Contravention: Employing or otherwise engaging individual to engage in compulsory trade without a Certificate of Qualification, contrary to section 4 of the Ontario College of Trades and Apprenticeship Act, 2009 (OCTAA).

Summary: On November 29, 2017, Ontario College of Trades inspectors conducted an inspection at Warranty Auto Sales, located at 1830 Lawrence Avenue East, Scarborough, ON. The inspectors determined that one individual employed by Warranty Auto Sales Ltd. was using a pneumatic air compressor tool with cutting disc used to remove and disassemble a nut located on the lower control arm assembly for the purpose of installing a new lower ball joint on a motor vehicle while he did not hold a Certificate of Qualification or a Statement of Membership in the compulsory trade of automotive service technician (310S) that is not suspended, and while he was not an apprentice in the trade working pursuant to a registered training agreement that is not suspended

Notice of Contravention: On December 7, 2017, a College inspector issued a Notice of Contravention to Warranty Auto Sales Ltd. of Scarborough, setting out an administrative penalty of $500. Warranty Auto Sales Ltd. had no other OCTAA Notices of Contravention issued to it in the three years preceding the date of the current notice.