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Welder Trade Regulations

made under

Section 17A of the

Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act

S.N.S. 2003, c. 1

N.S. Reg. 231/2016 (effective April 1, 2017)

amended to N.S. Reg. 172/2022 (effective July 6, 2022)

Table of Contents

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Citation

Definitions

Term of apprenticeship for welder trade

Wage

schedule for apprentices in welder trade

Welder certificate through trade qualification

Compliance with identity card requirements of General Regulations

Transition

Citation

1 These trade regulations may be cited as the Welder 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;

“components” means any ferrous or non-ferrous materials capable of being joined

by a welding process;

“welding process” means any of the following tasks, activities and functions

associated with welding:

(

i) cutting, shaping and fitting steel using oxy-fuel,

(ii) fusion welding using manual oxy-fuel,

(iii) brazing and braze welding using oxy-fuel,

(iv) applying surfacing material using oxy-fuel,

(

v) joining metals using soldering,

(vi) welding using shielded metal arc, gas metal arc, flux core arc,

submerged arc and gas tungsten arc processes,

(vii) cutting and gouging using electric arc processes,

(viii) welding and cutting using plasma arc processes,

(ix) welding using resistance processes;

“welder trade” means the occupation of a welder, consisting of laying out,

fabricating, maintaining, installing, modifying and repairing components using

welding processes, and includes all of the following functions:

(

i) setting up equipment for welding processes using recommended

installation procedures,

(ii) cleaning and inspecting cut surfaces,

(iii) identifying metals and performing preparation and assembly tasks

before welding,

(iv) performing supplementary and disassembly procedures,

(

v) sketching and interpreting blueprints,

(vi) using hand and power tools and shop equipment.

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

these regulations.

Term of apprenticeship for welder trade

(1) The term of apprenticeship for the welder 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 welder trade

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

than 3 months.

4 [repealed]

Wage

schedule for apprentices in welder trade

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

minimum wage for each hour worked by a welder apprentice in a level of their

term of apprenticeship is a percentage of the wage for a welder journeyperson in

the same place of employment, as set out in the following table:

Wages for Welder Apprentice

Level of

Apprenticeship

Hours in Level of

Apprenticeship

Minimum Wage

(% of journeyperson’s wage)

0–1800

65%

1801–3600

75%

3601-5400

90%

(2) An employer must not employ a welder 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 .

Welder certificate through trade qualification

6 The practical experience in the designated trade that is required by paragraph

30(1)(a)(ii)(

A) 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 welder trade is

completion of practical experience in all of the following areas:

(

a) position pipe or plate welding with open root preparation;

(

b) shielded metal arc welding (SMAW) for the flat, horizontal, vertical and

overhead positions;

(

c) at least 1 of the following welding processes:

(

i) gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) for the, flat, horizontal, vertical

and overhead positions,

(ii) gas metal arc welding (GMAW) for the flat, horizontal, vertical and

overhead positions,

(iii) flux cored arc welding (FCAW) for the flat, horizontal, vertical and

overhead positions.

(2) 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

welder trade is 8100 hours.

Compliance with identity card requirements of General Regulations

7 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 welder 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

8 A person who, immediately before the coming into force of these regulations, was an

apprentice in an apprenticeship program under the Welder Trade Regulations , N.S. Reg.

24/2015, continues as an apprentice in that apprenticeship program under these

regulations.

Legislative History

Reference Tables

Welder Trade Regulations

N.S. Reg.

231/2016

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 Welder 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

231/2016

Apr 1, 2017

date specified

Oct 28, 2016

172/2022

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

rep. 172/2022

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

24/2015

Welder Trade Regulations

Feb 11, 2015

Apr 1, 2017

200/2004

Welder Trade Regulations

Aug 26, 2004

Feb 11, 2015

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.