At Okanagan College in Kelowna, Canada, Medical Device Reprocessing Technician Certificate is offered as a certificate in Health Sciences programme. The programme runs for 1 year, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 5,943 per total for local students.
This full-time certificate runs for one year and totals 814 hours, with theory delivered at a distance, mostly through instructor-led online classes with some self-paced content, followed by a 400-hour supervised hospital practicum. The program outline lists ten courses: eight classroom theory courses cover the decontamination, cleaning, processing, assembly, sterilization, storage, and distribution of surgical instruments and medical devices, supported by anatomy and physiology, microbiology, infection control, medical terminology, and workplace relations, along with quality assurance and hands-on handling and packaging of more than 100 basic surgical instruments, plus a hands-on workshop and the practicum. Classes run Monday to Thursday, with some scheduled Fridays, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission requires B.C. secondary school graduation or equivalent (or being at least 19 and out of secondary school for a year), English 12 at a minimum of 60 percent or an accepted alternative, the physical capacity for lifting, standing, and repetitive movement, current immunizations, a negative tuberculosis test within six months, and a clear criminal record check. The practicum, roughly ten weeks long, is arranged within the Interior Health Authority region, with students responsible for their own transportation and accommodation. Graduates become eligible to write Canadian Standards Association and IAHCSMM certification exams.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Domestic applicants only, per the College's program page.
Academic base: B.C. secondary-school graduation or the equivalent, or being 19 or older and out of secondary school for at least a year as of the first day of classes.
English 12 at a minimum of 60 per cent, or an accepted alternative.
Physical requirements: the work involves lifting, standing for long stretches and repetitive movement, so applicants must be free of health problems that would prevent it, free of skin allergies to the substances handled, and able to wear gloves and other personal protective equipment for long periods. The College provides a self-declaration form.
Immunisation and health screening: proof of meeting current health-care immunisation schedules, or a signed vaccination exemption form (tuberculosis excepted); applicants who cannot show proof of immunisation or immunity may be restricted or excluded from placement settings under health authority policy. A negative TB skin test or chest x-ray from no more than six months before the program starts is required, or documented follow-up after a positive result.
Also required: criminal record check clearance through the B.C. Criminal Records Review Program, started only when Admissions instructs you and returned by their deadline.
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.
