WAC 296-17A-6706. Classification 6706

6706-01 Athletic teams: Operations and facilities Note: As used in this classification, the term "player" and "athlete" have the same meaning. Applies to: Workers employed by all types of athletic teams who care for a team's athletes, their equipment, the playing field/stadium/arena, or operate facilities during games. Worker occupations include, but are not limited to: • Coaching staff and managers of amateur teams. However, when the only employees of an amateur sports team are coaching staff and standard exception employees, the team reports its coaching staff in classification 6103. • Coaches and managers of professional and semiprofessional teams in the off-season only. Off-season follows the final competitive event. It begins after all athletes have left any premises used by their employer for player meetings, training, or practices, and continues until the time any of the players are assembled together again, by their employer, in preparation for the upcoming season. • Announcers; • Concessionaires; • Janitors; • Laundry workers; • Mascots; • Parking attendants; • Scorekeepers; • Security; • Stadium lighting and sound technicians; • Staff who maintain clubhouse/locker room and grounds; • Trainers; • Ushers. Exclusions: • Professional and semiprofessional athletes are classified in either 6707 or 6809; • Coaches and managers for professional and semiprofessional teams during the season are classified in either 6707 or 6809; • Referees, umpires, and other sports officials are classified in either 6707 or 6809; • Ticket sales from office or booth with no other duties are classified in 4904; • Businesses that own, or contract to maintain, a facility or stadium, but do not operate the facility for teams or sporting events are classified in 4910.