Offered by Vancouver Community College in Vancouver, Canada, Information Technology Operations Professional Short Certificate is a certificate in Information Systems & Technology programme. The programme is delivered on campus. Teaching is in English.
At a glance
Degree:Certificate
Field:Information Systems & Technology
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
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Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
Offered through VCC Continuing Studies, this short certificate is a three-course entry point into the college's Information Technology Operations Professional program. It comprises A+ Hardware (ITOP 1101), Networking Fundamentals (ITOP 1102), and Windows Server Fundamentals (ITOP 1103), which also count toward the full nine-course Certificate for students who continue. Course content spans PC hardware assembly and repair, local area network fundamentals, and Windows Server administration, laying groundwork the full program builds on with Active Directory, security, Linux servers, desktop support, and PowerShell scripting. Assessment is through presentations, projects, learning journals, and exams; the college states there are no program-specific admission requirements. The short certificate suits learners exploring IT operations before committing to the longer certificate, as well as those wanting a focused credential in core hardware and networking skills; VCC positions the wider program toward entry-level roles such as junior system administrator, helpdesk, and tier 1 or 2 IT support.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: The programme page states no program-specific admission requirements beyond VCC's general entry criteria for its certificates, described on the college's own site. Domestic applicants (Canadian citizens and permanent residents) apply online through EducationPlannerBC and pay the non-refundable CAD 35.70 application fee. Applicants must be 16 years of age or older, or a secondary-school graduate with some exceptions, and must have official transcripts sent to the college; beyond that general bar the programme sets no further prerequisite course, minimum grade, or language-test score. VCC gives qualified Indigenous applicants priority registration and reserved seats across its programmes. Applicants who lack a secondary credential can use VCC's tuition-free academic upgrading or ESL courses to become eligible before applying to this certificate.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants (Canadian citizens and permanent residents) apply through EducationPlannerBC. VCC publishes each programme's own application window, term by term, on its When to Apply page rather than one college-wide date: windows open roughly six to twenty months before the term starts and close on a stated date, though popular programmes can close earlier once seats fill, since places generally go to eligible applicants in the order their application is completed. International applicants use the International Applicant option on EducationPlannerBC; VCC opens international applications on 1 February of the previous year for Winter entry, 1 June for Spring/Summer, and 1 October for Fall, with no fixed closing date — applications continue until roughly three to four months before the term begins or until it fills, so admission is effectively rolling for international applicants. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
