(1) Subject to subregulation 26(4), no person shall undertake or conduct any activity in a designated skill area unless that person is certified. 

 

(2) The Commission or a registered certifying agency, as the case may be, may certify any person with whom it is satisfied is proficient in the designated skill areas. 

 

(3) All proficiency certificates are valid for a period of five years and may be renewed if the holder of the certificate can satisfy the Commission or a registered certifying agency, as the case may be, that he has been employed in the designated skill area for at least twelve months during the five years before the application for renewal was made. 

 

(4) If the holder of the certificate does not fulfill the condition specified under subregulation (3), his certificate shall not be renewed and he shall resit for an examination.