Transport Trailer Technician Trade Regulations
made under subsection 17A(1) of the
Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act
S.N.S. 2003, c. 1
N.S. Reg. 151/2021 (effective November 17, 2021)
amended to N.S. Reg. 171/2022 (effective July 6, 2022)
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Citation
Definitions
Term of apprenticeship for transport trailer technician trade
Ratio of journeypersons to apprentices for transport trailer technician trade
Direct supervision for apprentices in the transport technician trade
Wage schedule for apprentices in transport trailer technician trade
Certificate in transport trailer technician trade through trade qualification
Compliance with identity card requirements of General Regulations
Citation
1 These trade regulations may be cited as the Transport Trailer Technician Trade
Regulations.
Definitions
2 (1) In these trade regulations,
“Act” means the Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act;
“transport trailer technician trade” means the occupation of a transport trailer
technician, consisting of inspecting, diagnosing, maintaining, rebuilding,
assembling and repairing transport trailers connected to or moved by a power unit;
“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 transport trailer technician trade
3 (1) The term of apprenticeship for the transport trailer 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 transport
trailer technician trade as permitted by subsection 12(2) of the General
Regulations must be no longer than 3 months.
Ratio of journeypersons to apprentices for transport trailer technician trade
4 In determining the minimum ratio of journeypersons to apprentices required by Section
23 of the General Regulations, a journeyperson in the truck and transport mechanic trade
may be considered in addition to or instead of a journeyperson in the transport trailer
technician trade.
Direct supervision for apprentices in the transport technician trade
5 In addition to direct supervision by a journeyperson in the transport trailer technician
trade in accordance with Section 3 of the General Regulations, any direct supervision
required under the Act or the General Regulations for apprentices in the transport trailer
technician trade may be provided by a journeyperson in the truck and transport mechanic
trade.
Wage schedule for apprentices in transport trailer technician 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 transport trailer technician apprentice in
each level in their term of apprenticeship is a percentage of the wage for a
transport trailer technician journeyperson in the same place of employment, as set
out in the following table:
Wages for Transport Trailer 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 transport trailer technician apprentice at a wage
for actual hours worked that is lower than the wage that would be paid at a
minimum wage rate prescribed in the Minimum Wage Order (General) made
under the Labour Standards Code.
Certificate in transport trailer technician 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 transport trailer
technician trade is 5400 hours.
Compliance with identity card requirements of General Regulations
8 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
transport trailer 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.
The following regulations are not
yet in force and are not included in the current consolidation: