Administrative Assistant Certificate is a certificate in Business Administration programme taught at Okanagan College in Kelowna, Canada. The programme runs for 37 weeks, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 5,500 per total for local students.
Training here covers word processing, spreadsheets, database software, desktop publishing, computerized accounting and presentation software, paired with instruction in business communication, workplace mathematics, office procedures and job-search methods. A three-week practicum provides applied experience, and the program is designed to lead toward entry-level office roles such as receptionist, general clerk, or administrative or executive assistant.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Okanagan College's Administrative Assistant Certificate requires B.C. secondary-school graduation or the equivalent, or entry as a mature applicant at 19 years of age and out of secondary school for at least one year. English is met by English 11 at a minimum of 50 per cent or an approved alternative, or by scoring at least 70 per cent on the college's own Office Administration English entrance test in place of the course grade. No IELTS, TOEFL, PTE, Duolingo or CAEL score is published for this program. A minimum keyboarding speed of 35 net words per minute is recommended but not mandatory for admission; no portfolio, interview, work-experience, criminal-record-check or immunisation condition applies.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through EducationPlannerBC (a $30 CAD fee): Okanagan College sets no fixed closing date for most programmes in the 2026-27/2027-28 cycle. Applications for a Fall intake open at 8:30 a.m. on October's first business day of the preceding year, and for a Winter intake at 8:30 a.m. on February's first business day of the preceding year (exceptions apply); Practical Nursing's January intake opens at 9:00 a.m. on April's first business day of the preceding year. Most programmes accept applications until seats fill, though Nursing and Dental programmes set their own fixed or ranked deadlines on their own pages. International applicants also apply through EducationPlannerBC, paying a $100 CAD per-programme fee; the College publishes no institution-wide international closing date and directs applicants to each programme's own page. Admission is otherwise rolling. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
