PDFWAC 296-17A-6705
Classification 6705.
6705-00 Ski facilities
Applies to:
• Businesses operating facilities for:
- Skiing such as downhill or cross country;
- Snow tubing;
- Snowmobiling; and
- Wind board sailing.
• Businesses providing ski patrolling services.
Work activities include, but are not limited to:
• Conducting excursions;
• Operating artificial snow making machines, ski tows or lifts;
• Parking attendants;
• Snow compacting;
• Ski instruction;
• Ski patrolling; and
• Trail grooming.
Exclusions:
• Food and beverage services are classified in 3905;
• Ski instructors operating independent of the ski facility are classified in 6705-04;
• Ski rental and sales operations are classified in 6406;
• Overnight lodging facilities are classified in 4905;
• Ticket sales and collection personnel who work exclusively in an office environment or ticket sales booth and have no other duties in or about the employer's premises may be classified in 4904.
Note: | For rules on assigning and reporting in more than one basic classification, see WAC 296-17-31017 Multiple classifications. |
6705-03 Excursions - Outdoor recreational, N.O.C.
Applies to:
Businesses providing outdoor recreational excursions and guide services that are not covered by another classification (N.O.C.).
Work activities include, but are not limited to:
• Accompanying and guiding customers on excursions;
• Maintaining equipment;
• Providing course instruction; and
• Teaching first aid, survival skills, hygiene, navigation, and other courses in connection with outdoor activities.
Types of outdoor excursions include, but are not limited to:
• Backpacking;
• Camping;
• Fishing;
• Hiking;
• Horseback riding;
• Hunting;
• Mountain climbing;
• River rides;
• White water rafting; and
• Teaching survival skills.
Exclusions:
• Snow skiing excursions or wind board sailing instruction are classified in 6705-04.
6705-04 Ski instructors
Applies to:
Businesses providing instruction only in snow/water skiing, surf boarding, sailing and wind sail boarding.
Work activities include, but are not limited to:
• Maintaining equipment;
• Providing appropriate equipment (skis, snowboards, canoes, etc.); and
• Teaching the technique.
Exclusions:
• Businesses that provide the full scope ski resort services, with or without ski instructors, are classified in 6705-00 subject to all appropriate exclusions; and
• Full service resorts or campgrounds, with or without instructors, are reported separately as applicable.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 51.04.020 and 51.16.035. WSR 24-23-081, s 296-17A-6705, filed 11/19/24, effective 1/1/25; WSR 18-11-113, § 296-17A-6705, filed 5/22/18, effective 7/1/18. WSR 07-01-014, recodified as § 296-17A-6705, filed 12/8/06, effective 12/8/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 51.16.035. WSR 98-18-042, § 296-17-736, filed 8/28/98, effective 10/1/98; WSR 88-12-050 (Order 88-06), § 296-17-736, filed 5/31/88, effective 7/1/88; WSR 87-24-060 (Order 87-26), § 296-17-736, filed 12/1/87, effective 1/1/88; WSR 85-24-032 (Order 85-33), § 296-17-736, filed 11/27/85, effective 1/1/86; WSR 85-06-026 (Order 85-7), § 296-17-736, filed 2/28/85, effective 4/1/85; WSR 83-24-017 (Order 83-36), § 296-17-736, filed 11/30/83, effective 1/1/84; WSR 82-24-047 (Order 82-38), § 296-17-736, filed 11/29/82, effective 1/1/83; WSR 81-24-042 (Order 81-30), § 296-17-736, filed 11/30/81, effective 1/1/82; WSR 80-17-016 (Order 80-23), § 296-17-736, filed 11/13/80, effective 1/1/81; Order 77-27, § 296-17-736, filed 11/30/77, effective 1/1/78; Order 74-40, § 296-17-736, filed 11/27/74, effective 1/1/75; Order 73-22, § 296-17-736, filed 11/9/73, effective 1/1/74.]