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Floorcovering Installer Trade Regulations

made under Section 29 of the

Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act

S.N.S. 2003, c. 1

O.I.C. 2009-428 (October 6, 2009), N.S. Reg. 297/2009

Citation

1     These regulations may be cited as the Floorcovering Installer Trade Regulations.

Definitions

2     (1)    In these regulations,

 

                (a)    “Act” means the Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act;

 

                (b)    “floorcovering installer trade” means the occupation of floorcovering installer, consisting of installing, applying, altering, repairing and servicing all types of cushion flooring, carpets, rugs, artificial turf, sheet goods, resilient tiles, specialty flooring, stair coverings, top-set base and other floorcovering or flooring products;

 

                (c)    “General Regulations” means the Apprenticeship and Trades Qualifications Act General Regulations made under the Act.

 

       (2)    The definitions contained in the General Regulations apply to these regulations unless the context otherwise requires.

Term of apprenticeship

3     The term of apprenticeship for the floorcovering installer trade is 6000 hours of combined practical experience and technical training approved by the Director, and may include a probationary period of no longer than 3 months.

Ratio of journeypersons to apprentices

4     An employer in the floorcovering installer trade must maintain a minimum ratio of 1 journeyperson to every 2 apprentices, unless the Director permits the ratio to be varied in accordance with Section 24 of the General Regulations.

Wage schedule

5     (1)    Subject to subsection (2), the minimum wage for each hour worked by a floorcovering installer apprentice is a percentage of the wage for a floorcovering installer journeyperson in the same place of employment, as set out in the following table:

Wages for Floorcovering Installer Apprentice
Hours in Term of Apprenticeship	Minimum Wage (% of journeyperson’s wage)
0–1000	40%
1001–2000	45%
2001–3000	50%
3001–4000	60%
4001–5000	70%
5001–6000	80%

 

       (2)    An employer must not employ a floorcovering installer 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 through trade qualification

6     For the purpose of Section 30 of the General Regulations, which authorizes the Director to issue a certificate of qualification in a designated trade to a person who does not hold a certificate of apprenticeship in the trade if the person applies and meets certain requirements, 9000 hours is prescribed as the period of employment required for the floorcovering installer trade.

Transition

7     A person who on the coming into force of these regulations is an apprentice in an apprenticeship program under the regulations respecting the floorcovering installer trade, N.S. Reg. 114/97, made by the Governor in Council by Order in Council 97-565 dated August 19, 1997, continues as an apprentice in that apprenticeship program under these regulations.

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