5308-20 Community action organizations - Professional services and administrative employees

     Applies to organizations performing an array of services to support the local community and citizens in need. The services provided by community action organizations include:

     • After school care;

     • Alternative schools;

     • Child care;

     • Decent, safe and sanitary living accommodations for low-income or needy citizens;

     • Drug and alcohol recovery programs;

     • Employment or independence training, counseling and assistance;

     • Food and clothing banks;

     • In-home chore services;

     • Meals;

     • Medical services;

     • Transitional or emergency housing;

     • Weatherization.

     This classification applies to professional services and administrative employees. Work duties in this classification are not performed exclusively in an administrative office environment. Travel may be necessary to perform work at an alternate work site for appointments with clients, patients, meetings, presentations, agency promotions, or other required out-of-office administrative type work. Work performed in this classification may include, but is not limited to:

     • Child care professionals or teachers;

     • Counselors or educators for various programs;

     • Estimators and project managers who do not supervise a work crew or perform any type of labor;

     • Medical, dental and nursing services;

     • Program coordinators and directors.

     Excluded from this risk classification is any manual labor or supervision of a work crew that performs manual labor, construction or maintenance work, work in a food bank, delivery, or other similar work which is to be reported in risk classification 1501-20; chore workers/home service workers who are to be reported in 6511-20; office employees who work exclusively in an administrative office environment who are to be reported in risk classification 4904-20; housing authorities which are to be reported in 1501-01 and 5306-26; welfare special works programs which are to be reported in 6505; work activity centers which are to be reported in 7309; and volunteers who are to be reported in risk classification 6901.

     See classifications 1501-20 and 4904-20 for other community action operations.

     Note: Businesses providing one of the services described in this class are to be assigned the classification applicable to the service provided. If all conditions of the general reporting rules have been met, standard exception classifications may apply.