PDFWAC 296-17A-0301

Classification 0301.

0301-04 Lawn type sprinkler systems: Installation, service, or repair
Applies to:
Contractors engaged in the installation, service, or repair of lawn type sprinkler systems.
Lawn sprinkler systems are installed at private residences or commercial businesses.
Work includes, but is not limited to:
• Identifying area of land to be covered, to determine size and amount of pipe and sprinkler heads needed for sprinkler system install;
• Installing heads, and timers;
• Laying/joining/repairing pipe;
• Planting or replacing grass from seed or sod;
• Trenching.
Tools include, but are not limited to:
• Electric power tools;
• Fertilizer spreaders;
• Hand tools/rakes;
• Mowers;
• Trenchers;
• Wheelbarrows;
• Vibrating plow or pipe pulling machine.
Exclusions:
• Worker hours engaged in construction of open canal type irrigation systems are reported separately in classification 0108.
• Installation, service, or repair of above or below ground agricultural/irrigation systems are classified in 0301-06.
• Worker hours engaged in installation or maintenance of a landscape roofing irrigation system, are reported separately in classification 0507.
• Maintenance and cleaning of lawn sprinkler system pipes and heads done in connection with a landscape maintenance contract are classified in 0308.
Note:
For rules on assigning and reporting in more than one basic classification, see WAC 296-17-31017 Multiple classifications.
0301-06 Agricultural sprinkler/irrigation systems, N.O.C.: Installation, service, or repair
Applies to:
Contractors engaged in the installation, service, or repair of above or below ground agricultural sprinkler and irrigation systems not covered by another classification (N.O.C.).
These differ from lawn sprinkler systems as the size of pipes and pumps installed are larger to produce the water pressure to irrigate large areas of land.
Sprinkler irrigation systems include, but are not limited to:
• Above or below ground;
• Center pivot or linear move;
• Fixed or movable;
• Wheel or impulse.
Tools include, but are not limited to:
• Electric power tools;
• Fertilizer spreaders;
• Hand tools/rakes;
• Mowers;
• Small front end loaders;
• Tractors with till attachments;
• Trenchers;
• Wheelbarrows;
• Vibrating plow or pipe pulling machine.
Exclusions:
• Worker hours engaged in construction of open canal type irrigation systems are reported separately in classification 0108.
• Installation, service, or repair of lawn type sprinkler systems is classified in 0301-04.
Note:
For rules on assigning and reporting in more than one basic classification, see WAC 296-17-31017 Multiple classifications.
0301-08 Landscape construction operations, N.O.C.
Applies to:
• Contractors engaged in new landscape construction or renovation projects not covered by another classification (N.O.C.).
• Contractors engaged in the installation of invisible fences, which are usually used to confine animals within a given area.
• Contractors engaged in the installation, service, and repair of paver stone installation projects such as, but is not limited to, driveways, walkways, patios, and pool decks.
Work includes, but is not limited to:
• Producing preliminary drawings of a landscape, renovation, or invisible fence project;
• Preparing the ground (may include tilling and spreading of top soils);
• Trenching;
• Burying wire in trench (invisible fencing);
• Connecting low voltage transmitter box for invisible fencing;
• Planting trees, plants, or shrubs;
• Planting or replacing grass from seed or sod;
• Installing ground cover material or plastic to retard weeds;
• Placing concrete borders;
• Incidental construction of rockery, extruded concrete curbing, fences, ponds, walls, arbors, trellises and gazebos when performed by employee of a landscape contractor as part of a landscape contract. If these activities are conducted separately from a landscape contract and not part of the landscape project, they are reported separately in the classification applicable to the work being performed;
• Installing concrete, brick, or stone pavers to create walkways, pathways, pool decks, or patios;
• Incidental construction of walls and rockery performed by employees of a paver stone installation contractor as part of a paver installation contract. If these activities are conducted separately from a paver stone installation contract and not part of a paver stone project, they are reported separately in the classification applicable to the work being performed.
Note:
Incidental work is a minor part of an overall project or contract.
Example: A paver installation company creates the driveway, walkways, and patio at a residential home. The company finds that the lawn will slide onto the driveway unless a three foot tall retaining wall the length of the driveway is created. The creation of the retaining wall to protect the driveway is incidental to the paver installation project and may be reported in 0301.
Common types of paver installation include:
• Interlocking concrete pavers, which are primarily sand set, but in some cases mortar set;
• Permeable interlocking concrete pavers, which are installed to help reduce storm water runoff;
• Pedestal set pavers, when used for roof top decks and plaza areas to increase living space, or to meet certain environmental requirements (not acting as a roofing system).
Tools include, but are not limited to:
• Electric power tools;
• Fertilizer spreaders;
• Hand tools/rakes;
• Mowers;
• Small front end loaders;
• Tractors with till attachments;
• Trenchers;
• Wheelbarrows.
Exclusions:
• Worker hours engaged in grading, clearing, or contouring of land are reported separately in classification 0101.
• Worker hours engaged in construction of open canal type irrigation systems are reported separately in classification 0108.
• Worker hours engaged in installation of bulkheads not adjacent to water, or similar structures built of rock, are reported separately in classification 0302.
• Worker hours engaged in installation or on-site maintenance of roofing materials composed of impermeable barriers, sod, soil, and plants, sometimes termed landscape roofing, living roofing, garden roofing, green/environmentally beneficial roofing, brown/biodiverse roofing, or vegetative roofing, are reported separately in classification 0507.
• Worker hours engaged in paver installation on a roof by a roofing contractor, when acting as part of the roofing system, are reported separately in classification 0507.
• Worker hours engaged in installation or maintenance of a landscape roofing irrigation system are reported separately in classification 0507.
• Worker hours engaged in lawn care maintenance or chemical spraying or fumigating are reported separately in classification 0308.
Note:
For rules on assigning and reporting in more than one basic classification, see WAC 296-17-31017 Multiple classifications.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 51.04.020 and 51.16.035. WSR 23-23-155, § 296-17A-0301, filed 11/21/23, effective 1/1/24; WSR 20-20-108, § 296-17A-0301, filed 10/6/20, effective 1/1/21. Statutory Authority: RCW 51.16.035 and WAC 296-17-31029. WSR 17-03-109, § 296-17A-0301, filed 1/17/17, effective 4/1/17. Statutory Authority: RCW 51.04.020 and 51.16.035. WSR 14-17-085, § 296-17A-0301, filed 8/19/14, effective 9/19/14. Statutory Authority: RCW 51.04.020, 51.16.035, and 51.16.100. WSR 12-11-109, § 296-17A-0301, filed 5/22/12, effective 7/1/12. WSR 07-01-014, recodified as § 296-17A-0301, filed 12/8/06, effective 12/8/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 51.16.035, 51.04.020. WSR 00-14-052, § 296-17-510, filed 7/1/00, effective 7/1/00. Statutory Authority: RCW 51.16.035. WSR 98-18-042, § 296-17-510, filed 8/28/98, effective 10/1/98; WSR 96-12-039, § 296-17-510, filed 5/31/96, effective 7/1/96. Statutory Authority: RCW 51.04.020(1) and 51.16.035. WSR 93-12-093, § 296-17-510, filed 5/31/93, effective 7/1/93. Statutory Authority: RCW 51.16.035. WSR 85-24-032 (Order 85-33), § 296-17-510, filed 11/27/85, effective 1/1/86; WSR 85-06-026 (Order 85-7), § 296-17-510, filed 2/28/85, effective 4/1/85; WSR 83-24-017 (Order 83-36), § 296-17-510, filed 11/30/83, effective 1/1/84. Statutory Authority: RCW 51.04.030 and 51.16.035. WSR 79-12-086 (Order 79-18), § 296-17-510, filed 11/30/79, effective 1/1/80; Order 76-36, § 296-17-510, filed 11/30/76; Order 73-22, § 296-17-510, filed 11/9/73, effective 1/1/74.]