Section 2: Formation and performance of the contract.

The professionalisation contract is a fixed-term or open-ended employment contract. It is drawn up in writing. Where it is for a fixed term, it is concluded in application of article L. 1242-3. The professionalisation contract is filed with the administrative authority.

The holder of a professionalisation contract benefits from all the provisions applicable to the other employees of the company insofar as they are not incompatible with the training requirements.

Minors holding a vocational training contract may be authorised to use work equipment forbidden to young workers during their vocational training, under conditions defined by decree.

A card bearing the words “Etudiant des métiers” (“Trades Student”) is issued by the organisation or service responsible for their training to the persons mentioned in 1° of article L. 6325-1 and whose professionalisation contract is aimed at acquiring a qualification registered in the national register of professional certifications mentioned in article L. 6113-1 and includes a professionalisation action, within the meaning of article L. 6325-11 of this code, lasting…

The fixed-term professionalisation contract may be renewed once if : 1° The beneficiary, having obtained the qualification in question, is preparing a higher or complementary qualification; 2° The beneficiary was unable to obtain the qualification in question due to failure to pass the assessment tests for the training course followed, maternity, illness, accident at work, occupational illness or failure on the part of the training organisation.