Section 14: Certificate of experience.

(1) A person who, after obtaining an approved qualification, satisfies the conditions specified in subsection (2) of this section, shall be entitled to receive free of charge a certificate of experience in the prescribed form from the person in charge of the establishment, undertaking or organisation specified in the subsection.
(2) The conditions referred to in subsection (1) of this section are that-
(a) the person shall have been employed as a builder for the prescribed period in Nigeria with a view to obtaining a certificate of experience;
(b) the person shall have acquired during his employment practical experience under the personal supervision and guidance of one or more registered builders for such periods as may be prescribed; and
(c) the manner in which the person carried out the duties of his employment and his conduct during the period of his employment shall have been satisfactory.
(3) The employer (being a registered builder) supervising the work of a person employed with a view to obtaining a certificate of experience shall ensure that the person is afforded proper opportunities of acquiring the practical experience required for the purposes of paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of this section.
(4) Where a person, after having served his time as specified in paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of this section, is refused a certificate of experience, he shall be entitled-
(a) to receive from his employer particulars in writing of the grounds of the refusal; and
(b) to appeal from the refusal to a committee of the Council in accordance with rules made by the Council in that behalf (including rules as to the time within which appeals are to be brought) and on any such appeal the committee shall either dismiss the appeal or itself issue the certificate of experience in question or give such other directions in the matter as it considers just.
(5) Regulations may provide for the issue of certificates of experience in respect of employment and institutions outside Nigeria.