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| Oil Burner Installer and Maintenance Mechanic Trade Regulations |
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Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act
R.S.N.S. 2003, c. 1
O.I.C. 92-767 (July 28, 1992), N.S. Reg. 164/92
as amended up to & including O.I.C. 96-268 (April 16, 1996), N.S. Reg. 75/96
1 (1) In these regulations
(a) "Act" means the Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act;
(b) "engaged" means employed or hired for remuneration;
(c) "General Regulations" means regulations made by the Governor in Council under the Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act that apply generally to all designated trades;
(d) "oil burner installer and maintenance mechanic trade" or "trade" means the installation, repair and maintenance of any oil burner that utilizes up to grade No. 2 oil for heat production in residential or commercial applications, the venting for exhaust gases to a chimney or flue together with draft regulators and controls, and the wiring of control components and safety devices to a fused cut-off power supply.
(2) Unless the context otherwise requires, the words defined in the Act have the same meaning when used in these regulations.
2 No person shall enter into a contract of apprenticeship either as or with an apprentice in the trade unless the person being apprenticed has successfully completed grade twelve or its equivalent in the course skills required by the trade/occupation.
Section 2 replaced: O.I.C. 96-268, N.S. Reg. 75/96.
3 The term of apprenticeship for the trade is three years.
4 The wage of an apprentice during the apprenticeship in the trade shall be not less than the wage prescribed in the following wage schedule and shall include the percentage wage increases to which the apprentice is entitled on successful completion of each six month period as follows:
during the first six months at 60% of the journeyman's rate;
during the second six months at 65% of the journeyman's rate;
during the third six months at 70% of the journeyman's rate;
during the fourth six months at 75% of the journeyman's rate;
during the fifth six months at 80% of the journeyman's rate;
during the sixth six months at 90% of the journeyman's rate.
5 The trade is hereby designated as a certified trade.
6 (1) An employer in the trade may employ one apprentice for each certified journeyman employed.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the ratio of apprentices to journeymen employed by an employer in the trade may be varied from time to time, with the prior written approval of the Minister, where the Minister has determined that the employment situation and the availability of certified journeymen in the trade requires the variation.
7 A person who
(a) satisfies the requirements of Section 19 of the General Regulations; and
(b) produces evidence of
(i) four years, or
(ii) three years, where the person has successfully completed a vocational training course approved by the Director,
of practical experience engaged in the trade,
is eligible to be examined for a certificate of qualification as an oil burner installer and maintenance mechanic.
Subclauses 7(b)(i) & (ii) amended: O.I.C. 92-1251, N.S. Reg. 277/92.
8 (1) A certificate of qualification shall be valid for a period of five years from the date of issue or renewal.
(2) An application for renewal of a certificate shall be made to the Director before the end of each five year period.
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