in a S&T occupation where the above qualifications are normally required (ISCO-08 major groups 2 and 3);
- HRSTC: human resources in science and technology - core. Those people who have successfully completed a tertiary level education AND are employed in a S&T occupation;
- SE: scientists and engineers. Those people who work in ISCO-08 groups 21 Science and engineering professionals, 22 Health professionals, 25 Information and communications technology professionals;
- HRSTU: human resources in science and technology - unemployed. Those people who have successfully completed a tertiary level education AND are unemployed (in any kind of job, not only in a S&T occupation);
- NON_HRSTU: human resources NOT in science and technology - unemployed. Those people who have not fulfilled the HRST requirements AND are unemployed.
Related concepts
- Professionals group
- Technicians and associate professionals groups
- Human Resources in Science and Technoogy (HRST) stock
- Human Resources in Science and Technology (HRST) flow
Statistical data
Source
- OECD/Eurostat - The measurement of scientific and technological activities; manual on the measurement of human resources devoted to S&T; Canberra Manual - OECD, Paris, 1995 (PDF)
- Human Resources in Science and Technology (HRST) (ESMS metadata file — hrst_esms)