Truck and Transport Mechanic Trade Regulations
made under Section 17B of the
Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act
S.N.S. 2003, c. 1
O.I.C. 2016-239 (effective April 1, 2017), N.S. Reg. 196/2016
amended to O.I.C. 2022-183 (effective July 5, 2022), N.S. Reg. 139/2022
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Citation
Definitions
Truck and transport mechanic trade is compulsory certified trade
Person other than truck and transport mechanic performing work in trade
Exemption application under General Regulations permitted for truck and transport
mechanic trade
Term of apprenticeship for truck and transport mechanic trade
Wage schedule for apprentices in truck and transport mechanic trade
Certificate in truck and transport mechanic trade through trade qualification
Term and renewal of certificate of qualification in truck and transport mechanic trade
Compliance with identity card requirements of General Regulations
Displaying certificate of qualification for truck and transport mechanic trade
Transition
Citation
1 These trade regulations may be cited as the Truck and Transport Mechanic 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;
“truck and transport mechanic trade” means the occupation of a truck and transport
mechanic, consisting of inspecting, diagnosing, servicing, repairing, rebuilding,
removing and replacing structural, mechanical, electrical and electronic systems
and components of buses, motor homes and trucks with a registered gross vehicle
weight of over 4500 kilograms, but does not include any of the following:
(i) repairing or replacing structural or non-structural glass,
(ii) repairing, restoring or replacing interior or exterior trim.
(2) A term defined in the General Regulations has the same meaning when used in
these regulations.
Truck and transport mechanic trade is compulsory certified trade
3 The truck and transport mechanic trade is specified as a compulsory certified trade.
Person other than truck and transport mechanic performing work in trade
4 A person who does not hold a certificate of qualification in the truck and transport
mechanic trade may perform work included in the definition of the truck and transport
mechanic trade if the person holds a certificate of qualification in another designated
trade and the work to be performed comes within the scope of that other designated
trade.
Exemption application under General Regulations permitted for truck and transport
mechanic trade
5 For the purposes of subsection 38(2) of the General Regulations, a joint application for
an exemption from the application of subsections 22(2) and (3) of the Act is permitted
for the truck and transport mechanic trade.
Term of apprenticeship for truck and transport mechanic trade
6 (1) The term of apprenticeship for the truck and transport mechanic trade consists of
all of the following:
(a) 7200 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 automotive
service technician trade as permitted by subsection 12(2) of the General
Regulations must be no longer than 3 months.
7 [repealed]
Wage schedule for apprentices in truck and transport mechanic trade
8 (1) Subject to subsection (2) and to subsection 25(3) of the General Regulations, the
minimum wage for each hour worked by a truck and transport mechanic apprentice
in each level of their term of apprenticeship is a percentage of the wage for a truck
and transport mechanic journeyperson in the same place of employment, as set out
in the following table:
Wages for Truck and Transport Mechanic Apprentice
|
Level of
Apprenticeship
|
Hours in Level of
Apprenticeship
|
Minimum Wage
(% of journeyperson’s wage)
|
1
|
0–1800
|
55%
|
2
|
1801–3600
|
65%
|
3
|
3601–5400
|
75%
|
4
|
5401–7200
|
90%
|
(2) An employer must not employ a truck and transport mechanic 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 truck and transport mechanic trade through trade qualification
9 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 truck and transport
mechanic trade is 10 800 hours.
Term and renewal of certificate of qualification in truck and transport mechanic trade
10 (1) A certificate of qualification in the truck and transport mechanic trade is valid for 5
years from the date it is issued.
(2) A certificate of qualification in the truck and transport mechanic trade that is
renewed in accordance with subsection 41(2) of the General Regulations is valid
for a further term of 5 years from its most recent expiry date.
Compliance with identity card requirements of General Regulations
11 For the purposes of Section 34 of the General Regulations, which requires an apprentice
or journeyperson to keep an identity card in their possession when practising the
designated trade and produce it on request, a person is practising the automotive service
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.
Displaying certificate of qualification for truck and transport mechanic trade
12 (1) A truck and transport mechanic journeyperson must display their certificate of
qualification in a conspicuous location at their place of employment.
(2) The employer of a truck and transport mechanic journeyperson must provide
suitable space for the display of the journeyperson’s certificate of qualification.
Transition
13 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 truck
and transport mechanic trade, N.S. Reg. 3/1970, 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: