Glossary:Human resources in science and technology (HRST)

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

Statistical data

Human resources in science and technology

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)