Ironworker (Structural/Ornamental) Trade Regulations
made under Section 17A of the
Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act
S.N.S. 2003, c. 1
N.S. Reg. 218/2016 (effective April 1, 2017)
amended to N.S. Reg. 160/2022 (effective July 6, 2022)
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Citation
Definitions
Term of apprenticeship for the ironworker (structural/ornamental) trade
Wage schedule for apprentices in ironworker (structural/ornamental) trade
Certificate in ironworker (structural/ornamental) trade through trade qualification
Compliance with identity card requirements of General Regulations
Transition
Citation
1 These trade regulations may be cited as the Ironworker (Structural/Ornamental) Trade
Regulations.
Definitions
2 (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;
“ironworker (structural/ornamental) trade” means the occupation of an ironworker
(structural/ornamental), consisting of all of the following, but not including
fabricating and assembling materials in an industrial manufacturing plant:
(i) reading and understanding all shop and field drawings, including
those taken from original architectural and engineered drawings,
(ii) rigging, hoisting and erecting
(A) curtain walls,
(B) metal stairways,
(C) catwalks,
(D) railings,
(E) metal doors, and
(F) pre-engineered steel buildings,
(iii) installing, assembling and reinforcing
(A) structural or ornamental steel components,
(B) precast structural concrete,
(C) ornamental ironwork,
(D) conveyors, and
(E) steel pipes for wharves and foundations,
(iv) applying sealants,
(v) moving and placing machinery and heavy equipment,
(vi) demolishing and salvaging all types of construction.
(2) A term defined in the General Regulations has the same meaning when used in
these regulations.
Term of apprenticeship for the ironworker (structural/ornamental) trade
3 (1) The term of apprenticeship for the ironworker (structural/ornamental) 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 ironworker
(structural/ornamental) 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 ironworker (structural/ornamental) trade
5 (1) Subject to subsection (2) and to subsection 25(3) of the General Regulations, the
minimum wage for each hour worked by an ironworker (structural/ornamental)
apprentice in each portion of a level in their term of apprenticeship is a percentage
of the wage for an ironworker (structural/ornamental) journeyperson in the same
place of employment, as set out in the following table:
Wages for Ironworker (Structural/Ornamental) Apprentice
|
Level of
Apprenticeship
|
Hours in Portion of
Level of Apprenticeship
|
Minimum Wage
(% of journeyperson’s wage)
|
1
|
0–900
|
60%
|
901–1800
|
65%
|
2
|
1801–2700
|
70%
|
2701–3600
|
75%
|
3
|
3601–4500
|
80%
|
4501-5400
|
90%
|
(2) An employer must not employ an ironworker (structural/ornamental) 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 ironworker (structural/ornamental) trade through trade qualification
6 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 ironworker
(structural/ornamental) 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 ironworker
(structural/ornamental) 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 Ironworker (Structural/Ornamental)
Trade Regulations, N.S. Reg. 225/2013, continues as an apprentice in that apprenticeship
program under these regulations.
The following regulations are not yet in force and are
not included in the current consolidation: