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Construction Electrician Trade Regulations

made under subsection 17A(2) of the

Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act

S.N.S. 2003, c. 1

O.I.C. 2016-239 (effective April 1, 2017), N.S. Reg. 188/2016

amended to O.I.C. 2025-272 (effective October 6, 2025), N.S. Reg. 203/2025

Table of Contents

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Citation

Definitions

Construction electrician trade is compulsory certified trade

Person other than construction electrician performing work in trade

Exemption application under General Regulations permitted for construction electrician

trade

Term of apprenticeship for construction electrician trade

Wage

schedule for apprentices in construction electrician trade

Certificate in construction electrician trade through trade qualification

Compliance with identity card requirements of General Regulations

Transition

Citation

1 These trade regulations may be cited as the Construction Electrician Trade Regulations .

Definitions

(1) In these regulations,

“Act” means the Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act ;

“construction electrician trade” means the occupation of a construction electrician,

consisting of the installation, repair, or alteration, whether temporary or permanent,

in all types of construction, including dwellings, commercial and industrial

establishments and public buildings[,] of wires, conduits, apparatus, fixtures, or

other appliances for the carrying or using of electricity for light, heat or power

purposes;

“General Regulations” means the Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act

General Regulations made under the Act;

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

these regulations.

Construction electrician trade is compulsory certified trade

3 The construction electrician trade is specified as a compulsory certified trade.

Person other than construction electrician performing work in trade

4 A person who does not hold a certificate of qualification in the construction electrician

trade may perform work included in the definition of the construction electrician 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 application under General Regulations permitted for construction electrician

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 construction electrician trade.

Term of apprenticeship for construction electrician trade

(1) The term of apprenticeship for the construction electrician 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 construction

electrician 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 construction electrician trade

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

minimum wage for each hour worked by a construction electrician apprentice in

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

for a construction electrician journeyperson in the same place of employment, as

set out in the following table:

Wages for Construction Electrician Apprentice

Level of

Apprenticeship

Hours in Portion of

Level of Apprenticeship

Minimum Wage

(% of journeyperson’s wage)

0–900

45%

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 construction electrician 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 construction electrician 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 construction

electrician 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 construction

electrician 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 trade regulations respecting the

construction electrician trade, N.S. Reg. 131/1978, continues as an apprentice in that

apprenticeship program under these regulations.

Legislative History

Reference Tables

Construction Electrician Trade Regulations

N.S. Reg.

188/2016

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 Construction Electrician 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

188/2016

Apr 1, 2017

date specified

Oct 14, 2016

132/2022

Jul 5, 2022

date specified

Jul 15, 2022

203/2025

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. 132/2022

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

rep. 203/2025

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

131/1978

Construction Electrician Trade Regulations

Jul 13, 1978

Apr 1, 2017

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.