Quebec to allow volunteers to do more construction work in schools and hospitals

MONTREAL — The Quebec government is going to allow volunteers to do more construction work in schools, hospitals, daycare centres as well as for non-profit organizations.

Rules will be loosened to let people without certificates of competence lay gypsum, replace windows, install countertops and sand and varnish floors.

A certificate will be required, however, for plumbing and electrical work.

The move follows a recent complaint filed with the group that oversees Quebec’s construction industry over a decision by a group of volunteers to paint the interior of a school in a small town near the U.S. border.