Sheet Metal Worker 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. 193/2016
amended to O.I.C. 2022-183 (effective July 5, 2022), N.S. Reg. 136/2022
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Citation
Definitions
Sheet metal worker trade is compulsory certified trade
Person other than sheet metal worker performing work in trade
Exemption application under General Regulations permitted for sheet metal
worker trade
Term of apprenticeship for sheet metal worker trade
Wage schedule for apprentices in sheet metal worker trade
Certificate in sheet metal worker trade through trade qualification
Term and renewal of certificate of qualification in sheet metal worker trade
Compliance with identity card requirements of General Regulations
Transition
Citation
1 These trade regulations may be cited as the Sheet Metal Worker Trade Regulations.
Definitions
2 (1) In these regulations,
“Act” means the Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act;
“breeching” means the horizontal portion of a combustion venting system used for
exhausting fumes and gases;
“General Regulations” means the Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act
General Regulations made under the Act;
“sheet metal worker trade” means the occupation of a sheet metal worker,
consisting of, except as provided in subsection (2), all of the following:
(i) manufacturing, fabricating, assembling, handling, erecting, installing,
dismantling, reconditioning, adjusting, altering, repairing or servicing
all ferrous and nonferrous sheet metal work of No. 10 U.S. gauge or
any equivalent or lighter gauge, and all other materials used in place
of those materials,
(ii) reading and understanding shop and field sketches used in fabricating
and erecting sheet metal work, including those taken from original
architectural and engineering drawings or sketches.
(2) For the purposes of these regulations, the occupation of sheet metal worker does
not include any of the following work:
(a) work on gutters, fascia, or metal studs;
(b) work related to installing siding, roofing, breeching or chimneys, regardless
of the materials used;
(c) work performed by way of mass production.
(3) A term defined in the General Regulations has the same meaning when used in
these regulations.
Sheet metal worker trade is compulsory certified trade
3 The sheet metal worker trade is specified as a compulsory certified trade.
Person other than sheet metal worker performing work in trade
4 A person who does not hold a certificate of qualification in the sheet metal worker trade
may perform work included in the definition of the sheet metal worker 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 sheet metal worker
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 sheet metal worker trade.
Term of apprenticeship for sheet metal worker trade
6 (1) The term of apprenticeship for the sheet metal worker 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 sheet metal
worker 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 sheet metal worker 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 sheet metal worker apprentice in each
portion of a level of their term of apprenticeship is a percentage of the wage for a
sheet metal worker journeyperson in the same place of employment, as set out in
the following table:
Wages for Sheet Metal Worker Apprentice
|
Level of
Apprenticeship
|
Hours in Portion of
Level of Apprenticeship
|
Minimum Wage
(% of journeyperson’s wage)
|
1
|
0–900
|
50%
|
901–1800
|
55%
|
2
|
1801–2700
|
60%
|
2701–3600
|
65%
|
3
|
3601–4500
|
75%
|
4501–5400
|
80%
|
4
|
5401–6300
|
85%
|
6301–7200
|
90%
|
(2) An employer must not employ a sheet metal worker 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 sheet metal worker 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 sheet metal worker
trade is 10 800 hours.
Term and renewal of certificate of qualification in sheet metal worker trade
10 (1) A certificate of qualification in the sheet metal worker trade is valid for 5 years
from the date it is issued.
(2) A certificate of qualification in the sheet metal worker 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 sheet metal worker
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
12 A person who, immediately before the coming into force of these regulations, was an
apprentice in an apprenticeship program under the Sheet Metal Worker Trade
Regulations, N.S. Reg. 71/2014, 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: