The Survey Contact Status is recorded as part of a VET Student's Statistics record in ENRF3090. The Survey Contact status is used to include or exclude students from participating in the Student Outcomes Survey and other communications. The Government Survey Contact Status for a student is reported within the Person (NAT00080) file via the Government Submission Snapshot and File creation jobs.

The following table provides an example of how an institution might configure Survey Contact Statuses and their association with Government Survey Contact Statuses:

This form is invoked from the Callista SMS main menu.

Survey Contact Status block:

• Survey Contact Status
• Description
• Government Survey Contact Status
• Default check box
• Closed check box
• Effective Start Submission Year
• Effective Start Submission Year
• Comments
• Explanation

Rules/Notes

The default can only be set for one record

To create a new institution-defined Survey Contact Status:

• Enter Insert mode.
• Enter the new Survey Contact Status code in the Survey Contact Status field of a blank record.
• Enter a description of the Survey Contact Status in the Description field.
• Record the Government Survey Contact Status value to which the institution-defined one will map.
• Where multiple Institution-defined Survey Contact Status codes map to a Government Survey Contact Status, then one of these must have the Default check box selected.
• If the Survey Contact Status is only to be available for a certain time period, record the date(s) to define this period.
• Any additional information can be recorded in the Comments box. Such information is only visible on this form.
• Information to be available via Student Connect should be recorded in the Explanation field.
• Save.

Rules/Notes:

Institution-defined Survey Contact Status codes MUST be unique.
More than one Institution-defined Survey Contact Status code can map to a Government Survey Contact Status.

To modify a institution-defined Survey Contact Status:

• Find the record to be modified.
• Modify the record as required.
• Save.

Rules/Notes:

To delete an institution-defined Survey Contact Status:

• Select the record to be deleted.
• Click on the Delete button.
• Save.

Rules/Notes:

If an institution-defined Survey Contact Status record if it has been recorded in a VET student's statistics record (ENRF3090) it cannot be deleted. It should be closed to prevent it from being used again.