Landscape Horticulturalist Trade Regulations
made under Section 17A of the
Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act
S.N.S. 2003, c. 1
N.S. Reg. 219/2018 (effective December 5, 2018)
amended to N.S. Reg. 161/2022 (effective July 6, 2022)
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Citation
Definitions
Term of apprenticeship for landscape horticulturalist trade
Hours in level of term of apprenticeship for landscape horticulturalist trade
Wage schedule for apprentices in landscape horticulturist trade
Certificate in landscape horticulturist trade through trade qualification
Compliance with identity card requirements of General Regulations
Transition
Citation
1 These trade regulations may be cited as the Landscape Horticulturist 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;
“hardscape” means the inanimate elements of a landscape, including precast
concrete products, natural stone, wood, metals and other natural or fabricated
materials used in landscape structures, furnishings and features;
“landscape” means the lay of the land, including plants and other physical features
such as lawn or meadow areas, waterways, pavement, utilities and structures;
“landscape horticulturalist” means the occupation of a landscape horticulturist,
consisting of laying out, preparing and maintaining a sustainable landscape, and
including
(i) installing and maintaining hardscape and softscape,
(ii) pre-installation activities, such as planning and organizing the
installation and preparing the site;
“softscape” means the animate elements of a landscape, including soil, soil
amendments, mulch, seed, turf and plant material used in the landscape.
(2) A term defined in the General Regulations has the same meaning when used in
these regulations.
Term of apprenticeship for landscape horticulturalist trade
3 (1) The term of apprenticeship for the landscape horticulturalist trade consists of
(a) 6000 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; and
(c) a certification examination.
(2) Any probationary period included in a term of apprenticeship for the landscape
horticulturalist trade as permitted by subsection 12(2) of the General Regulations
must be no longer than 3 months.
4 [repealed]
Hours in level of term of apprenticeship for landscape horticulturalist trade
5 The number of hours specified for the purposes of clause 26(1A)(a) of the General
Regulations for a level of apprenticeship in the landscape horticulturist trade is 1500
documented hours.
Wage schedule for apprentices in landscape horticulturist trade
6 (1) Subject to subsection (2) and to subsection 25(3) of the General Regulations, the
minimum wage for each hour worked by a landscape horticulturist apprentice in
each level of their term of apprenticeship is a percentage of the wage for a
landscape horticulturist journeyperson in the same place of employment, as set out
in the following table:
Wages for Landscape Horticulturist Apprentice
|
Level of
Apprenticeship
|
Hours in Level of
Apprenticeship
|
Minimum Wage
(% of journeyperson’s wage)
|
1
|
0–1500
|
55%
|
2
|
1501–3000
|
65%
|
3
|
3001–4500
|
75%
|
4
|
4501–6000
|
90%
|
(2) An employer must not employ a landscape horticulturist 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 landscape horticulturist trade through trade qualification
7 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 landscape
horticulturalist trade is 9000 hours.
Compliance with identity card requirements of General Regulations
8 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 landscape
horticulturist 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
9 A person who, immediately before the coming into force of these regulations, was an
apprentice in an apprenticeship program under the Landscape Horticulturist Trade
Regulations, N.S. Reg. 219/2016, 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: