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Institutional Cook Trade Regulations

made under subsection 17A(1) of the

Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act

S.N.S. 2003, c. 1

N.S. Reg. 216/2023 (effective December 7, 2023)

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Citation

Definitions

Term of apprenticeship for institutional cook trade

Institutional cook trade certificate through trade qualification

Compliance with identity card requirements of General Regulations

Citation

1 These regulations may be cited as the Institutional Cook Trade Regulations .

Definitions

(1) In these regulations,

“Act” means the Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act ;

“cook trade” means the cook trade as defined in the Cook Trade Regulations made

under the Act;

“General Regulations” means the Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act

General Regulations made under the Act;

“institutional cook trade” means the occupation of an institutional cook consisting

of preparing, cooking and serving small- to large-quantity meals that meet the

dietary and health needs of guests and residents in institutional settings, in

accordance with institutional budgets, industry standards, food safety requirements

and occupational health and safety requirements.

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

these regulations.

Term of apprenticeship for institutional cook trade

(1) The term of apprenticeship for the institutional cook trade consists of all of the

following:

(a) 3600 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 institutional

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

longer than 3 months.

(3) An apprentice in the institutional cook trade may obtain practical experience under

the supervision of a journeyperson in the cook trade to meet the practical

experience requirements as described in clause (1)(a).

Institutional cook trade certificate through trade qualification

4 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 institutional cook

trade is 5400 hours.

Compliance with identity card requirements of General Regulations

5 For the purpose 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 institutional cook

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.

Legislative History

Reference Tables

Institutional Cook Trade Regulations

N.S. Reg.

216/2023

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 Institutional Cook 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

216/2023

Dec 7, 2023

date filed

Dec 29, 2023

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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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

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.