Role Title: Assigning Australian Standard Classification of Occupations (ASCO) Codes to the Raine Study
Organisation: The Raine Study
Internship Period: Semester 2 (July – October)
Location: Crawley
The Raine Study is a long-term cohort study that began in 1989, aiming to understand the impact of early life events on later health outcomes. Over 30+ years, extensive data has been collected across 17 follow-ups, covering developmental origins, vision, cardiometabolic health, respiratory conditions, allergies, musculoskeletal disorders, hormonal changes, lifestyle behaviors, and more.
To enhance accessibility and usability for researchers, a centralized database system is being developed to harmonize and validate all collected data. One major effort involves ensuring consistency in occupation data across follow-ups by assigning Australian Standard Classification of Occupations (ASCO) codes.
Working with the Raine Study Data team, you will be responsible for assigning Australian Standard Classification of Occupations (ASCO) Codes to the Raine Study participants who have completed survey data at different time points. While ASCO coding has been completed for follow-ups from Year 1 to Year 22, assistance is needed to complete coding for Years 27 and 28. This will be a combination of manual cleaning as well as scripting to automate the process. You should possess strong coding and scripting expertise, with proficiency in Python or comparable programming languages.
If time allows, the intern should aim to convert the assigned ASCO codes into a graphical representation.
The Raine Study, established in 1989, is one of the largest prospective cohorts of pregnancy, childhood, adolescence and adulthood to be carried out anywhere in the world. Our mission is to improve lifelong health and quality of life through ground-breaking, impactful research that examines influences, pathways and outcomes from before birth and throughout life’s course.