Offered by College of New Caledonia in Prince George, Canada, Medical Device Reprocessing Technician Associate Certificate is a certificate in Health Sciences programme. The programme runs for 6 months, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 8,000 per total for local students.
The six-month certificate combines theory with a clinical component to prepare technicians for a medical device reprocessing department. Training covers safe and correct operation of a range of equipment along with the ethical and legal responsibilities tied to patient safety, centred on organizing, decontaminating and sterilizing medical instruments used in hospitals and clinics.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission to the Medical Device Reprocessing Technician Associate Certificate requires high school graduation or equivalent, with English Studies 12, English First Peoples 12, ENGL 050 or 051 (minimum C) or equivalent. Before starting the practicum, accepted students must provide proof of immunization status as set out by the BC Centre for Disease Control and CNC's Practice Education Guidelines, and must pass a provincial Schedule B criminal record search; RCMP checks are not accepted, because the practicum involves work with vulnerable people. The programme page does not set its own English-language proficiency scores; non-native English speakers must meet CNC's institution-wide requirement, published on its admission-requirements page: IELTS Academic overall 6.0 (no band below 6.0), TOEFL iBT overall 80 (no section below 17), PTE Academic overall 59 (no section below 55), CAEL overall 60+ (no subtest below 60), CELPIP General with no section below 7, or Duolingo English Test overall 110, scores valid two years. The programme page also references CNC's transfer-credit equivalency listings for applicants with prior related coursework.
Application Details
Start Date:Spring
Application Deadline:College of New Caledonia runs first-qualified, first-accepted admissions with no single deadline for most programmes. Domestic and international applicants use the same process, though international students also go through CNC's international application page: applications for Fall 2026 and Spring 2027 entry are open now, and applications for Fall 2027 and Spring 2028 entry open on 1 October 2026. Seats are assessed on a rolling basis and close once a programme fills or the term begins; CNC advises applying as soon as applications open, and international applicants typically get an offer letter within four to six weeks. The Bachelor of Science in Nursing (Northern Collaborative Baccalaureate Nursing Program) and the Diagnostic Medical Sonography Diploma are exceptions, each carrying a fixed 1 March application-and-documentation deadline. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
