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TV/Radio Antennae - Install

Industry Code: 42128

Compulsory

This is a supply and install industry of communication receiving equipment for broadcasts of TV signals, for the consumer market.

Operation Details:

This industry describes the sale and/or installation of TV antennae and satellite dishes for the consumer market, and includes storefront operations and activities to sell related items.

Installation may involve roof placement by bolting, yard placement by incidental concrete work, calibrating the receiver/system, and maybe running wire.

Businesses may use ladders, wiring, handtools, trucks, a warehouse service center and racks; and employ electrical technicians, laborers, warehouse staff, sales/estimators, and office/administrative staff.

Underwriting Considerations:

This industry allows for underground cable or wire installation when done in conjunction with the sale of the equipment.

Television and internet cable installation is included in this industry, providing that it is separate from the internet provider. Businesses of this nature tend to be of a proprietor type, and need to fulfill the qualifications of acquiring a WCB account. Cable internet installers enter into a residential or commercial business and set up the physical means for accessing the internet. This includes the cable installation, as well as, ancillary software installation so the computer can access the internet provider's (IP) server. These businesses will work on behalf of numerous internet providers or may have a dedicated subcontract arrangement with one internet provider.

Cabling/wiring only services for office computer systems, telephones, etc. are classified in industry 42128.

Employers installing large communication sending/receiving towers or systems for commercial, industrial, cable or communication companies are classified in industry 42109.

Powerline Construction is classified in industry 40901.

Businesses that sell and install voice communication equipment to consumers (short-wave radios, cell-phones, etc.) are classified in industry 42160.

Premium Rate History:

Activities:

Antennae, Radio and Television, Install and Service
Cable Television Lines - Installation
Cable, Telephone - Splicing of
internet cable installers
Telephone Cable - Splicing of
Telephone Line Installation
Television and Radio Receiving Antennae - Install
Television Lines or Cable Television - Installation
Radio and Television Receivers, Installation of
Satellite Dishes - Sale and Installation

Rate Group History:

For 1997, this industry and others were placed in rate group 426100 in recognition of industries with similar systems services.

This is a supply and install industry of communication receiving equipment for broadcasts of TV signals, for the consumer market.

Premium Rate History:

Activities:

Antennae, Radio and Television, Install and Service
Cable Television Lines - Installation
Cable, Telephone - Splicing of
internet cable installers
Telephone Cable - Splicing of
Telephone Line Installation
Television and Radio Receiving Antennae - Install
Television Lines or Cable Television - Installation
Radio and Television Receivers, Installation of
Satellite Dishes - Sale and Installation

Operation Details:

This industry describes the sale and/or installation of TV antennae and satellite dishes for the consumer market, and includes storefront operations and activities to sell related items.

Installation may involve roof placement by bolting, yard placement by incidental concrete work, calibrating the receiver/system, and maybe running wire.

Businesses may use ladders, wiring, handtools, trucks, a warehouse service center and racks; and employ electrical technicians, laborers, warehouse staff, sales/estimators, and office/administrative staff.

Underwriting Considerations:

This industry allows for underground cable or wire installation when done in conjunction with the sale of the equipment.

Television and internet cable installation is included in this industry, providing that it is separate from the internet provider. Businesses of this nature tend to be of a proprietor type, and need to fulfill the qualifications of acquiring a WCB account. Cable internet installers enter into a residential or commercial business and set up the physical means for accessing the internet. This includes the cable installation, as well as, ancillary software installation so the computer can access the internet provider's (IP) server. These businesses will work on behalf of numerous internet providers or may have a dedicated subcontract arrangement with one internet provider.

Cabling/wiring only services for office computer systems, telephones, etc. are classified in industry 42128.

Employers installing large communication sending/receiving towers or systems for commercial, industrial, cable or communication companies are classified in industry 42109.

Powerline Construction is classified in industry 40901.

Businesses that sell and install voice communication equipment to consumers (short-wave radios, cell-phones, etc.) are classified in industry 42160.

Rate Group History:

For 1997, this industry and others were placed in rate group 426100 in recognition of industries with similar systems services.