Certificate in Health Care Assistant

The Health Care Assistant Program will support you in developing the confidence, knowledge and skills required to provide safe care and contribute to the physical, emotional and social well-being of clients in a variety of health care settings. During the first 16 weeks, you will complete theory classes either online or in person, followed by in-person lab courses on the Trail Campus. For the final ten weeks of the program, you’ll complete 270 hours of practice in residential and community care settings. We offer flexible study options to help you make it work. As a graduate, you will be a respected member of the health care team and work under the direction and supervision of a health professional.

Official transcripts from high school or post-secondary institutions (mailed directly from the Ministry of Education and educational institutions) showing the following:

A minimum of 67% or higher is required in English 10

Applicants for whom English is a second language are required to demonstrate proficiency in English as outlined by the BC Care Aide & Community Health Worker Registry. Standardized proficiency assessments and required scores in all four language skills areas: (speaking, listening, reading and writing)

Submission of a TOEFL score of IBT 80 or better; or

Submission of an IELTS score of 6.0 with no individual band less than 5.5 or better; or

Submission of an acceptable score on the Language Proficiency Index score of 4 or better.