Roofer Trade Regulations
made under Section 17A of the
Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act
S.N.S. 2003, c. 1
N.S. Reg. 230/2016 (effective April 1, 2017)
amended to N.S. Reg. 170/2022 (effective July 6, 2022)
Table of Contents
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Citation
Term of apprenticeship for roofer trade
Wage schedule for apprentices in roofer trade
Certificate in roofer trade through trade qualification
Compliance with identity card requirements of General Regulations
Transition
Citation
1 These trade regulations may be cited as the Roofer 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 ade under the Act;
“roofer trade” means the occupation of a roofer, consisting of work performed in
covering roofs with metal, wood, asphalt, tar, gravel and other materials and
installing single and multiple roofing systems, shingles, tiles and preformed rigid
sheeting, and other items included in the roofing assembly from the deck up.
(2) A term defined in the General Regulations has the same meaning when used in
these regulations.
Term of apprenticeship for roofer trade
3 (1) The term of apprenticeship for the roofer 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 roofer 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4 [repealed]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 roofer trade
5 (1) Subject to subsection (2) and to subsection 25(3) of the General Regulations, the
minimum wage for each hour worked by a roofer apprentice in each portion of a
level of their term of apprenticeship is a percentage of the wage for a roofer
journeyperson in the same place of employment, as set out in the following table:
Wages for Roofer Apprentice
|
Level of
Apprenticeship
|
Hours in Portion of Level
of Apprenticeship
|
Minimum Wage
(% of journeyperson’s wage)
|
1
|
0–900
|
50%
|
901–1800
|
55%
|
2
|
1801–2700
|
60%
|
2701–3600
|
70%
|
3
|
3601–4500
|
80%
|
4501–5400
|
90%
|
(2) An employer must not employ a roofer 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) ade under the Labour Standards
Code.
Certificate in roofer 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 roofer 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 roofer 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 trade regulations respecting the roofer
trade, N.S. Reg. 7/1994, 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: