At British Columbia Institute of Technology in Burnaby, Canada, Airport Operations Associate Certificate - Part-Time is offered as a certificate in Aviation Studies programme. The programme is delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 500 per total for local students.
The program is aimed at people already working at local, regional, or international airports who want to strengthen their technical and administrative skills, as well as those considering a move into airport operations. Content follows industry standards and regulations, covering technical writing, human factors, safety management systems, emergency readiness, risk management in aviation safety, master planning for airports, and airport and airline security systems.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: The program page sets no overall academic or English-language admission requirement for this associate certificate; instead it lists prerequisites per course, most of which have none (AIRC 1004, AIRC 1008 and AVAO 2222 state no prerequisites) while others require a specific prior grade (for example 70% in AIRC 1004 for AVAO 1190, AVAO 2260 and AVAO 2295, and 70% in both AIRC 1004 and AIRC 1008 for AVAO 3320; COMM 2203 requires 70% or better in COMM 1100, COMM 1103 or COMM 1106 or equivalent). International applicants are eligible with a valid study permit, though the program's own page states it does not qualify for a Post-Graduation Work Permit. As of this reading, the page states the program is under review with a curriculum change planned for 2026, and new declarations are not being accepted until further notice.
Application Details
Start Date:September, January and April
Application Deadline:BCIT publishes common credential application dates for most cohort-based diplomas, degrees and Flexible Learning routes, though each program's own page governs: for the January 2027 intake domestic applications run 1 February 2026 to 2 January 2027 and international to 1 November 2026; for the April 2027 intake domestic runs 1 May 2026 to 1 April 2027 and international to 1 February 2027; for September 2027 domestic applications open 1 October 2026 and close 1 September 2027, international 2 July 2027. Openings are 9:00 am and deadlines 11:59 pm Pacific Time, moving to the next business day on a weekend. Admission is not institute-wide rolling, but many programs work first-qualified-first-accepted and can fill before the posted deadline, and several programs, mostly in Health Sciences, trades and graduate studies, run entirely separate application tables of their own. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
