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Transport Trailer Technician Trade Regulations

made under subsection 17A(1) of the

Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act

S.N.S. 2003, c. 1

N.S. Reg. 151/2021 (effective November 17, 2021)

amended to N.S. Reg. 171/2022 (effective July 6, 2022)

Table of Contents

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Citation

Definitions

Term of apprenticeship for transport trailer technician trade

Ratio of journeypersons to apprentices for transport trailer technician trade

Direct supervision for apprentices in the transport technician trade

Wage

schedule for apprentices in transport trailer technician trade

Certificate in transport trailer technician trade through trade qualification

Compliance with identity card requirements of General Regulations

Citation

1 These trade regulations may be cited as the Transport Trailer Technician Trade

Regulations .

Definitions

(1) In these trade regulations,

“Act” means the Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act ;

“transport trailer technician trade” means the occupation of a transport trailer

technician, consisting of inspecting, diagnosing, maintaining, rebuilding,

assembling and repairing transport trailers connected to or moved by a power unit;

“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 transport trailer technician trade

(1) The term of apprenticeship for the transport trailer technician 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 transport

trailer technician trade as permitted by subsection 12(2) of the General

Regulations must be no longer than 3 months.

Ratio of journeypersons to apprentices for transport trailer technician trade

4 In determining the minimum ratio of journeypersons to apprentices required by

Section

23 of the General Regulations, a journeyperson in the truck and transport mechanic trade

may be considered in addition to or instead of a journeyperson in the transport trailer

technician trade.

Direct supervision for apprentices in the transport technician trade

5 In addition to direct supervision by a journeyperson in the transport trailer technician

trade in accordance with

Section 3 of the General Regulations, any direct supervision

required under the Act or the General Regulations for apprentices in the transport trailer

technician trade may be provided by a journeyperson in the truck and transport mechanic

trade.

Wage

schedule for apprentices in transport trailer technician trade

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

minimum wage for each hour worked by a transport trailer technician apprentice in

each level in their term of apprenticeship is a percentage of the wage for a

transport trailer technician journeyperson in the same place of employment, as set

out in the following table:

Wages for Transport Trailer Technician Apprentice

Level of

Apprenticeship

Hours in Level of

Apprenticeship

Minimum Wage

(% of journeyperson’s wage)

0–1800

50%

1801–3600

75%

(2) An employer must not employ a transport trailer technician apprentice at a wage

for actual hours worked that is lower than the wage that would be paid at a

minimum wage rate prescribed in the Minimum Wage Order (General) made

under the Labour Standards Code .

Certificate in transport trailer technician 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 transport trailer

technician trade is 5400 hours.

Compliance with identity card requirements of General Regulations

8 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

transport trailer 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.

Legislative History

Reference Tables

Transport Trailer Technician Trade Regulations

N.S. Reg.

151/2021

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 Transport Trailer 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

151/2021

Nov 17, 2021

date specified

Dec 17, 2021

171/2022

Jul 6, 2022

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 ........................................................

rs . 171/2022

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

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.