Ontario College Graduate Certificate in Technical Writer (Co-op)

The Technical Writer Ontario College Graduate Certificate program provides you with the skills and training needed for a career in technical communication. Throughout this one-year program, you create different types of workplace documents to help users enjoy all features of a product, service or information. In particular, you learn to:

research and analyze technical material
connect with an intended audience
use specialized tools to author documents
manage multiple projects to meet the goals of a group
create structured documents that cater to different user tasks

These skills are so highly prized in the workplace that you can choose to work in either the public or the private sector, and in a freelance, part-time or full-time capacity.

The Technical Writer program will teach you how to create different kinds of online and print documents such as instruction sets, training materials, user manuals, white papers, proposals, online help, instructional videos and podcasts.

Successful completion of a university degree, with a strong showing in the courses for which high standards of writing are demanded.

Successful completion of a three-year Ontario College Advanced Diploma, with a strong showing in the courses for which high standards of writing are demanded.

However, applicants possessing the following background will also be considered:

Successful completion of a two-year Ontario Community College Diploma, with a strong showing in the courses for which high standards of writing are demanded, paired with demonstration of significant experience in the workplace in the production of a variety of written communication products.

Applicants with International transcripts must provide proof of the subject specific requirements noted above along with proof of either: IELTS-International English Language Testing Service-Overall band of 7.5 with a minimum of 7.0 in each band; OR TOEFL-Internet-based (iBT)-overall 104, with the minimum of the following score in each component: Reading 26; Listening: 26; Speaking: 24; Writing: 28.

Deadline: Applications for Fall Term and Winter Term admission received by February 1 will be given equal consideration.