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Trades Qualification and Apprenticeship Act

R.R.O. 1990, REGULATION 1047

Amended to O. Reg. 227/93

CONSTRUCTION BOILERMAKER

Historical version for the period April 30, 1993 to July 4, 2007.

This is the English version of a bilingual regulation.

1. In this Regulation,

“certified trade” means the trade of construction boilermaker; (“métier agréé”)

“training profile” means the training curriculum approved by the Director for the certified trade, including the units of study required for in-school and work experience training. (“profil de formation”) R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1047, s. 1.

2. The trade of construction boilermaker is designated as a certified trade for the purpose of the Act. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1047, s. 2.

3. An apprentice training program is established for the certified trade and shall consist of four periods of related training and work experience training of 1,650 hours for each period,

(a) at full-time educational day classes provided at a college of applied arts and technology in the units of study contained in the training profile or in a program, that in the opinion of the Director, is equivalent thereto; and

(b) in work experience training provided by the employer of the apprentice in the units of study contained in the training profile. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1047, s. 3.

4. The examination for an apprentice in the certified trade shall be based on the units of study contained in the training profile. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1047, s. 4.

5. Every apprentice in the certified trade shall be in good physical health and shall provide medical proof thereof. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1047, s. 5.

6. No apprentice shall be permitted to engage in the certified trade unless he or she is capable of climbing to and manoeuvering at heights commonly experienced in the certified trade. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1047, s. 6.

7. Despite subsection 8 (2) of Regulation 1055 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990, every hour worked by an apprentice in excess of regular daily hours of practical work experience training up to the maximum of sixty hours per week shall be included in computing the hours spent in related and work experience training. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1047, s. 7.

8. The Director shall issue a progress record book to an apprentice in the certified trade for the purpose of recording the time spent by the apprentice in respect of related training and work experience and the apprentice shall be responsible for keeping the progress record book up-to-date and for its safekeeping. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1047, s. 8.

9. The rate of wages for an apprentice in the certified trade, whether for regular daily hours or for hours in excess of regular daily hours, shall be not less than,

(a) 60 per cent during the first 1,650 hours of related training and work experience training;

(b) 70 per cent during the second 1,650 hours of related training and work experience training;

(c) 80 per cent during the third 1,650 hours of related training and work experience training; and

(d) 90 per cent during the fourth 1,650 hours of related training and work experience training,

of the average rate of wages for journeymen employed by the employer in that trade, or where the employer is the only journeyman employed, of the average rate of wages for journeymen in the certified trade. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1047, s. 9.

10. Subject to section 11, the number of apprentices who may be employed by an employer in the certified trade shall not exceed,

(a) where the employer is a journeyman in the trade, one apprentice plus an additional apprentice for each additional three journeymen employed by the employer in that trade and with whom the apprentice is working; or

(b) where the employer is not a journeyman in the trade, one apprentice for the first journeyman employed by the employer plus an additional apprentice for each additional three journeymen employed by the employer in that trade and with whom the apprentice is working. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1047, s. 10.

11. Despite section 10, on the recommendation of the Provincial Advisory Committee or the local apprenticeship committee approved under the Act for the certified trade, the Director may determine the ratio of apprentices to journeymen who may be employed by an employer in the certified trade. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1047, s. 11.

12. (1) Section 9 and subsection 10 (2) of the Act do not apply to any person who works or is employed in the certified trade. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1047, s. 12 (1).

(2) Subsection 10 (3) of the Act does not apply to an employer in the certified trade. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1047, s. 12 (2).

13. (1) Where an applicant for a certificate of qualification, who is not the holder of a certificate of apprenticeship in the trade, supplies evidence satisfactory to the Director of having been continuously engaged in the trade as a journeyman in Ontario or elsewhere for a period of two years in excess of the apprenticeship period for the trade, the Director shall permit the applicant to write an examination for a certificate of qualification. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1047, s. 13 (1).

(2) Where an applicant for a certificate of qualification referred to in subsection (1) passes such examination as is prescribed by the Director, the Director, upon payment of the prescribed fee, shall issue the applicant a certificate of qualification. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1047, s. 13 (2).

(3) The examination prescribed by the Director in subsection (2) for a certificate of qualification in the certified trade shall be based on the units of study contained in the training profile. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1047, s. 13 (3).