The Technical Writer Ontario College Graduate Certificate program provides you with the skills and training needed for a career in technical communication. Throughout this one-year program, you create different types of workplace documents to help users enjoy all features of a product, service or information. In particular, you learn to: research and analyze technical material connect with an intended audience use specialized tools to author documents manage multiple projects to meet the goals of a group create structured documents that cater to different user tasks These skills are so highly prized in the workplace that you can choose to work in either the public or the private sector, and in a freelance, part-time or full-time capacity.The Technical Writer program will teach you how to create different kinds of online and print documents such as instruction sets, training materials, user manuals, white papers, proposals, online help, instructional videos and podcasts.
Study options
Full Time
(1 Year)
Tuition fees
CAD$18,305.64 (11,10,173)
per year
Start date
September 2027
Venue
Ottawa Campus
1385 Woodroffe Avenue,
Ottawa,
Ontario,
K2G 1V8, Central Canada, Canada
Entry requirements
For international students
Successful completion of a degree, with a strong showing in the courses for which high standards of writing are demanded.Successful completion of a three-year Ontario College Advanced Diploma, with a strong showing in the courses for which high standards of writing are demanded.
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.