Contacts:

Recruitment Advisor:
1+ 250-561-5855
1-800-371-8111,
ext. 5855

Admissions:
1+ 250-561-5867
1-800-371-8111,
ext. 5867

Health Care Assistant Certificate

(formerly Home Support / Resident Care Attendant)

Health Care Assistant Certificate.pdf

34 Health sciences and human services

some experience, volunteer or paid, related to

•

Students are advised a history of back

Health Care

the field.

problems may prevent completion of the

course or success in finding and

Assistant

Note 3: You must also complete your

maintaining employment. Students are

immunizations, including Hepatitis B and

encouraged to participate in a fitness

Certificate

screening for TB, before the clinical

program while enrolled in the course.

experience component of the program.

(formerly Home Support/Resident

•

Students are expected to provide their

Note 4: The costs of CPR Level C,

own transportation to various community

Care Attendant Certificate)

Emergency-level first aid, Food Safe Level 1,

agencies and long-term care facilities.

and immunizations and criminal record check

• Full-time or part-time • Start

Approximately 50% of this program is

are the responsibility of the student.

dates vary — please contact

spent gaining practical experience at the

above institutions. The schedule varies

campuses directly • Fees, entire

Acceptance process

weekly and can include shifts from 0600

program: Prince George - $3,564;

to 1400 and 1500 to 2200, plus

If there’s room in the program, you’ll be

Vanderhoof - $3,225 • 29-week

numerous shorter appointments.

accepted once you’ve met all admission

program offered over 35 weeks

requirements. This is called “first qualified, first

•

In addition to disbursements for tuition

(Prince George); 32-week program

accepted.” If you qualify after the program is

and textbooks, students are expected to

(Vanderhoof) • Prince George,

full, you’ll be put on a waitlist.

purchase their own uniform and supplies,

Quesnel, Vanderhoof

provide funds for travel to community

agencies, pay for parking, and cover the

Program outline

cost of the CPR Level C, Emergency-level

Careers

The program is based on the Health Care

first aid and FoodSafe Certificates.

The BC government predicts excellent job

Assistant curriculum set forth by the BC

Specific information regarding the

opportunities in this field. There are

Ministry of Advanced Education.

purchase of equipment, clinical attire,

employment opportunities with health

textbooks, and other items will be

Some seats are available for part-time

authorities, community agencies, group

provided during the first week of class.

students. All nine courses must be completed

homes, school systems, and clients in their

within four years.

•

Students are advised to complete the

own homes.

CPR Level C, Emergency-level first aid

HCAP 120

Health and Healing: Concepts

CNC’s program gives you the skills to care for

and the FoodSafe Certificates before the

for Practice

disabled individuals living in long-term-care

start date of the Health Care Assistant

HCAP 125

Health 1: Interpersonal

facilities or private homes. To help clients

program. If students have not had the

Communications

meet their needs in all dimensions of health in

opportunity to complete these certificates

HCAP 130

Health 2: Lifestyle and Choices

their home or in a facility, the program

before the program, they will be required

HCAP 135

Health Care Assistant:

prepares you to help with assessments,

to do so during free time (not class time)

Introduction to Practice

communication, and activities of daily living

and to be responsible for the costs of

HCAP 140

Healing 1: Caring for Individuals

(such as nutrition and personal hygiene).

said certificates. Students are required to

Experiencing Common Health

have successfully completed these

Challenges

certificates before their clinical

Admission requirements

HCAP 145

Healing 2: Caring for Individuals

experience. The first aid certificate and

Experiencing Cognitive or

1. Grade 10 reading level (at a minimum).

CPR Level C must also be valid at the

Mental Challenges

Testing is administered by CNC.

time of graduation from the program.

HCAP 150

Healing 3: Personal Care and

2. A handwritten statement describing your

Assistance

•

A student who accumulates five days of

understanding of the role of the Health

HCAP 195

Practice Experience in Home

absence with no communication with the

Care Assistant (150 words).

Support and/or Assisted Living

instructors of the program may be

HCAP 199

Practice Experience in Multi-

terminated from the program, by the

Note 1: You’ll have to undergo a criminal

Level and/or Complex Care

Dean, upon the instructor’s

record search.

recommendation.

Note 2: Before the clinical component of the

Important notes

program starts, you must have CPR Level C,

Application/intake/qualification/

Emergency-level first aid, and FoodSafe Level

• Campus labs and clinical experience

I certificates. We recommend that you obtain

include lifting and moving clients with

acceptance process

these certificates before you start the

disabilities. It is therefore very important

Application forms are available from the Office

program. The CPR Level C and Emergency-

for the student to be in good physical

of Admissions, Registration and Records and

level first aid must also be valid at time of

condition.

may be submitted after September 15 for the

graduation. It’s also beneficial if you have

2012-13 CNC program guide and course calendar www.cnc.bc.ca

12.08.03

Health sciences and human services 35

following academic year. The program begins

Re-admission

3. Last priority is given to new part-time

in late August each year.

applicants.

A student who is unsuccessful in a Health

The intent is to allow both accepted and non-

Care Assistant course once will be allowed to

When all of the above processes are

accepted applicants know their admission

apply for re-admission to that course. Two

exhausted, the final selection will be done

status in a timely manner to support their

course failures or withdrawals in a given

randomly.

decision-making process. As applicants apply

course will exclude the student from further

and meet the admission requirements for the

study in that course. All nine courses must be

StudentAid BC eligibility

StudentAid BC is for British Columbians who need help to pay for their post-secondary education. Not everyone qualifies for student loans or other forms of assistance. Please make sure you understand all the eligibility criteria.

How to apply

See Applying to CNC

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The College of New Caledonia reserves the right to limit, cancel, or adjust programs without notice.

*Approximate tuition fees for 2008-09 -- subject to change. Includes fees such as Students' Union fee, technology fee, etc. Does not include books, tools, and supplies. Fees for international students are higher.