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title: "Ask a Gas Safety Officer: Can an Apprentice Receive Supervision Over the Phone? | Technical Safety BC"
description: The Safety Standards General Regulation outlines who can perform regulated work and specifies how apprentices are supervised.
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# [Ask a Gas Safety Officer: Can an Apprentice Receive Supervision Over the Phone? | Technical Safety BC](https://blog.technicalsafetybc.ca/ask-gas-safety-officer-can-apprentice-receive-supervision-over-phone)

 Written by [Technical Safety BC](https://blog.technicalsafetybc.ca/author/technical-safety-bc) | November 5, 2018

### Q: I am a gas fitting apprentice tasked to replace a residential gas water heater. Can my employer, a gas contractor, supervise me over the phone?

No, apprentices completing this type of work must be supervised by a qualified gas fitter on site.

The Safety Standards General Regulation outlines who can perform regulated work. It states that apprentices can perform regulated work provided that they are supervised by a person who:

- is specifically authorized under the Act to perform that type of work, and
- supervises the individual **on site** and provides guidance and assistance to the individual as the regulated work is performed.

 

 

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