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This class includes a great variety of service activities generally delivered to commercial clients. It includes those activities for which more advanced professional, scientific and technical skill levels are required, but excludes ongoing, routine business functions that are generally of short duration.

  • 74.99.0 All other professional, scientific and technical services n.e.c.
  • 74.99.01 Bill auditing and freight rate information services
  • 74.99.02 Environmental consulting services

    This subcategory includes:

    • environmental assessments, i.e. objective studies undertaken for any one or more of the following purposes: identify whether or not environmental contamination exists at a particular site, and if so the source, nature, and extent of the contamination; assess the risk to public safety and health from environmental contamination associated with a project that is proposed or in place; evaluate the impact on the ecology or economy of environmental changes resulting from human or natural activities
    • environmental audits, i.e. independent assessment of the current status of a party's compliance with applicable environmental requirements or of a party’s environmental compliance policies, practices and controls
    • site remediation planning services, i.e. preparation of plans for the abatement of environmental contamination, usually at a specific site, that incorporate such technical or other requirements as may be prescribed by law or regulation
    • evaluation of environmental studies, i.e. provision of analysis that explains the strengths or weaknesses of an environmental study and provides the basis for alternative judgments. The evaluation of environmental studies may also include an analysis of future responses to environmental regulators
    • natural resource management consulting, i.e. provision of objective information, advice, or guidance concerning the best practices for ecologically sustainable development and use of: land; forests; bodies of water; gas, oil, and mineral deposits; wildlife populations and other natural resources
    • waste management consulting, i.e. provision of objective information, advice, or guidance concerning the best practices for the minimisation, transport, handling, disposal and/or recycling of waste
    • environmental policy development consulting, i.e. advising public or private institutions on the design, development and implementation of environmental statutes, regulations, standards, or practices
    • other environmental consulting services n.e.c.
  • 74.99.03 Weather forecasting and meteorological services

    This subcategory includes:

    • providing meteorological analysis of the atmosphere and predicting weather processes and weather conditions
  • 74.99.04 Artist and sport agent services

    This subcategory includes:

    • services provided by agencies and agents on behalf of individuals seeking engagements in motion pictures, theatrical productions or other entertainment or sports attractions
    • placement of books, plays, artworks, photographs etc. with publishers, producers etc.

    This subcategory excludes:

    • arts facilities operation services, see 90.31.01 , 90.31.02
    • sports event organisation services, see 93.11.00 , 93.12.00
  • 74.99.05 Business brokerage and appraisal services other than for real estate and insurance

    This subcategory includes:

    • services of arranging for the purchase and sale of small and medium-sized businesses, including professional practices
    • appraisal services for antiques, jewellery etc.

    This subcategory excludes:

    • appraisal services for insurance, see 66.21.00
    • services provided by real estate brokers, see 68.31.0
    • real estate appraisal services, see 68.32.09
  • 74.99.09 Other miscellaneous professional, scientific and technical services n.e.c.

    This subcategory includes:

    • scientific consulting services from mathematicians, statisticians etc.
    • services provided by agronomists and agricultural economists
    • services provided by quantity surveyors
    • services provided by other scientific and technical consultants n.e.c.
    • other miscellaneous professional, scientific and technical services n.e.c.

    This subcategory excludes:

    • services provided by management consultants, see 70.20.1
    • services provided by architecture and engineering consultants, see 71.11.24 , 71.12.11
    • services provided by marketing consultants, see 73.11.0
    • services provided by artist and sport agents, see 74.99.04