Coop on pgwp

[Liz369]

Hello, am an International student , currently doing coop as the last semester of my program of study with a Bank as an analyst and my 4 month co-op as well as graduation is in December 2022. They asked me if I could continue as a coop from Jan -April 2023. as am a fresher in the field and have several years of career gap, an experience of 8 months is really important, so am inclined to take it.but, I am not sure if I can do it, since I will be on applied status for pgwp or on pgwp then, and no longer a student. I understand the coop is for students and coop experience will not be counted as CEC for PR, but can I work as coop on pgwp, is it illegal?pr affect getting PR in anyway?kindly advise..thanks in advance