Cert in Personal Support Worker at Mohawk College in Hamilton, Canada is a certificate in Health Sciences programme. The programme runs for 1 year, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 9,215 per semester (CAD 1,381 per semester for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Certificate
Field:Health Sciences
Duration: 1 year
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 1,381 / semester
International tuition: CAD 9,215 / semester
Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
Develop a broad range of abilities to reflect the sensitivity and respect required to provide valuable service to clients. Program Highlights Program is taught using a variety of methods including online, classroom lecture, clinical and lab experiences and field placement.Collaborative learning environment where you and your peers will experience simulated and real-life opportunities in state-of-the-art labs.Online theory classes to support study-life balance.Complete your certificate with a focus in gerontology by working with adults at the new training facility at The Village of Wentworth Heights.What you'll learnApply combined theoretical knowledge with practical skills to work as a team member with clients, families, nurses, physicians and other support services.Hands-on experience through professional practice placements in health care agencies under the supervision of instructors and preceptors.Provide service to a wide variety of clients.Recognize legislation that is relevant to the role including the Human Rights Code, Child and Family Services Act, Occupational Health and Safety Act, Workers’ Compensation Act, and the Long Term Care Homes Amendment Act and the acts it amends.Apply theoretical learning in an authentic, real-world setting when you study in the Living Classroom at the Tansley Woods, Wentworth Heights campuses along with St. Josephs’ Villa. Program Length1 academic year (period of 8 months)View the Exceptions Calendar for start dates and semester break information.Students in the PSW program must complete the program within 2.5 years from when they started to graduate (max 8 terms). Failure to complete within this timeline will result in having to reapply to semester 1 through OCAS and restart the program. Programs are often reviewed to ensure that they are current and meet industry standards. If any changes are made to the program of studies there could be additional courses that are needed for out-of-synch students to graduate.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: ACADEMIC ENTRY: an OSSD or its equivalent (Mohawk Academic Upgrading or GED) including Grade 12 English at the C or U level or equivalent. Mohawk also publishes a mature-applicant route for people without the school credits.
PLACEMENT REQUIREMENTS: Mohawk flags pre-placement conditions that bite in the FIRST semester of this program - the program page directs applicants to the Experiential Learning tab for the current list. Plan for them before classes start rather than after an offer arrives.
ENGLISH, where it is not your first language (Mohawk lists these as stand-ins for the Grade 12 English credit, and they apply to domestic and international applicants alike): IELTS Academic 6.0 overall with no band under 5.5; or TOEFL iBT 80 (paper-based 550); or Duolingo 105-110 with no band under 100; or finishing Mohawk’s General Arts and Science - English for Academic Purposes program (478).
Mohawk runs this program at several sites besides the Institute for Applied Health Sciences, including Six Nations Polytechnic in Brantford and Schlegel and St. Joseph's Villa locations, and not every site runs every intake - check the start you want is offered where you want to study.
Application Details
Start Date:Starts Mohawk lists on this program’s own page, checked 6 September 2026. Domestic applicants: January 2027 at Institute for Applied Health Sciences at McMaster (IH), Wentworth Heights - Schlegel; September 2026 at Institute for Applied Health Sciences at McMaster (IH), St. Joseph's Villa, Six Nations Polytechnic - Brantford (SB), Tansley Woods - Schlegel, Wentworth Heights - Schlegel; May 2027 at Institute for Applied Health Sciences at McMaster (IH). International applicants: May, September, January intakes. Mohawk runs a Fall term from September, a Winter term from January and a Spring/Summer term from May; not every program runs every term, and the seat status shown beside a start (open, waitlist, closed) moves as intakes fill.
Application Deadline:Mohawk publishes no deadline unique to this program; the dates below are the college-wide ones.
DOMESTIC APPLICANTS (Canadian citizens and permanent residents) apply through ontariocolleges.ca. Equal consideration date: 1 February for a September start; 1 June for a January start; 1 October for a May start. Applications that reach Ontario Colleges by then are read together in the first round of offers. Applying afterwards is still allowed, but remaining seats go first-come, first-served, and a competitive program is usually full by that point. Where a program draws more qualified applicants than it has seats, Mohawk ranks them on the average of their highest senior-level final grades in the required courses, and offers go to Ontario permanent residents first, then residents of other Canadian provinces and territories, then international applicants.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS (citizens of another country without Canadian permanent residence) do not use the equal consideration dates. They apply through the OCAS International Application Service, which sets a separate deadline for each intake rather than one annual date; the current list is on Mohawk’s international apply page. For the January 2027 intake, applications opened in February 2026 and close in November 2026. Files arriving after a deadline are judged on remaining program capacity, visa status and study-permit processing time for the applicant’s region, and Mohawk states it may cap applications or impose deadlines by region. The CAD 100 application fee is non-refundable and covers up to two program choices starting in the same August-to-July academic year.
