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Auto Body and Collision Technician Trade Regulations

made under subsection 17A(2) of the

Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act

S.N.S. 2003, c. 1

O.I.C. 2019-121 (effective April 9, 2019), N.S. Reg. 55/2019

amended to O.I.C. 2025-272 (effective October 6, 2025), N.S. Reg. 199/2025

Table of Contents

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Citation

Definitions

Auto body and collision technician trade is compulsory certified trade

Person other than auto body and collision technician performing work in trade

Exemption applications under General Regulations permitted for auto body and collision

technician trade

Term of apprenticeship for auto body and collision technician trade

Wage

schedule for apprentices in auto body and collision technician trade

Certificate in auto body and collision technician trade through trade qualification

Compliance with identity card requirements of General Regulations

Displaying certificate of qualification

Transition

Citation

1 These regulations may be cited as the Auto Body and Collision Technician Trade

Regulations .

Definitions

(1) In these regulations,

“Act” means the Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act ;

“auto body and collision technician trade” means the occupation of an auto body

and collision technician consisting of, except as provided in subsection (2),

repairing, restoring, replacing or refinishing any of the following components of a

motor vehicle that has been damaged in a collision:

(

i) structural and non-structural body components,

(ii) mechanical components,

(iii) electrical components,

(iv) structural and non-structural glass,

(

v) interior components,

(vi) passive and active restraint systems;

“General Regulations” means the Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act

General Regulations made under the Act;

“mechanical component” means any of the following motor vehicle components:

(

i) suspension and steering system,

(ii) drive train,

(iii) exhaust system,

(iv) air intake system,

(

v) fuel system components,

(vi) air-conditioning system,

(vii) heating and cooling system,

(viii) braking system and components,

(ix) accessories;

“non-structural body component” means a non-structural component that is

attached with a mechanical fastener to a structural body component.

(2) For the purposes of these regulations, the occupation of auto body and collision

technician does not include any of the following work:

(

a) repairing or replacing structural or non-structural glass;

(

b) repairing, restoring or replacing interior or exterior trim.

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

these regulations.

Auto body and collision technician trade is compulsory certified trade

3 The auto body and collision technician trade is specified as a compulsory certified trade.

Person other than auto body and collision technician performing work in trade

4 A person who does not hold a certificate of qualification in the auto body and collision

technician trade may perform work included in the definition of the auto body and

collision technician 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 auto body and collision

technician 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 auto body and collision technician trade.

Term of apprenticeship for auto body and collision technician trade

(1) The term of apprenticeship for the auto body and collision technician 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 auto body and

collision technician 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 auto body and collision 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 auto body and collision technician

apprentice in each portion of a level of their term of apprenticeship is a percentage

of the wage for an auto body and collision technician journeyperson in the same

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

Wages for Auto Body and Collision Technician Apprentice

Level of

Apprenticeship

Hours in Portion of Level

of Apprenticeship

Minimum Wage

(% of journeyperson’s wage)

0–900

50%

901–1800

55%

1801–2700

60%

2701–3600

65%

3601–4500

70%

4501–5400

75%

5401–6300

85%

6301–7200

90%

(2) An employer must not employ an auto body and collision 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 auto body and collision technician trade through 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 auto body and

collision technician 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 auto body and

collision 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.

Displaying certificate of qualification

(1) An auto body and collision technician journeyperson must display their certificate

of qualification in a conspicuous location at their place of employment.

(2) The employer of an auto body and collision technician journeyperson must provide

suitable space for the display of the journeyperson’s certificate of qualification.

Transition

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

apprentice in an apprenticeship program under the Motor Vehicle Body Repairer (Metal

and Paint) Trade Regulations , N.S. Reg. 189/2016, 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

Auto Body and Collision Technician Trade Regulations

N.S. Reg.

55/2019

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 Auto Body and Collision 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

55/2019

Apr 9, 2019

date specified

Apr 26, 2019

128/2022

Jul 5, 2022

date specified

Jul 15, 2022

199/2025

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. 128/2022

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

rep. 199/2025

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

189/2016

Motor Vehicle Body Repairer (Metal and Paint) Trade

Regulations

Apr 1, 2017

Apr 9, 2019

257/2009

Motor Vehicle Body Repairer (Metal and Paint) Trade

Regulations

Aug 4, 2009

Apr 1, 2017

132/1978

Motor Vehicle Body Repairer (Metal and Paint) Trade

Regulations

Jun 27, 1978

Aug 4, 2009

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.