Cook Trade Regulations
made under Section 17A of the
Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act
S.N.S. 2003, c. 1
N.S. Reg. 208/2016 (effective April 1, 2017)
amended to N.S. Reg. 148/2022 (effective July 6, 2022)
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Citation
Definitions
Term of apprenticeship for cook trade
Wage schedule for apprentices in cook trade
Certificate in cook trade through trade qualification
Compliance with identity card requirements of General Regulations
Transition
Citation
1 These trade regulations may be cited as the Cook Trade Regulations.
Definitions
2 (1) In these regulations,
“Act” means the Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act;
“cook trade” means the occupation of a cook, consisting of implementing the
knowledge and skills necessary to do the following:
(i) prepare, cook and serve food for public consumption using
appropriate methods in accordance with industry standards, safety
requirements, safe work practices and health regulations,
(ii) determine the cost of providing menu items and food services;
“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 cook trade
3 (1) The term of apprenticeship for the cook 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 cook 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4 [repealed]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 cook 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 cook apprentice in each level in their
term of apprenticeship is a percentage of the wage for a cook journeyperson in the
same place of employment, as set out in the following table:
Wages for Cook Apprentice
|
Level of
Apprenticeship
|
Hours in Level of
Apprenticeship
|
Minimum Wage
(% of journeyperson’s wage)
|
1
|
0–1800
|
70%
|
2
|
1801–3600
|
80%
|
3
|
3601–5400
|
90%
|
(2) An employer must not employ a cook 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 cook 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 cook 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 cook 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 Cook Trade Regulations, N.S. Reg.
298/2009, 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: