Micro-credential in Canadian Employment Readiness Micro-credential is a micro-credential in Upgrading/upskilling programme offered by British Columbia Institute of Technology in Burnaby, Canada. The programme is delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 350 per total for local students.
At a glance
Degree:Micro-credential
Field:Upgrading/upskilling
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 350 / total
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
The Canadian Employment Readiness (CER) micro-credential focuses on practical education with a deeper knowledge and practical skills to help them successfully obtain employment with Canadian employers. You will learn to identify cultural dynamics related to expectations, organizational culture, as well as Canadian legal compliance for foreign workers, and international you and graduates. You will apply employability strategies to better adapt and align with Canadian employer expectations during their process of searching and applying for work in their new careers in Canada.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: The Canadian Employment Readiness micro-credential sets no mandatory academic entrance requirement; the program page only recommends English 12 or equivalent for success, without assigning a BCIT English-proficiency category or citing a standardized test score. It also recommends, but does not require, basic computer literacy (using Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat, joining online discussions, searching the internet) and a reliable internet connection for live seminars. There is no formal application: an applicant completes the required Flexible Learning courses and then emails the program with their name, student number and mailing address to receive the micro-credential. No GPA, portfolio, interview or work-experience condition is stated, and the program is open to international applicants who already hold valid status in Canada. Ongoing intakes run three times a year, in January, April and September, with applications processed throughout the year.
Application Details
Start Date:January, April and September
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.