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| Steamfitter/Pipefitter Trade Regulations |
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Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act
R.S.N.S. 2003, c. 1
O.I.C. dated October 13, 1953, N.S. Reg. 6/53
as amended by O.I.C. 96-268 (April 16, 1996), N.S. Reg. 75/96
1 In these regulations:
(a) "Act" means the Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act;
(b) "steamfitter/pipefitter trade" means the work performed by pipefitters in the construction repair and alterations of buildings or on industrial installations.
2 These regulations apply to the trade in the areas which the Minister may specify from time to time.
3 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 3 replaced: O.I.C. 96-268, N.S. Reg. 75/96.
4 (1) The term of apprenticeship training in the steamfitter/pipefitter trade is five years including a probationary period of not more than six months.
(2) Where an apprentice has previous experience in the trade, the Director, on the basis of a written examination and a report from previous employers, may grant a credit not exceeding three years towards the completion of the apprenticeship term.
(3) Subject to subsections (4) and (5), where an apprentice has completed a course of instruction approved by the Minister in a vocational or technical school he is entitled to a credit of two years towards the completion of his apprenticeship term.
(4) Where under subsection (3) a credit is granted to an apprentice, the Director, after the apprentice has completed not less than three months permanent employment, may increase or diminish this credit, basing his discretion upon a recommendation from the employer, the recommendation of the school from which the apprentice graduated, and the finding of the Examining Board.
(5) An increase in credit may be granted under subsection (4) for any period not exceeding twelve months and shall be retroactive to the first day of permanent employment.
(6) Where an apprentice comes from another province in Canada to Nova Scotia, he is to be granted a credit equal to that to which he is entitled in the province from which he comes.
5 The ratio of apprentices to journeymen in the employ of an employer in the steamfitter/pipefitter trade shall not exceed one apprentice for the first journeyman pipefitter and one additional apprentice for each additional three journeymen.
6 Except as varied by these regulations, the working hours and conditions of work of an apprentice shall be the same as the working hours and conditions of work of a journeyman on the job where the apprentice is employed.
7 (1) The Director shall not register a contract of apprenticeship that provides that the apprentice shall receive a wage at a rate lower than the following rates:
for the first six months, 40% of the journeyman's rate;
for the second six months, 45% of the journeyman's rate;
for the third six months, 50% of the journeyman's rate;
for the fourth six months, 55% of the journeyman's rate;
for the fifth six months, 60% of the journeyman's rate;
for the sixth six months, 65% of the journeyman's rate;
for the seventh six months, 70% of the journeyman's rate;
for the eighth six months, 75% of the journeyman's rate;
for the ninth six months, 80% of the journeyman's rate;
for the tenth six months, 85% of the journeyman's rate.
(2) Where the term "6 months" is used in subsection (1) it means the period required to satisfactorily complete six months of apprenticeship training.
8 Where an apprentice fails to pass the prescribed yearly test, he shall attend at least 85 per cent of the prescribed classes during the next ensuing year, and where an apprentice fails to do so without justification, the Director may consider this sufficient cause for the cancellation of the apprenticeship agreement.
9 When an apprentice fails to pass the prescribed yearly test for two years in succession, the Director may consider this sufficient cause for the cancellation of the apprenticeship agreement.
10 The course of class training shall be in accordance with Appendix 1 to these regulations and the Director may, from time to time after consultation with the trade, prescribe the number and the nature of educational classes to be attended by apprentices registered in the trade.
11 When an apprentice is issued a certificate of apprenticeship in accordance with subsection (2), Section 9 of the general regulations, he is also to receive a certificate of qualification.
1 Class shall be given on a part-time basis for two evenings per week for a total of 144 hours per year.
2 Instruction shall be given in trade and related theory and in practical pipe welding based on the following outline:
First Year
1 The apprentice and his trade
2 Trade health, safety, and performance
3 Blueprint reading and sketching
4 Trade mathematics
5 Heat and heat transmission
6 Sources of heat loss
7 Radiation
8 Unit heaters
9 Boilers
Second Year
1 Blueprint reading and sketching
2 Trade mathematics
3 Hot water heating systems
Third Year
1 Blueprint reading and sketching
2 Trade mathematics
3 Theory and practice in pipe welding
4 Low pressure steam systems
Fourth Year
1 Blueprint reading and sketching
2 Trade mathematics
3 Theory and practice in pipe welding
4 Low pressure steam systems (continued)
Fifth Year
1 Blueprint reading and sketching
2 Trade mathematics
3 Theory and practice in pipe welding
4 High pressure steam systems
[Please note: the trade name has been amended to comply with the Trade Names Equivalency Regulations, O.I.C. 97-564, N.S. Reg. 113/97.]
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