Common use of Achievement of Certification Clause in Contracts

Achievement of Certification. A regular employee applying for a posted vacancy who lacks the formal educational or technical certification required in the position shall not be rejected solely on that basis if the employee is judged by the Employer as having sufficient experience, skill and ability to otherwise satisfactorily perform the work in question, provided always that such employee is currently enrolled in an appropriate course of study or is in some other fashion acceptable to the Employer currently preparing to achieve the necessary certification and provided further that the employee can be expected to achieve such certification within a period of time deemed reasonable by the Employer. In such circumstances, the Employer shall consider the employee as having already achieved the required certification at the time of the promotional competition. The employee shall compete for the vacancy on this basis and, if successful in winning the competition over other applicants on the basis of Subsection (i) or (ii) above, the employee shall be awarded the position contingent upon successful achievement of such certification with the time limit established by the Employer for that purpose. If the employee fails to achieve such certification within this period, the employee shall revert to their former position.

Achievement of Certification. A regular employee applying for a posted vacancy who lacks the formal educational or technical certification required in the position shall not be rejected solely on that basis if the employee is judged by the Employer as having sufficient experience, skill and ability to otherwise satisfactorily perform the work in question, provided always that such employee is currently enrolled in an appropriate course of study or is in some other fashion acceptable to the Employer currently preparing to achieve the necessary certification and provided further that the employee can be expected to achieve such certification within a period of time deemed reasonable by the Employer. In such circumstances, the Employer shall consider the employee as having already achieved the required certification at the time of the promotional competition. The employee shall compete for the vacancy on this basis and, if successful in winning the competition over other applicants on the basis of Subsection (i) or (ii) above, the employee shall be awarded the position contingent upon successful achievement of such certification with the time limit established by the Employer for that purpose. If the employee fails to achieve such certification within this period, the employee shall revert to their former position.