8.1. The Commission may issue, pursuant to section 2.1, an apprentice competency certificate to a woman who has never been the holder of a certificate issued under this section, without the employer’s having to file a workforce request or guarantee that person an employment for not less than 150 hours over a period not exceeding 3 months.
The first apprentice competency certificate issued to a woman pursuant to the first paragraph expires 2 years after the date it was issued. The Commission shall renew such certificate if monthly reports sent to the Commission by employers registered with it prove that the employee has worked for at least 150 hours during those 2 years.
If the employee has not worked for at least 150 hours during those 2 years, the Commission shall issue her a new certificate, on condition that an employer confirms in writing to the Commission that he binds himself to hire that person. That apprentice competency certificate expires 2 years after the date it was issued, and it is renewed where the Commission ascertains, in the monthly reports of employers registered with it, that the employee has worked for at least 150 hours during those 2 years. If the employee fails to work for at least 150 hours during the 2-year period, the Commission may again issue a certificate, under the conditions set out in this section.
O.C. 1398-97, s. 1; 994-2016O.C. 994-2016, s. 211.