Conestoga College offers PGCert in Occupational Health Safety and Wellness, a postgraduate certificate in Business Administration programme in Kitchener, Canada. The programme runs for 1 year, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 16,809 per year (CAD 5,561 per year for local students).
This postgraduate certificate builds a focused body of knowledge and skills for monitoring and assessing workplace safety and hazards, along with the management skills needed to guide the creation, rollout and review of safety, health and wellness programs in the workplace, across sectors. Students study current trends in wellness, health and safety, analyze best practices and apply that learning to developing programs addressing workplace concerns. This postgraduate certificate satisfies the educational requirements for Canadian Registered Safety Technician certification, administered by BCRSP, the Board of Canadian Registered Safety Professionals, and goes beyond those core competencies with additional courses in consulting skills, disability management, project management and organizational effectiveness.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Entry to this postgraduate certificate requires a two- or three-year diploma, or a degree, from an accredited college or university, with familiarity with MS Office and proficiency in word processing, spreadsheet, and internet browser software in a Windows environment recommended. The program page states that proficiency in verbal and written English is important for success and directs applicants from non-English-instruction institutions to Conestoga's English language requirements policy; the institution's published table for degree and graduate-certificate programs is IELTS Academic 6.5 with no band below 6.0, TOEFL iBT 88 with no skill below 22, PTE Academic 58, or Duolingo 120. Canadian applicants with international transcripts must obtain a course-by-course credential evaluation from an approved provider such as ICAS or WES.
Application Details
Start Date:September, January and May
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca (college code CONS): for the Fall 2027 intake the online application opens 26 September 2026, the equal consideration date is 1 February 2027, offers may be issued from 1 November 2026, and accepted offers must be confirmed by 1 May 2027; most oversubscribed programs stop accepting applications after 1 February 2027, though many programs remain open afterward. Conestoga does not publish a separate equal-consideration date for its January intake. International applicants apply directly to Conestoga and are assessed on a rolling, first-come, first-served basis until each program fills; no fixed international closing date is published. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
