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Sprinkler Fitter Trade Regulations

made under subsection 17A(2) of the

Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act

S.N.S. 2003, c. 1

O.I.C. 2019-120 (effective April 9, 2019), N.S. Reg. 54/2019

amended to O.I.C. 2025-272 (effective October 6, 2025), N.S. Reg. 208/2025

Table of Contents

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Citation

Definitions

Sprinkler fitter trade is compulsory certified trade

Person other than sprinkler fitter performing work in trade

Exemption applications under General Regulations permitted for sprinkler fitter trade

Term of apprenticeship for sprinkler fitter trade

Wage

schedule for apprentices in sprinkler fitter trade

Certificate in sprinkler fitter trade qualification

Compliance with identity card requirements of General Regulations

Transition

Citation

1 These regulations may be cited as the Sprinkler Fitter Trade Regulations .

Definitions

(1) In these regulations,

“Act” means the Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act ;

“emergency services” means the necessary work performed on a fixed fire

protection system to restore the system to its pre-incident state following activation

of the system as a result of an incident for which the system is designed;

“fixed fire protection system” means a stationary high- or low-pressure pipeline

system that supplies water, foam, gases, air or any other substance or material for

the purpose of extinguishing or preventing fire;

“General Regulations” means the Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act

General Regulations made under the Act;

“routine maintenance” means lubricating control valve stems, adjusting packing

glands on valves and pumps and bleeding moisture and condensation from air

compressors, air lines and dry-pipe system auxiliary drains;

“sprinkler system installer trade” means the occupation of a sprinkler fitter,

consisting of installing, inspecting, testing, maintaining and repairing fixed fire

protection systems, but does not include work performed in an industrial or

manufacturing facility that involves any of the following:

(

i) repairing or maintaining a fixed fire protection system as a part of the

routine maintenance of the system,

(ii) emergency services on a fixed fire protection system,

(iii) visually inspecting a fixed fire protection system,

(iv) pre-fabricating components of a fixed fire protection system in a

permanent structure,

(

v) installing and maintaining pre-engineered fixed automatic

extinguishing systems for commercial cooking ventilation systems.

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

these regulations.

Sprinkler fitter trade is compulsory certified trade

3 The sprinkler fitter trade is specified as a compulsory certified trade.

Person other than sprinkler fitter performing work in trade

4 A person who does not hold a certificate of qualification in the sprinkler fitter trade may

perform work included in the definition of the sprinkler fitter trade if the person holds a

certificate of qualification in another designated trade and the work to be performed

comes within the scope of that other designated trade.

Exemption applications under General Regulations permitted for sprinkler fitter trade

5 For the purposes of subsection 38(2) of the General Regulations, a joint application for

an exemption from the application of subsections 22(2) and (3) of the Act is permitted

for the sprinkler fitter trade.

Term of apprenticeship for sprinkler fitter trade

(1) The term of apprenticeship for the sprinkler fitter trade consists of all of the

following:

(a) 7200 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 sprinkler fitter

trade as permitted by subsection 12(2) of the General Regulations must be no

longer than 3 months.

7 [repealed]

Wage

schedule for apprentices in sprinkler fitter trade

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

minimum wage for each hour worked by a sprinkler fitter apprentice in each

portion of a level of their term of apprenticeship is a percentage of the wage for a

sprinkler fitter journeyperson in the same place of employment, as set out in the

following table:

Wages for Sprinkler Fitter Trade Apprentice

Level of

Apprenticeship

Hours in Portion of Level

of Apprenticeship

Minimum Wage

(% of journeyperson’s wage)

0–900

40%

901–1800

50%

1801–2700

55%

2701–3600

60%

3601–4500

65%

4501–5400

70%

5401–6300

75%

6301–7200

80%

(2) An employer must not employ a sprinkler fitter trade 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 sprinkler fitter trade qualification

9 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 sprinkler fitter trade

is 10 800 hours.

10 [repealed]

Compliance with identity card requirements of General Regulations

11 For the purposes of

Section 34 of the General Regulations, which requires an apprentice

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

designated trade and produce it on request, a person is practising the sprinkler fitter 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

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

apprentice in an apprenticeship program under the Sprinkler System Installer Trade

Regulations , N.S. Reg. 194/2016, made by the Governor in Council by Order in Council

2016-239 dated October 3, 2016, continues as an apprentice in that apprenticeship

program under these regulations.

Legislative History

Reference Tables

Sprinkler Fitter Trade Regulations

N.S. Reg.

54/2019

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 Sprinkler Fitter 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

54/2019

Apr 9, 2019

date specified

Apr 26, 2019

137/2022

Jul 5, 2022

date specified

Jul 15, 2022

208/2025

Oct 6, 2025

date specified

Oct 17, 2025

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

7 ........................................................

rep. 137/2022

10 ......................................................

rep. 208/2025

Note that changes to headings are not

included in the above table.

Editorial Notes and Corrections

Note

Effective

date

Original text does not include s. 12. S. 13 redesignated as s. 12 for the

purposes of this consolidation.

Repealed and Superseded

N.S.

Regulation

Title

In force

date

Repealed

date

194/2016

Sprinkler System Installer Trade Regulations

Apr 1, 2017

Apr 9, 2019

70/2014

Sprinkler System Installer Trade Regulations

May 20, 2014

Apr 1, 2017

84/1982

Sprinkler System Installer Trade Regulations

Apr 20, 1982

May 20, 2014

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.