Client declaration form

COIDA sub-class declaration.

Workmen's Compensation (Compensation for Occupational Injuries & Diseases Act, 1993) — industry sub-class declaration for registration with the Compensation Fund.

~5 minutes to complete Electronic signature POPIA compliant
Why this form matters. The Compensation Fund classifies every employer into an industry sub-class that determines the annual assessment rate. The sub-class must reflect the actual nature of your business activities. MAPD Accounting will register your business with the Compensation Fund using exactly the sub-class(es) you declare below. Please read each sub-class description carefully before selecting. A reference list of all classes and sub-classes is available at the bottom of this form.
01 — Business details

Who is the employer?

02 — Authorised representative

Who is declaring?

The person completing this declaration on behalf of the business. This person must be authorised to commit the business to the declared sub-class.

03 — Nature of business

What does the business actually do?

Describe in your own words what your business actually does day-to-day. Be specific — this description must align with the sub-class(es) you select in Section 4.

04 — Sub-class selection

Choose the correct sub-class(es).

Select the COIDA sub-class(es) that best describe your business. If your business has more than one distinct operation (e.g. a builder who also operates a separate retail hardware store), add additional sub-classes. The reference list at the bottom of this form contains all available sub-classes.

05 — Declaration & authorisation

Sign and authorise.

I declare and acknowledge as follows:

  1. The information provided in this form is true, complete and accurate as at the date of declaration.
  2. I have read and understood the description(s) of the COIDA sub-class(es) selected in Section 4 and confirm that they reflect the actual nature of the business activities.
  3. I am duly authorised to make this declaration on behalf of the business named above.
  4. I instruct and authorise MAPD Accounting to register the business with the Compensation Fund using the sub-class(es) declared in Section 4 of this form.
  5. I understand that the sub-class determines the annual COIDA assessment tariff payable by the business, and that the Compensation Fund may independently re-classify the business if its inspection finds the activities differ from those declared.
  6. I acknowledge that any subsequent request to amend, correct or change the sub-class registered (whether due to error in this declaration, change in business activities, or any other reason) will be treated as a separate billable amendment by MAPD Accounting, charged at MAPD's prevailing rates.
  7. I indemnify MAPD Accounting against any penalties, interest, back-assessments or losses arising from the sub-class declared herein being subsequently found to be incorrect or incomplete.
  8. I consent to the processing of the personal information provided in this form in accordance with the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (POPIA), for the purpose of effecting the COIDA registration and related services.
By typing your name, you are providing an electronic signature with the same legal effect as a handwritten signature.
On submission, a copy of this declaration will be sent to MAPD Accounting and a confirmation email to the address provided. Please retain a copy for your records.
📋 Reference: Full list of COIDA Classes and Sub-Classes

Source: Compensation Fund, Department of Employment and Labour — Form W.Cl.150T(E) Classification of Industries. This list is provided as a reference to assist sub-class selection.

CLASS I — AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, ETC.

  • 0111(1) — Stock farming and any farming operations not otherwise definable (mainly livestock)
  • 0111(2) — Oyster cultivation; sheep shearing; dipping contractors; agricultural shows; conservancy patrol
  • 0114 — Forestry, horticulture and/or crop farming (with tractors/power-driven saws); orchard cultivation; ploughing; nut shelling; threshing
  • 0116 — Mixed livestock farming and tillage on roughly equal scale (with tractors/power-driven saws)
  • 0118 — Sugar cane and/or tea growing; sugar milling including cane cutting, loading, weighing, etc.

CLASS III — FISHING, ETC.

  • 0300 — Fishing, rock lobster catching, sealing, etc. (sea-going operations, excluding land-based processing/factory ships)

CLASS IV — MINING, QUARRYING, SAND PITS, ETC.

  • 0400 — Underground mining (excl. coal); prospecting via shafts/tunnels/winches; mine dump contracting
  • 0411 — Coal mining
  • 0420 — Open coal mining; alluvial mining; sand, gravel and clay pits; salt pans; prospect drilling; recovery of gold from mine dumps
  • 0440 — Quarrying of stone, flint, lime, etc., including stone crushing

CLASS V — BUILDING CONSTRUCTION, ETC.

  • 0500 — General building operations; demolition; roofing; painting/plastering; tombstone erection; swimming pool construction; electrical contractors
  • 0501(i) — Ceiling, flooring, tiling, plumbing, sports ground & landscape contractors
  • 0501(ii) — Window cleaning
  • 0501(iii) — Sign erection including signwriting on buildings
  • 0501(iv) — Maintenance and cleaning of swimming pools as a separate business
  • 0502 — Tunnelling, rock drilling and/or blasting; well sinking
  • 0505 — Water boring and other drilling activities not elsewhere stated
  • 0512 — Civil engineering; road making; sanitary/sewer construction; bridge, railway, dam, harbour construction; steel reinforcing
  • 0521 — Maintenance and operation of irrigation and water works not otherwise stated
  • 0530 — Erection/dismantling of steel structures, scaffolds, shuttering; alteration/repair of tall buildings/towers/chimneys over 12m
  • 0531 — Lift, heating, ventilation, refrigeration installation/repair; windmill, fence and electrified fencing erection

CLASS VI — FOODS, DRINKS, TOBACCO, ETC.

  • 0600 — Wholesale and retail meat trade; abattoirs; bacon and meat curing; meat canning
  • 0601 — Dairying, milk depots, butter, cheese, ice cream factories; cold storage operations
  • 0610 — Fish and/or lobster processing on land
  • 0612 — Fresh fruit packing, grading and/or storing
  • 0613 — Jam, preserving, canning of fruit/vegetables; dehydrated food manufacturing
  • 0621 — Corn and grain milling; cereal food manufacturing; peanut products; household oil
  • 0622 — Baking, confectionery, biscuit, chocolate, cocoa, sweet manufacturing
  • 0630 — Animal food manufacturing; lucerne milling; miscellaneous food products
  • 0640 — Aerated mineral water, cordial, fruit juice manufacturing; bottling as a separate business
  • 0641 — Brewing and/or malt manufacturing including distributing depots
  • 0642 — Wineries; distilling; manufacturing of spirituous liquors; grape juice/syrup
  • 0650(i) — Coffee/tea grinding, blending, packing; peanut roasting as separate business
  • 0650(ii) — Cigarettes and/or tobacco manufacturing and/or warehousing

CLASS VII — TEXTILES, ETC.

  • 0700 — Blanket manufacturing; cloth milling; textile weaving; wool washing; spinning
  • 0701 — Cotton ginning; cottonseed oil; cotton waste spinning; cotton wool manufacturing
  • 0712 — Bag-making; plastic article/clothing/bag manufacture (no moulding); mattress, net, sail, canvas, rope, twine, motor trimmers
  • 0720 — Art needlework; cap, hat, clothing manufacturing; knitting; dressmaking; tailoring; curtains; soft furnishings

CLASS VIII — WOOD INDUSTRY, UPHOLSTERY, ETC.

  • 0801 — Sawmilling as separate business including woodworking operations
  • 0810 — Builders' hardware with woodworking; timber contractors; carpentry; furniture manufacturing; boat building (wood/fibreglass); wood pulping
  • 0811 — Basket, blind, brush, broom, match, picture frame, sports goods, umbrella, cork manufacturing; upholstery; cane furniture

CLASS IX — PRINTING AND PAPER INDUSTRY, ETC.

  • 0900 — Printing and publishing; cardboard/strawboard box manufacturing; stationery; paper bag/toilet paper; die-sinking and engraving
  • 0910 — Paper, cardboard and/or strawboard manufacturing where no wood pulping is involved

CLASS X — CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, RUBBER, OIL, PAINT, ETC.

  • 1000 — Explosives manufacturing; fumigation, pest/rodent extermination, chemical treatment
  • 1005 — Explosives, acid, dip, spray, insecticide and chemical manufacturing combined; fireworks
  • 1020 — Chrome salts, bonemeal, fertiliser, paint, disinfectant, glue, ice, plastic moulding/extrusion; gas, coke, charcoal
  • 1025 — Candle, soap, grease manufacturing; cotton-seed oil
  • 1030 — Polish, perfume, beauty preparations, medicine, toilet requisites, dry-cell battery
  • 1041 — Oil (mineral) and petrol refining/blending/distribution; turbinate shale
  • 1050 — Rubber stamp; rubber and canvas shoe manufacturing; mats from discarded tyres; adhesive and insulation tape
  • 1052 — Vulcanising/retreading; rubber product manufacturing including pneumatic tyres

CLASS XI — LEATHER INDUSTRY, ETC.

  • 1100 — Tanning and/or curing of hides and skins; fell stripping
  • 1105 — Leather clothing, boots, shoes, slippers; shoe repairing; fancy leather goods; harness/saddle making

CLASS XII — GLASS, BRICKS, TILES, CONCRETE, ETC.

  • 1200 — Glass and/or bottle manufacturing; incandescent lamp manufacturing
  • 1201 — Leaded lights; glazing, bevelling, silvering; glass merchants
  • 1210 — Cement and lime manufacturing including kaolin works and incidental quarrying
  • 1211 — Concrete products manufacturing as a separate business
  • 1220 — Brick, tile and/or pottery manufacturing including gypsum works
  • 1230 — Granite/marble products; monumental works; sculpture as separate business

CLASS XIII — IRON, STEEL, ARTIFICIAL LIMBS, GALVANISING, GARAGES, METALS, ETC.

  • 1300 — Iron and steel production including processing and incidental quarrying/mining
  • 1301 — Foundry products; stove manufacturing
  • 1331 — Small metalwork: buttons, buckles, hairpins, badges, pellets, leaden toys, solder, venetian blinds, artificial limbs, number plates
  • 1340 — Metal tubes, furniture, doors, windows, sheetmetal, wire, fencing, blacksmithing, welding, galvanising, metal/engineering works
  • 1350 — Electric cable manufacturing; safety razor blade manufacturing
  • 1360 — Motorcar assembly as a business including all related operations
  • 1361(a)/(b) — Motor garaging, servicing, repairing; automotive electrician; petrol station; locksmith; aircraft servicing; parking attendants; motor dealers
  • 1363 — Wagon, coach, motor body building; panel beating and spraying; motor radiator manufacturing/repair

CLASS XIV — JEWELLERS, DIAMONDS, ASBESTOS, BITUMEN, ETC.

  • 1400 — Diamond/precious stone dealers; jewellers; watchmaking/repair; optical instruments; surgical/scientific instruments
  • 1401 — Electroplating as a separate business
  • 1420 — Asbestos products manufacturing (not incidental to mining); bitumen products manufacturing

CLASS XV — TRADE, COMMERCE, ETC.

  • 1511 — Wholesale/retail liquor; supermarket/grocer; market agent; butter/egg/fish/poultry merchants; fruit/vegetable hawker; florist
  • 1520 — Wholesale/retail tailors, outfitters, furriers, milliners, boot and shoe shops
  • 1532 — Musical instruments, computers, household electrical appliances, video, TV, wireless dealers; electric clock repair; armature winding
  • 1540(a) — Curio, art, antique, carpet dealers; taxidermist; sports goods; departmental stores; retail shopkeepers not otherwise stated
  • 1540(b) — Agricultural/retail machinery dealer; retail/wholesale hardware merchant; machinery importer/distributor (no repairs/installation)
  • 1540(c) — Pedal cycle or sewing machine dealer including repairs and assembly
  • 1540(d) — Furniture dealer (no woodworking machines, no storage/removal); pawn shop
  • 1542(a) — Cement, lime or coal merchant; ship's chandler
  • 1542(b) — Wholesale/retail iron, steel, scrap metal, mining material merchants
  • 1542(c) — Agricultural/irrigation machinery and hardware merchants who undertake installation/erection/repairs
  • 1542(d) — Paint, glue, plumber's accessories, wire, gate or fencing material merchant
  • 1542(e) — Gunsmith including the sale of arms and ammunition as a separate business
  • 1542(f) — Builders' supply merchant with no woodworking machine operations
  • 1550 — General retail; chemist/herbalist; photographer; tobacconist; bookseller/stationer; office equipment; commercial traveller; wholesale merchants not otherwise stated

CLASS XVI — BANKING, FINANCE, INSURANCE, ETC.

  • 1600 — Banking, insurance, financial investment or trust company; stock/share broker; estate and financial agent; building society; medical aid funds; assessors

CLASS XVII — AIR, ROAD TRANSPORT HAULIERS, ETC.

  • 1701 — Air transportation; aerial surveying and photography as separate business
  • 1710 — Railways; taxicab, motorbus, motor driving schools; aerial cable ways; parcel delivery
  • 1711 — Cartage, transport or sanitary service contractor; strewing of fertiliser as a business
  • 1715 — All TRANSNET operations
  • 1720 — Tourist, travel, shipping forwarding, landing/stevedoring agent; tally clerks; motor vehicle hiring (no repairs); transport brokers
  • 1722 — Boat/ferry owners; ship salvers; ship owners; pleasure boats; stevedoring; loading/discharge of trucks/vessels; aerial crop spraying
  • 1723 — Bonded warehouses; fruit stowage inspector; ships' painters/cleaners
  • 1730 — Operating and maintaining of broadcasting stations (excluding erection)
  • 1745 — Telecommunication services
  • 1750 — Postal services

CLASS XVIII — LOCAL AUTHORITIES, POWER STATIONS, ETC.

  • 1800 — City/municipal/borough/town/divisional councils; village management boards; local boards; health committees; township/estate management with local-authority functions
  • 1820 — Operating of power station for the generation and supply of electricity (as separate business)

CLASS XIX — PERSONAL SERVICES, HOTELS, FLATS, ETC.

  • 1900 — Boarding houses, licensed hotels, billiard saloons, cafés, catering, restaurants, tearooms, bars, social/night clubs, garrison institutes
  • 1910 — Cleaning and dyeing; dry-cleaning including receiving depots; laundering
  • 1920 — Hairdressers; barbers; beauty parlours
  • 1940 — Funeral undertaking and directing (excl. coffin manufacturing/monumental masonry); crematoria; cemetery boards
  • 1960 — Property managing including service flats; advertising agents; commercial artists; debt collection; personnel recruitment (excl. labour hire); messenger agency; store detectives
  • 1970 — Security services
  • 1975 — Correctional Services

CLASS XX — ENTERTAINMENT, SPORT, ETC.

  • 2000 — Dance halls; entertainment exhibitions including theatres and bioscopes; music halls; skating rinks; games of skill; wonderland arcades; film production/distribution; physical culture coaches
  • 2010 — Automobile clubs; sports clubs not otherwise stated; boating/rowing/yacht clubs with no sea-going or woodworking risks; boxing or wrestling promoters; bookmakers
  • 2011 — Amusement parks; circuses; pleasure-grounds; stock car racing
  • 2020 — Horse trainers/dealers; racing stable proprietors; racing/turf/jockey clubs

CLASS XXI — MEDICAL SERVICES, ANIMAL HOSPITALS, ETC.

  • 2100 — Dentistry; medical practitioners; masseurs; radiologists; nursing and ambulance associations; chiropodists; electromedical institutes
  • 2110 — Hospitals; maternity/nursing homes; medical research laboratories; asylums; clinics; veterinary surgeons; dog breeders; bird fanciers; pet dealers; animal hospitals

CLASS XXII — PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, ETC.

  • 2200 — Analysts; assayers; analytical chemists; architects; surveyors; geologists; consulting engineers; messengers of the Court; observatories
  • 2210 — Accountants, auditors, advocates, attorneys, conveyancers, notaries, law agents, quantity surveyors; editing and journalistic work (no printing); press agencies; typing; other professions not otherwise stated

CLASS XXIII — EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, ETC.

  • 2300 — Educational services: universities, colleges, trade schools, training ships, art galleries, music/dance schools, nursery schools, libraries, museums, botanical gardens
  • 2320 — Services connected with national parks; zoological gardens; hunting safaris

CLASS XXIV — CHARITABLE, RELIGIOUS, POLITICAL AND TRADE ORGANISATIONS, ETC.

  • 2410 — Trade unions; industrial councils; trade/professional associations; chambers of commerce; unemployment benefit funds; charitable institutions; child welfare; orphanages; religious/political organisations; SPCA; freemasons; boy scouts; mission stations; Red Cross

Declaration received.

Thank you. Your COIDA sub-class declaration has been submitted to MAPD Accounting.

A confirmation copy has been sent to the email address you provided. We will proceed with the Compensation Fund registration using the sub-class(es) you declared.

Reference: A timestamped record of this submission has been retained as proof of declaration.

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