(a) shall determine whether a trade is a skilled trade and appropriate for a contract of apprenticeship and, where it so determines, shall designate that trade by name as being appropriate for a contract of apprenticeship;
(b) may certify contracts of apprenticeship as binding upon the parties to them, approve assignments of contracts of apprenticeship and approve plans of apprenticeship training;
(c) may terminate or cancel a contract of apprenticeship upon agreement of the parties to it or for proper and sufficient cause in the opinion of the board;
(d) may, with respect to a person who wishes to become an apprentice, assess, evaluate and grant credits for
(i) trade experience as a worker or as a member of the armed forces,
(ii) trade training in a vocational school or in the armed forces,
and determine in those cases the further time required to complete the period of apprenticeship;
(e) shall register apprentices, prospective apprentices and improvers and keep a record of contracts of apprenticeship and of their disposition;
(f) shall determine the nature of a course of related technical instruction to be given an apprentice under a contract of apprenticeship and shall establish the duration of those courses in a particular trade and the manner in which those courses shall be conducted;
(g) may provide for periodic trade tests and final examination of apprentices, the manner and time of those tests and examinations, the conditions under which those tests and examinations shall be conducted and the granting of status as an improver or as a person fully qualified in a trade;
(h) may appoint examining committees to conduct tests and examinations for the purpose of paragraph (g) and define the duties of those committees;
(i) may issue suitable certificates or diplomas to apprentices who complete their training and pass the necessary trade tests and examinations;
(j) may appoint advisory committees that shall be equally representative of employers and employees in respect of apprenticeship in trades and prescribe the duties of each committee;
(k) shall settle finally and conclusively disputes arising out of a contract of apprenticeship or a plan of apprenticeship training;
(l) may by resolution delegate to the director a power or a duty vested in it by paragraphs (b) to (j) and section 27 and in the same manner may revoke a delegation so made;
(m) may by permit exempt from the operation of regulations made under subparagraph 22(a)(iii) a person who is engaged in a designated trade when regulations in respect of that designated trade made under that subparagraph come into force; and
(n) may amend or revoke and substitute another for a plan of apprenticeship training declared by it and amend or revoke and substitute another for a decision made by it.