The minimum duration of the work placement is thirty-two hours per week. The internship is completed during the normal working hours of the internship supervisor. During the last six months of the traineeship, the training supervisor grants the trainee, at his or her request, unpaid leave for a period of at least one month to prepare for the certificate of aptitude for the duties of statutory auditor.
The traineeship may be carried out concurrently with that provided for in first paragraph of article 4 of order no. 45-2138 of 19 September 1945 as amended establishing the order of chartered accountants and regulating the title of chartered accountant.