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Landscape Horticulturalist Trade Regulations

made under

Section 17A of the

Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act

S.N.S. 2003, c. 1

N.S. Reg. 219/2018 (effective December 5, 2018)

amended to N.S. Reg. 161/2022 (effective July 6, 2022)

Table of Contents

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Citation

Definitions

Term of apprenticeship for landscape horticulturalist trade

Hours in level of term of apprenticeship for landscape horticulturalist trade

Wage

schedule for apprentices in landscape horticulturist trade

Certificate in landscape horticulturist trade through trade qualification

Compliance with identity card requirements of General Regulations

Transition

Citation

1 These trade regulations may be cited as the Landscape Horticulturist Trade Regulations .

Definitions

(1) In these regulations,

“Act” means the Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act ;

“General Regulations” means the Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act

General Regulations made under the Act;

“hardscape” means the inanimate elements of a landscape, including precast

concrete products, natural stone, wood, metals and other natural or fabricated

materials used in landscape structures, furnishings and features;

“landscape” means the lay of the land, including plants and other physical features

such as lawn or meadow areas, waterways, pavement, utilities and structures;

“landscape horticulturalist” means the occupation of a landscape horticulturist,

consisting of laying out, preparing and maintaining a sustainable landscape, and

including

(

i) installing and maintaining hardscape and softscape,

(ii) pre-installation activities, such as planning and organizing the

installation and preparing the site;

“softscape” means the animate elements of a landscape, including soil, soil

amendments, mulch, seed, turf and plant material used in the landscape.

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

these regulations.

Term of apprenticeship for landscape horticulturalist trade

(1) The term of apprenticeship for the landscape horticulturalist trade consists of

(a) 6000 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; and

(

c) a certification examination.

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

horticulturalist trade as permitted by subsection 12(2) of the General Regulations

must be no longer than 3 months.

4 [repealed]

Hours in level of term of apprenticeship for landscape horticulturalist trade

5 The number of hours specified for the purposes of clause 26(1A)(

a) of the General

Regulations for a level of apprenticeship in the landscape horticulturist trade is 1500

documented hours.

Wage

schedule for apprentices in landscape horticulturist trade

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

minimum wage for each hour worked by a landscape horticulturist apprentice in

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

landscape horticulturist journeyperson in the same place of employment, as set out

in the following table:

Wages for Landscape Horticulturist Apprentice

Level of

Apprenticeship

Hours in Level of

Apprenticeship

Minimum Wage

(% of journeyperson’s wage)

0–1500

55%

1501–3000

65%

3001–4500

75%

4501–6000

90%

(2) An employer must not employ a landscape horticulturist 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 landscape horticulturist trade through trade qualification

7 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 landscape

horticulturalist trade is 9000 hours.

Compliance with identity card requirements of General Regulations

8 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 landscape

horticulturist 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

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

apprentice in an apprenticeship program under the Landscape Horticulturist Trade

Regulations , N.S. Reg. 219/2016, continues as an apprentice in that apprenticeship

program under these regulations.

Legislative History

Reference Tables

Landscape Horticulturalist Trade Regulations

N.S. Reg.

219/2018

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 Landscape Horticulturalist 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

219/2018

Dec 5, 2018

date made

Dec 21, 2018

161/2022

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

4 ........................................................

rep. 161/2022

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

219/2016

Landscape Horticulturalist Trade Regulations

Oct 5, 2016

Dec 5, 2018

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.