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Arborist Trade Regulations

made under subsection 17A(1) of the

Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act

S.N.S. 2003, c. 1

N.S. Reg. 57/2025 (effective March 13, 2025)

Table of Contents

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Citation

Definitions

Term of apprenticeship for arborist trade

Arborist certificate through trade qualification

Compliance with identity card requirements of General Regulations

Citation

1 These regulations may be cited as the Arborist Trade Regulations .

Definitions

(1) In these regulations,

“Act” means the Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act ;

“arboriculture” means the science of cultivating and managing individual trees,

shrubs, vines and woody plants;

“arborist” means a professional who specializes in the care, management and study

of trees, shrubs, vines and woody plants;

“arborist trade” means the occupation of an arborist, consisting of implementing

the knowledge of arboriculture and the skills necessary to do the following:

(

i) transplant, maintain and remove trees, shrubs, vines and woody

plants using ropes, climbing systems, pruning tools, diagnostic tools

and mechanized equipment,

(ii) carry out treatments for optimal tree health, including managing

pests, diseases, wounds and defects that impact trees, shrubs, vines

and woody plants;

“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.

Term of apprenticeship for arborist trade

(1) The term of apprenticeship for the arborist trade consists of all of the following:

(a) 5400 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 arborist trade

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

than 3 months.

Arborist 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] arborist trade is

8100 hours.

Compliance with identity card requirements of General Regulations

5 For the purposes of subsections 34(2) and (3) of the General Regulations, which require

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

arborist 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

Arborist Trade Regulations

N.S. Reg.

57/2025

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 Arborist 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

57/2025

Mar 13, 2025

date specified

Apr 4, 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

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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.