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1. In this Regulation, “certified trade” means the trade of electrician; “electrician” means a person who, (a) lays out, assembles, installs, repairs, maintains, connects or tests electrical fixtures, apparatus, control equipment and wiring for systems of alarm, communication, light, heat or power in buildings or other structures, (b) plans proposed installations from blueprints, sketches or specifications and installs panel boards, switch boxes, pull boxes and other related electrical devices, (c) measures, cuts, threads, bends, assembles and installs conduits and other types of electrical conductor enclosures that connect panels, boxes, outlets and other related electrical devices, (d) installs brackets, hangers or equipment for supporting electrical equipment, (e) installs in or draws electrical conductors through conductor enclosures, (f) prepares conductors for splicing of electrical connections, secures conductor connections by soldering or other mechanical means and reinsulates and protects conductor connections, or (g) tests electrical equipment for proper function, but does not include a person who is permanently employed in an industrial plant at a limited purpose occupation in the electrical trade. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1051, s. 1.
2. (1) The certified trade is composed of two branches. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1051, s. 2 (1). (2) Branch 1 is the trade of a construction and maintenance electrician as defined in clause (a) of the definition of “electrician” in section 1. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1051, s. 2 (2). (3) Branch 2 is the trade of a domestic and rural electrician who performs the work of an electrician in the construction, erection, repair, remodelling or alteration of houses, multiple dwelling buildings containing six or fewer dwellings, or buildings or structures used for farming, or who performs maintenance to electrical equipment in houses, multiple dwelling buildings containing six or fewer dwellings or farms. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1051, s. 2 (3).
3. The trade of electrician is designated as a certified trade for the purposes of the Act. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1051, s. 3.
4. An apprentice training program is established for the certified trade and consists of five periods of related training and work experience training of 1,800 hours for each period for Branch 1 and four periods of related training and work experience training of 1,800 hours for each period for Branch 2, (a) at full time educational day classes provided at a college of applied arts and technology or in courses that, in the opinion of the Director, are equivalent thereto in the subjects contained in Schedule 1; and (b) in practical training and instruction provided by the employer of the apprentice in the subjects contained in Schedule 2. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1051, s. 4.
5. The subjects of examination for an apprentice in the certified trade are the subjects contained in Schedules 1 and 2. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1051, s. 5.
6. The holder of a certificate of qualification in Branch 2 of the certified trade is entitled to a certificate of qualification in Branch 1 of the certified trade upon completion of a further period of training and instruction of 2,000 hours that shall include a course of study approved by the Director. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1051, s. 6.
7. (1) The rate of wages for an apprentice in the certified trade whether for regular daily hours of work or for hours of work in excess of regular daily hours of work shall not be less than, (a) 40 per cent during the first period; (b) 50 per cent during the second period; (c) 60 per cent during the third period; (d) 70 per cent during the fourth period; and (e) 80 per cent during the fifth period, of the average hourly rate of wages or its equivalent for journeypersons in that trade employed by the employer with whom the apprentice is working. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1051, s. 7 (1). (2) The rate of wages for a Branch 2 Electrician during the 2,000 hour period of training and instruction mentioned in section 6 shall be not less than 80 per cent of the wages for a Branch 1 Electrician. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1051, s. 7 (2).
8. (1) The number of apprentices who may be employed by an employer in the certified trade shall not exceed the number set out in Column 2 of the Table opposite the number of journeypersons employed by the employer set out in Column 1. TABLE  Column 1

Column 2


Number of Journeypersons

Number of Apprentices Allowed


1

1


2

2


3

2


4

2


5

3


6

3


7

3


8

4 O. Reg. 466/91,s. 1. (2) For every three journeypersons employed by the employer after the eighth journeyperson, one additional apprentice may be employed. O. Reg. 466/91,s. 1.
9. Revoked: O. Reg. 466/91, s. 1.
10. A person is exempt from subsection 10 (2) of the Act if he or she, (a) applies in the prescribed form for apprenticeship in the certified trade; and (b) becomes an apprentice in the certified trade within three months after commencing to work in that trade. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1051, s. 10.
11. The Director shall issue a progress record book to each apprentice and the apprentice and employer shall record therein the time that the apprentice spends in related training and work experience and the apprentice shall be responsible for the safekeeping of the progress record book. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 1051, s. 11.