At Vancouver Community College in Vancouver, Canada, Micro-credential in Supportive Care Assistant Award of Achievement is offered as a micro-credential in Health Sciences programme. The programme runs for 10 weeks, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 3,500 per total for local students.
The award prepares students for non-clinical, entry-level employment opportunities within the long-term and home care sectors. Training spans safety and infection control, supportive assistance, communication, client- and family-centred care, and professionalism throughout the course.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: The Continuing Studies certificate profile page stored for this program (certificateId 3361738) now returns a 404, so this admission text is drawn from VCC's separate Supportive Care Assistant info-session page, which states the same program's entry conditions: applicants must be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or Protected Person entitled to study and work in Canada, and a BC resident living in BC. The academic prerequisite is Grade 12 graduation or equivalent, or being 19 years of age or older. The recommended English-language level is Grade 12, or Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) 8, or equivalent; no IELTS, TOEFL, PTE, Duolingo or CAEL score is stated. The page notes this program is not equivalent to, and is not recognized as, a BC Health Care Assistant Program, and does not mention a TB test or other health requirement. Personal qualities sought include comfort with technology, interpersonal and communication skills, and comfort with housekeeping tasks.
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.
