Mine Electrician Trade Regulations
made under Section 17A of the
Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act
S.N.S. 2003, c. 1
N.S. Reg. 225/2016 (effective April 1, 2017)
amended to N.S. Reg. 165/2022 (effective July 6, 2022)
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Citation
Definitions
Term of apprenticeship for mine electrician trade
Hours in level of term of apprenticeship for mine electrician trade
Wage schedule for apprentices in mine electrician trade
Certificate in mine electrician trade through trade qualification
Compliance with identity card requirements of General Regulations
Transition
Citation
1 These trade regulations may be cited as the Mine Electrician 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;
“mine electrician trade” means the occupation of a mine electrician, consisting of
installing, testing, repairing, maintaining and inspecting all electrical systems and
equipment used in underground mining operations in compliance with federal and
Provincial mine safety regulations and standards.
(2) A term defined in the General Regulations has the same meaning when used in
these regulations.
Term of apprenticeship for mine electrician trade
3 (1) The term of apprenticeship for the mine electrician trade consists of all of the
following:
(a) 4500 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 mine
electrician trade as permitted by subsection 12(2) of the General Regulations must
be no longer than 3 months.
4 [repealed]
Hours in level of term of apprenticeship for mine electrician trade
5 The number of hours specified for the purposes of clause 26(1A)(a) of the General
Regulations for a level of apprenticeship in the mine electrician trade is 900 documented
hours.
Wage schedule for apprentices in mine electrician trade
6 (1) Subject to subsection (2) and to subsection 25(3) of the General Regulations, the
minimum wage for each hour worked by a mine electrician apprentice in each
level or portion of a level of their term of apprenticeship is a percentage of the
wage for a mine electrician journeyperson in the same place of employment, as set
out in the following table:
Wages for Mine Electrician Apprentice
|
Level of
Apprenticeship
|
Hours in Level or
Portion of Level of
Apprenticeship
|
Minimum Wage
(% of journeyperson’s wage)
|
1
|
0–900
|
50%
|
901–1800
|
60%
|
2
|
1801–2700
|
70%
|
2701–3600
|
80%
|
3
|
3601–4500
|
90%
|
(2) An employer must not employ a mine 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 mine electrician trade through trade qualification
7 The period of employment in the designated trade that is required under 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 mine electrician
trade is 6750 hours.
Compliance with identity card requirements of General Regulations
8 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 mine 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
9 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 mine
electrician trade, N.S. Reg. 191/1985, 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: