Alarm and Security Technician Trade Regulations
made under Section 17A of the
Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act
S.N.S. 2003, c. 1
N.S. Reg. 203/2016 (effective April 1, 2017)
amended to N.S. Reg. 142/2022 (effective July 6, 2022)
Table of Contents
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Citation
Definitions
Term of apprenticeship for alarm and security technician trade
Wage schedule for apprentices in alarm and security technician trade
Certificate in alarm and security technician trade through trade qualification
Compliance with identity card requirements of General Regulations
Transition
Citation
1 These trade regulations may be cited as the Alarm and Security Technician Trade
Regulations.
Definitions
2 (1) In these regulations,
“Act” means the Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act;
“alarm and security technician trade” means the occupation of an alarm and
security technician, consisting of installing, adjusting, altering, inspecting, testing,
activating, repairing and servicing security systems with voltages of 50 V or less,
but not fire alarm systems, and including all of the following:
(i) analyzing security requirements and risks,
(ii) conducting a physical survey of the areas to be secured and their
functions, and a survey of client behaviours and lifestyles,
(iii) designing the security system, including selecting input and output
devices, any necessary control, monitoring, viewing or signal[l]ing
equipment and any accessories essential to the operation of the
equipment,
(iv) preparing for the system installation by reading the work order and
checking the site drawings to confirm locations for the security
equipment,
(v) confirming the availability of all third-party services such as
telephone lines and power,
(vi) obtaining the tools, equipment and supplies required for installing a
security system,
(vii) locating all shut-offs and conducting safety hazard assessments,
(viii) installing cable and wire terminations to all devices, equipment and
system accessories as part of the installation of a security system,
(ix) programming on-site control equipment and conducting off-site
programming, including downloading software,
(x) establishing the necessary records for off-site monitoring,
(xi) conducting post-installation follow-up, including system performance
tests,
(xii) providing the customer with a system demonstration and operational
training,
(xiii) performing both on-site and off-site tests and maintenance and
maintaining a repair history;
“fire alarm system” means a control panel combined with detection devices, pull
stations and alarm devices, all of which are separate from a security system and are
required to meet the standards set out in the Nova Scotia Building Code
Regulations made under the Building Code Act;
“General Regulations” means the Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act
General Regulations made under the Act;
“security system” includes all of the following:
(i) an intrusion alarm system,
(ii) an access control system,
(iii) a closed-circuit video system,
(iv) a remote signal[l]ing system connected to an alarm output from a fire
alarm system or sprinkler system and any equipment or accessories
essential to the operation of the remote signal[l]ing system.
(2) A term defined in the General Regulations has the same meaning when used in
these regulations.
Term of apprenticeship for alarm and security technician trade
3 (1) The term of apprenticeship for the alarm and security technician 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 alarm and
security 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 alarm and security 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 an alarm and security technician
apprentice in each portion of levels 1 and 2 and in level 3 in their term of
apprenticeship is a percentage of the wage for an alarm and security technician
journeyperson in the same place of employment, as set out in the following table:
Wages for Alarm and Security Technician Apprentice
|
Level of
Apprenticeship
|
Hours in Level or
Portion of Level
of Apprenticeship
|
Minimum Wage
(% of journeyperson’s wage)
|
1
|
0–900
|
55%
|
901–1800
|
65%
|
2
|
1801–2700
|
75%
|
2701–3600
|
85%
|
3
|
3601–5400
|
95%
|
(2) An employer must not employ an alarm and security 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 alarm and security technician 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 alarm and security
technician 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 alarm and security
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.
Transition
8 A person who, immediately before the coming into force of these regulations, was an
apprentice in an apprenticeship program under the Alarm and Security Technician Trade
Regulations, N.S. Reg. 186/2012, 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: