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Alarm and Security Technician Trade Regulations

made under

Section 17A of the

Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act

S.N.S. 2003, c. 1

N.S. Reg. 203/2016 (effective April 1, 2017)

amended to N.S. Reg. 142/2022 (effective July 6, 2022)

Table of Contents

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Citation

Definitions

Term of apprenticeship for alarm and security technician trade

Wage

schedule for apprentices in alarm and security technician trade

Certificate in alarm and security technician trade through trade qualification

Compliance with identity card requirements of General Regulations

Transition

Citation

1 These trade regulations may be cited as the Alarm and Security Technician Trade

Regulations .

Definitions

(1) In these regulations,

“Act” means the Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act ;

“alarm and security technician trade” means the occupation of an alarm and

security technician, consisting of installing, adjusting, altering, inspecting, testing,

activating, repairing and servicing security systems with voltages of 50 V or less,

but not fire alarm systems, and including all of the following:

(

i) analyzing security requirements and risks,

(ii) conducting a physical survey of the areas to be secured and their

functions, and a survey of client behaviours and lifestyles,

(iii) designing the security system, including selecting input and output

devices, any necessary control, monitoring, viewing or signal[l]ing

equipment and any accessories essential to the operation of the

equipment,

(iv) preparing for the system installation by reading the work order and

checking the site drawings to confirm locations for the security

equipment,

(

v) confirming the availability of all third-party services such as

telephone lines and power,

(vi) obtaining the tools, equipment and supplies required for installing a

security system,

(vii) locating all shut-offs and conducting safety hazard assessments,

(viii) installing cable and wire terminations to all devices, equipment and

system accessories as part of the installation of a security system,

(ix) programming on-site control equipment and conducting off-site

programming, including downloading software,

(

x) establishing the necessary records for off-site monitoring,

(xi) conducting post-installation follow-up, including system performance

tests,

(xii) providing the customer with a system demonstration and operational

training,

(xiii) performing both on-site and off-site tests and maintenance and

maintaining a repair history;

“fire alarm system” means a control panel combined with detection devices, pull

stations and alarm devices, all of which are separate from a security system and are

required to meet the standards set out in the Nova Scotia Building Code

Regulations made under the Building Code Act ;

“General Regulations” means the Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act

General Regulations made under the Act;

“security system” includes all of the following:

(

i) an intrusion alarm system,

(ii) an access control system,

(iii) a closed-circuit video system,

(iv) a remote signal[l]ing system connected to an alarm output from a fire

alarm system or sprinkler system and any equipment or accessories

essential to the operation of the remote signal[l]ing system.

(2) A term defined in the General Regulations has the same meaning when used in

these regulations.

Term of apprenticeship for alarm and security technician trade

(1) The term of apprenticeship for the alarm and security technician trade consists of

all of the following:

(a) 5400 documented hours of the combination of practical experience and the

portion of technical training spent learning the skills of the designated trade

as described in clause 26(1A)(

a) of the General Regulations and as

approved by the Director;

(

b) related technical training as described in clause 26(1A)(

b) of the General

Regulations and as approved by the Director;

(

c) a certification examination.

(2) Any probationary period included in a term of apprenticeship for the alarm and

security technician trade as permitted by subsection 12(2) of the General

Regulations must be no longer than 3 months.

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Wage

schedule for apprentices in alarm and security technician trade

(1) Subject to subsection (2) and to subsection 25(3) of the General Regulations, the

minimum wage for each hour worked by an alarm and security technician

apprentice in each portion of levels 1 and 2 and in level 3 in their term of

apprenticeship is a percentage of the wage for an alarm and security technician

journeyperson in the same place of employment, as set out in the following table:

Wages for Alarm and Security Technician Apprentice

Level of

Apprenticeship

Hours in Level or

Portion of Level

of Apprenticeship

Minimum Wage

(% of journeyperson’s wage)

0–900

55%

901–1800

65%

1801–2700

75%

2701–3600

85%

3601–5400

95%

(2) An employer must not employ an alarm and security technician apprentice at a

wage for actual hours worked that is lower than the wage that would be paid at the

minimum wage rate prescribed in the Minimum Wage Order (General) made

under the Labour Standards Code .

Certificate in alarm and security technician trade through trade qualification

6 The period of employment in the designated trade that is required by paragraph

30(1)(a)(ii)(

B) of the General Regulations for a person who does not hold a certificate of

apprenticeship and is applying for a certificate of qualification in the alarm and security

technician trade is 8100 hours.

Compliance with identity card requirements of General Regulations

7 For the purposes of

Section 34 of the General Regulations, which requires an apprentice

or journeyperson to keep their identity card in their possession when practising the

designated trade and produce it on request, a person is practising the alarm and security

technician trade while the person is doing any of the following:

(

a) for an apprentice,

(

i) acquiring practical experience in the trade, or

(ii) learning the skills of the trade during the technical training portion of

apprenticeship training;

(

b) for a journeyperson, performing the duties of the trade as defined in these

regulations or their duties as set out in the General Regulations.

Transition

8 A person who, immediately before the coming into force of these regulations, was an

apprentice in an apprenticeship program under the Alarm and Security Technician Trade

Regulations , N.S. Reg. 186/2012, continues as an apprentice in that apprenticeship

program under these regulations.

Legislative History

Reference Tables

Alarm and Security Technician Trade Regulations

N.S. Reg.

203/2016

Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act

Note: The

information in these tables does not form part of the regulations and is

compiled by the Office of the Registrar of Regulations for reference only.

Source Law

The current consolidation of the Alarm and Security Technician Trade Regulations made

under the Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act includes all of the following regulations:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

203/2016

Apr 1, 2017

date specified

Oct 28, 2016

142/2022

Jul 6, 2022

date filed

Jul 15, 2022

The following regulations are not

yet in force and are not included in the current consolidation:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

*See subsection 3(6) of the Regulations Act for

rules about in force dates of regulations.

Amendments by Provision

ad. = added

am. = amended

fc. = fee change

ra. = reassigned

rep. = repealed

rs . = repealed and substituted

Provision affected

How affected

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rep. 142/2022

Note that changes to headings are not

included in the above table.

Editorial Notes and Corrections

Note

Effective

date

Repealed and Superseded

N.S.

Regulation

Title

In force

date

Repealed

date

186/2012

Alarm and Security Technician Trade Regulations

Oct 2, 2012

Apr 1, 2017

Note: Only

regulations that are specifically repealed and replaced appear in this

table. It may not reflect the entire

history of regulations on this subject matter.