Certificate in Personal Support Worker

Canada

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What will I learn?

Welcome to Confederation College. Thank you for choosing the Personal Support Worker Program. We hope your time in our program will be a pleasant and rewarding learning experience. You have chosen a great and rewarding career pathway Personal Support Workers are in high demand in a variety of clinical settings like long term care, home and community care, retirement homes, assisted living facilities, and acute care. The demand for PSWs continues to increase allowing for endless job opportunities.Our program has also gone through a recent rigorous comprehensive program review. You will be provided with knowledge and skills by faculty that is current and relevant to our evolving PSW role and health care fields. Our graduates are prepared to work in all health care fields.

Which department am I in?

School of Health, Negahneewin and Community Services

Study options

Full Time (1 Year)

Tuition fees
CAD$14,508.00 (8,79,859) per year
Total Estimated Program Fees: CAN $648;Total Estimated Ancillary Fees: CAN $1125

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution

Start date

Expected January 2026

Venue

Dryden Campus

100 Casimir Avenue - Suite 111/112,

Ontario,

P8N 3L4, Canada

Full Time (1 Year)

Tuition fees
CAD$14,508.00 (8,79,859) per year
Total Estimated Program Fees: CAN $648;Total Estimated Ancillary Fees: CAN $1125

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution

Start date

Expected January 2026

Venue

Lake of the Woods Campus (Kenora)

900 Golf Course Road, Box 1370,

KENORA,

Ontario (ON),

P9N 3X7, Canada

Entry requirements

For international students

A high school/senior secondary diploma.

Original transcripts as well as a notarized, translated copy must be provided where applicable

English Proficiency

Academic IELTS: 6.0, no band lower than 5.5, except for students from India who must have no band lower than 6.0 to meet SDS requirements.

TOEFL iBT: 80 (no band less than 20)

PTE-A: 54 (no communicative skill lower than 54)

Duolingo: 105 (no band lower than 85)

CAEL: 60 (no band lower than 60)

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.

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About Confederation College of Applied Arts and Technology

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