Communications Technician Trade Regulations
made under subsection 17A(1) of the
Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act
S.N.S. 2003, c. 1
N.S. Reg. 46/2022 (effective March 17, 2022)
amended to N.S. Reg. 147/2022 (effective July 6, 2022)
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Citation
Definitions
Term of apprenticeship for communications technician trade
Wage schedule for apprentices in communications technician trade
Certificate in communications technician trade through trade qualification
Compliance with identity card requirements of General Regulations and renewal of
identity card
Citation
1 These regulations may be cited as the Communications Technician Trade Regulations.
Definitions
2 (1) In these regulations,
“Act” means the Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act;
“communications system” means a communications system as defined in Part 1 of
the Canadian Electrical Code, as amended from time to time;
“communications technician trade” means the occupation of a communications
technician, consisting of installing, terminating, interconnecting, inspecting, testing,
splicing, troubleshooting, repairing, maintaining and upgrading communications
systems or any part of a communications system, and including the performance of
any of the following tasks associated with a communications system:
(i) creating the design and layout of the system or any part of the system,
(ii) installing any communications cabling supports, except cable trays,
conduits or wire ways,
(iii) bonding of any communications equipment to the main electrical
ground system;
“General Regulations” means the Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act
General Regulations made under the Act.
(2) A term defined in the General Regulations has the same meaning when used in
these regulations.
Term of apprenticeship for communications technician trade
3 (1) The term of apprenticeship for the communications technician trade consists of all
of the following:
(a) 3600 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
communications technician 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 communications technician 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 communications technician apprentice
in each level of their term of apprenticeship is a percentage of the wage for a
communications technician journeyperson in the same place of employment, as set
out in the following table:
Wages for Communications Technician Apprentice
|
Level of
Apprenticeship
|
Hours in Level of
Apprenticeship
|
Minimum Wage
(% of journeyperson’s wage)
|
1
|
0-1800
|
50%
|
2
|
1801-3600
|
75%
|
(2) An employer must not employ a communications technician 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 communications technician trade through trade qualification
6 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 communications
technician trade is 5400 hours.
Compliance with identity card requirements of General Regulations and renewal of
identity card
7 (1) For the purposes of subsections 34(2) and (3) of the General Regulations, which
require 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 communications 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.
(2) An identity card held by a journeyperson in the communications technician trade is
valid for 5 years from the date it is issued.
(3) An identity card held by a journeyperson in the communications technician trade
that is renewed in accordance with subsection 34A(3) of the General Regulations is
valid for a further term of 5 years from its most recent expiry date.
The following regulations are not
yet in force and are not included in the current consolidation: