O. Reg. 332/07: Brick and Stone Mason

 

ontario regulation 332/07

made under the

Trades Qualification and Apprenticeship Act

Made: June 27, 2007
Filed: July 5, 2007
Published on e-Laws: July 6, 2007
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: July 21, 2007

Amending Reg. 1045 of R.R.O. 1990

(Brick and Stone Mason)

1. Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of Regulation 1045 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 are revoked and the following substituted:

4. (1) An apprentice training program for the certified trade is established in accordance with this section.

(2) The apprentice training program for the certified trade shall include the following two components:

1. Classes that provide training and instruction.

2. On the job work experience.

(3) A period of apprentice training included in the apprentice training program under subsection (4) may include either or both of the components referred to in subsection (2).

(4) The apprentice training program for the certified trade shall consist of four periods and each period shall include 1,400 hours of apprentice training.

5. Despite subsection 8 (2) of Regulation 1055 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 (General) made under the Act, hours worked by an apprentice in the certified trade in excess of his or her regular daily hours of on the job work experience shall be included when determining whether the apprentice has fulfilled the hours of apprentice training required under subsection 4 (4).

6. (1) The rate of wages to be paid by an employer to an apprentice working in the certified trade during the apprentice training program shall not be less than the following percentage of the average hourly rate of wages for journeypersons employed by the employer in that trade:

1. During the first period of apprentice training, 40 per cent.

2. During the second period of apprentice training, 60 per cent.

3. During the third period of apprentice training , 70 per cent.

4. During the fourth period of apprentice training, 80 per cent.

(2) Subsection (1) applies to the determination of rate of wages for regular daily hours of work of an apprentice as well as for hours of work in excess of regular daily hours of work.

(3) If an employer employs an apprentice in the certified trade but does not employ other journeypersons in the trade, the apprentice’s rate of wages shall be determined in accordance with subsections (1) and (2).  However, any reference in those subsections to the average hourly rate of wages for journeypersons employed by the employer in the certified trade shall be deemed to be a reference to the average hourly rate of wages paid to journeypersons employed in the trade in the locality in which the apprentice is employed.

7. (1) The number of apprentices who may be employed by an employer in the certified trade shall not exceed the number determined in accordance with the following rules:

1. For the first journeyperson employed by the employer in the trade, one apprentice.

2. For every three additional journeypersons employed by the employer in the trade, add one apprentice.

(2) If an employer is a journeyperson, he or she shall be considered to be the first journeyperson employed by the employer for the purposes of paragraph 1 of subsection (1).

2. Schedules 1 and 2 of the Regulation are revoked.

3. This Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.