The Nova Scotia Apprenticeship Agency will process your assessment within 20 working days of receipt of your complete application package. Applications will be returned if information is missing. Incomplete applications will NOT be processed.
Apply Before Date
Your application must be received at the Halifax Office of the Nova Scotia Apprenticeship Agency at least 20 working days before the requested examination date. Applications received after the “apply before” date will be processed for the next available examination sitting.
If your application is received by the “apply before”, every effort will be made to process it for the date requested. However, this is a requested or preferred date only. If it is not possible to schedule you for your requested date, you will be scheduled to write at the next available sitting in the location of your choice.
The fee for all certification examinations is $148.18. No fee is required for level examinations for apprentices following training, or for approved Trade Qualifier (Section 30) applicants who have paid the application fee of $740.77 and who attempt the examination within 90 days of approval. No fee is required for a re-write of a level examination for apprentices. All other re-writes are subject to the $148.18 examination fee. Payment may be made by certified cheque, or money order made payable to the MINISTER OF FINANCE. Cash and personal cheques are not accepted. Payments, including debit and credit, are accepted at all branch locations.
Complete the release portion of the examination application if you are challenging a certification examination. You will now receive a photo identification card upon successful completion of your certification examination. Confirmation Letter - Nova Scotia Apprenticeship Agency will send confirmation letters to approved applicants. If you do not receive a confirmation letter, do not attend the examination sitting as you will not be eligible to write. If you do receive a confirmation letter, make sure you arrive approximately fifteen minutes early and bring your confirmation letter and photo identification, or acceptable equivalent (i.e. two pieces of signed identification). It is your responsibility to contact your Industrial Training and Certification Officer if you do not receive your confirmation letter ten (10) days prior to the examination sitting.
An applicant who is unable to report for a specific examination may withdraw from that sitting and reschedule one time only without penalty. The candidate must notify Nova Scotia Apprenticeship Agency a minimum of twenty-four (24) hours in advance of the examination sitting.
Examination fees will be forfeited if you fail to report for the scheduled examination or fail to contact Nova Scotia Apprenticeship Agency to reschedule within twenty-four (24) hours in advance.
A four-hour time limit is allocated for writing examinations. Please use your time wisely.
Personal calculators are not permitted in the examination room. Instead, calculators will be provided by the Agency for your use.
These items are not permitted in the examination room and must be left in a location determined by the invigilator. Clients should make sure they have some type of identification on their pager, cell phone or palm computer so they can determine which one belongs to them when exiting the exam room.
A passing standard of 70% is required on all Nova Scotia Apprenticeship Agency examinations.
A client who fails the examination on the first attempt may be permitted a second attempt. A third and each subsequent examination attempt must be preceded by a period of technical training acceptable to the Director.