Office Assistant Certificate at Okanagan College in Kelowna, Canada is a certificate in Business Administration programme. The programme runs for 17 weeks, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 2,800 per total for local students.
At a glance
Degree:Certificate
Field:Business Administration
Duration: 17 weeks
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 2,800 / total
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
The Office Assistant Certificate is a 510-hour (17 weeks) Office Assistant Certificate program is an entry-level program. You will learn essential business skills such as business communications, computer essentials, office procedures, business math, word processing, spreadsheet and database software. You may be employed as receptionists, file clerks, and office assistants. You can also choose to continue your education by enrolling in more advanced Office Administration programs such as the Accounting Assistant, Administrative Assistant, Legal Administrative Assistant, or Medical Administrative Assistant Certificate programs.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Okanagan College's Office 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, and no portfolio, interview, work-experience, criminal-record-check or immunisation condition applies at admission; graduation itself requires a minimum final grade of 70 per cent in every program course, which is a completion standard rather than an entry one.
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.
