Cert in Health Care Aide Workplace is a certificate in Health Sciences programme offered by NorQuest College in Edmonton, Canada. The programme runs for 12 months, delivered in a hybrid format. Tuition for international students is CAD 8,672 per total (CAD 3,319 per total for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Certificate
Field:Health Sciences
Duration: 12 months
Delivery: Hybrid
Local tuition: CAD 3,319 / total
International tuition: CAD 8,672 / total
Last checked September 2026 · Source: norquest.ca ·
Program details
Overview
This certificate program at NorQuest College is designed for people already working as health care aides or in equivalent caregiving roles who want to earn formal certification. The curriculum prepares students for the Alberta Health Care Aide Registration Exam and covers personal care tasks such as bathing, dressing, transferring, and eating assistance, along with recreational activity support and nursing support duties. The program is delivered online and self-paced, with scheduled online course exams, and includes in-person lab work and clinical skills assessment. Clinical hours are earned through a student's current employment, with a workplace tutor providing mentorship and skills assessment on site; graduates complete 320 hours of work experience toward the certificate. The program runs over 12 months and is open to students in both rural and urban locations, allowing them to continue working while completing coursework from home.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Applicants need English Language Arts 20-2 at 60% or 30-2 at 55% (or a free academic assessment) and basic digital literacy; prior learning assessment is not accepted for this program. English proficiency can instead be shown through a Canadian GED, three consecutive years of English-language Canadian high school, two years of Canadian post-secondary study, or a test no more than two years old: IELTS Academic 6 with no section below 5.5, TOEFL iBT 71, Duolingo 95, CELPIP General 7 with no section below 6, CELBAN 7 across all sections, or CLBA/CLBPT/CLBPA with a minimum of 7 per section. Applicants must already be employed as a health care aide or in an equivalent front-line caregiving role at a Continuing Care Type A or Type B facility, since practicum hours are fulfilled through that paid employment. A 2.70 term and cumulative GPA is required to remain in good standing and graduate. The programme is not currently open to international students.
Application Details
Start Date:September and November
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants (Canadian citizens, permanent residents, or refugees) apply to NorQuest College through ApplyAlberta: applications open October 1 of the prior year for the Fall intake, February 1 for Winter, and June 1 for Spring/Summer, with the domestic deadline set as the first Friday of the term itself and offers made on a first-qualified, first-admitted basis subject to seat availability. International applicants apply through NorQuest's own virtual admissions system and face earlier fixed deadlines: June 9 for Fall, October 15 for Winter, and February 9 for Spring/Summer entry. NorQuest publishes this schedule as a recurring policy rather than year-specific dates, and does not describe admission as fully rolling, since seats are limited by program. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
