Professional contract: who can be a tutor?
Verified 13 February 2026 - Entreprendre Service Public / (Prime Minister)
When an employer hires an employee on a professionalization contract, it must choose a tutor to accompany that employee. When the employee on a professional contract is hired by a temporary work company (ETT), an intermediate association (AI) or an employers' association and is made available in a user company, the conditions for designation are different.
General scenario
The employer chooses a guardian from among the company's employees.
The employee chosen as guardian must be volunteer to hold this office.
It must also be qualified, that is to say, justifyat least 2 years professional experience in relation to the qualification referred to in the professionalization contract.
The tutor can follow 3 people simultaneously if he is an employee.
The duties of the tutor are as follows:
- Welcome, help, inform and guide the beneficiaries of the professionalization contract
- Organize with interested employees the activity of these beneficiaries in the company and contribute to the acquisition of professional expertise
- Ensuring respect for the employee's schedule under a professionalization contract
- Liaise with the body or service responsible for the evaluation, training and support of beneficiaries outside the company
- Participate in the evaluation of the training follow-up.
Please note
The employer can provide tutoring himself, provided he meets the qualification and experience requirements. In this case, it can follow 2 people.
ETT, AI or Employers' Group
When the employee is hired by a temporary work company, an intermediate association or a group of employers and is made available of a user company, each company shall designate a guardian.
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Guardian appointed by the ETT, the AI or the employers' association
How is the guardian appointed?
An employee is appointed as a guardian. There is no specific condition to be met for this designation.
What are the duties of the tutor?
The duties of the tutor are as follows:
- Liaise with the body or service responsible for the evaluation, training and support of beneficiaries outside the company
- Participate in the evaluation of the training follow-up.
Guardian appointed by the user company
How is the guardian appointed?
The employer of the user company chooses a tutor from among the company's employees.
What are the conditions to be a tutor?
The employee chosen as guardian must be volunteer to hold this office.
It must also be qualified, that is to say, justifyat least 2 years professional experience in relation to the qualification referred to in the professionalization contract.
The tutor can follow 3 people simultaneously if he is an employee.
What are the duties of the tutor?
The duties of the tutor are as follows:
- Welcome, help, inform and guide the beneficiaries of the professionalization contract
- Organize with interested employees the activity of these beneficiaries in the company and contribute to the acquisition of professional expertise
- Ensuring respect for the employee's schedule under a professionalization contract
Please note
The employer can provide tutoring himself, provided that he meets the qualification and experience requirements. In this case, it can follow 2 people.
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