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Mine Mechanic Trade Regulations

made under

Section 17A of the

Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act

S.N.S. 2003, c. 1

N.S. Reg. 226/2016 (effective April 1, 2017)

amended to N.S. Reg. 166/2022 (effective July 6, 2022)

Table of Contents

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Citation

Definitions

Term of apprenticeship for mine mechanic trade

Hours in level of term of apprenticeship for mine mechanic trade

Wage

schedule for apprentices in mine mechanic trade

Certificate in mine mechanic trade through trade qualification

Compliance with identity card requirements of General Regulations

Transition

Citation

1 These trade regulations may be cited as the Mine Mechanic 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;

“mine mechanic trade”means the occupation of a mine mechanic, consisting of

erecting, installing, altering, repairing, maintaining and inspecting all mechanical

equipment and machinery used in underground mining operations in compliance

with federal and Provincial mine safety regulations and standards.

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

these regulations.

Term of apprenticeship for mine mechanic trade

(1) The term of apprenticeship for the mine mechanic trade consists of all of the

following:

(a) 4500 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 mine

mechanic 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4 [repealed]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 mine mechanic 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 mine mechanic trade is 900 documented

hours.

Wage

schedule for apprentices in mine mechanic trade

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

minimum wage for each hour worked by a mine mechanic apprentice in each level

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

a mine mechanic journeyperson in the same place of employment, as set out in the

following table:

Wages for Mine Mechanic Apprentice

Level of

Apprenticeship

Hours in Level or

Portion of Level of

Apprenticeship

Minimum Wage

(% of journeyperson’s wage)

0–900

50%

901–1800

60%

1801–2700

70%

2701–3600

80%

3601–4500

90%

(2) An employer must not employ a mine mechanic 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 mine mechanic 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 mine mechanic

trade is 6750 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 mine mechanic

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 trade regulations respecting the mine

mechanic trade, N.S. Reg. 192/1985, continues as an apprentice in that apprenticeship

program under these regulations.

Legislative History

Reference Tables

Mine Mechanic Trade Regulations

N.S. Reg.

226/2016

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 Mine Mechanic 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

226/2016

Apr 1, 2017

date specified

Oct 28, 2016

166/2022

Jul 6,

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. 166/2022

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

192/1985

Mine

Mechanic Trade Regulations

Nov 5,

Apr 1,

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.