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Halocarbons - environmental qualification certificate

Regulation Refrigerating apparatuses Vehicles Household units

H4 - Household units

Air conditioning and refrigeration units

Equipment targeted by the new requirement

As of June 1, 2008, you will have to hold an H4 environmental qualification certificate in order to install, service, repair or modify a unit under 1/4 horsepower (200 W) that uses halocarbons.

Examples:

  • refrigerators
  • freezers
  • water chillers
  • home air conditioning units
  • vending machines

Main trades targeted by the new requirement

  • Household appliance repairer
  • Household appliance technician
  • Vending machine repairer

Length of validity of the H4 certificate

Your environmental qualification certificate is valid for your full career. The Regulation makes no provision for renewing this document.

Criteria for obtaining an H4 certificate

To obtain an H4 environmental qualification certificate, you must hold one of the following attestations of training covering the use of halocarbons in household units:

  • Attestation of training on halocarbons, household units category, recognized by Emploi-Québec, given by a school board (seven hours);
  • Attestation issued by the Refrigeration Service Engineers Society for training successfully completed after January 1, 1994;
  • Valid Ozone Depletion Prevention (ODP) card issued by the Government of Ontario;
  • Valid Manitoba Ozone Protection Industry Association (MOPIA) card.
  • Attestation issued by the Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Institute of Canada for training successfully completed after January 1, 1994;

How to obtain training on halocarbons for certificate H4

If you have not completed any of the training on hydrocarbons required to get your environmental qualification certificate, you must sign up with one of the school boards providing the seven-hour training recognized by Emploi-Québec.

Registration fees will be requested.

How to apply to Emploi-Québec for a certificate

  1. Download the application form for an Enrolment Application - Qualification Program
  2. Complete the application form and send it to the address shown below along with the following documents:
    • a photocopy of your attestation of successful completion of halocarbon training recognized by Emploi-Québec
    • a cheque or money order for $35, made out to the
      Minister of Finance of Québec.

Centre administratif de la qualification professionnelle
Ministère de l’Emploi et de la Solidarité sociale
Case postale 100
Victoriaville (Québec) G6P 6S4
Phone : 1 866 393-006

Information by phone

1 888 EMPLOIS
(1 888 367-5647)

Service outlet

Centre administratif de la qualification professionnelle
Ministère de l’Emploi et de la Solidarité sociale
Case postale 100
Victoriaville (Québec)
G6P 6S4
Phone : 1 866 393-0067

Documents

>>Enrolment Application - Qualification Program (PDF)
You can also print out a hard copy of the form at a multiservice room in a local employment centre (CLE)
>> List of CLEs

Internet

>> Ministère du Développement durable, de l'Environnement et des Parcs

>> Regulation respecting hydrocarbons
(Sections 43 to 51 deal with "Environmental Qualification of the Labour Force.")

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