Sprott Shaw College has a long-standing reputation of equipping our students with innovative ways of thinking across our government-designated campus locations. We have over 130 career-focused college programs, monthly start dates, flexible scheduling, and career placement assistance

In 1903, Robert James Sprott partnered with William Henry Shaw to open the first Sprott Shaw School. Today, our modern campuses train over 3500 students each year with all locations featuring small class sizes, qualified instructors, and hands-on training.

As a renowned educational institution, Sprott Shaw College understands living it purpose and values.prott Shaw College is a designated post-secondary institution in British Columbia. For more information on our designations, please click below.

Sprott Shaw College offers several advantages for our students and alumni including lifetime job placement assistance, course refreshers, and skills upgrading. Jumpstart your career at Sprott Shaw today with career-focused programs, 16 campus locations, and monthly start dates.

Sprott Shaw College’s 16 campuses are located across the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Coast Salish, Nlaka pamux, Okanagan, Secwepemc people. Among the sea, the forests, and the mountains, we are grateful to be guests of these lands and honour the stewards who have cared and will continue to care for these lands since time immemorial.

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This short but intensive Dental Assistant program provides you with experience working in a modern dental lab learning from Instructors who are actively practicing in the field.Our convenient class sizes ensure the individual attention required for you to learn and master the skills you need to be successful in today’s dental clinics.

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Diploma of Dental Assistant

Health care assistants are valued and important members of the healthcare team who promote and maintain the health, safety, independence, comfort, and well-being of patients.Health care assistants are valued and important members of the healthcare team who promote and maintain the health, safety, independence, comfort, and well-being of patients.

Diploma of Health Care Assistant

The Health Care Assistant Internationally Educated program is designed for students whose first language is not EnglishA Health Care Assistant (HCA) are prepared to work in both healthcare facilities and community agencies. In these roles they are important and valued members of the health care team.

Diploma of Health Care Assistant Internationally Educated

The HCA Internationally Educated program with healthcare Co-op is designed to provide students with opportunities to develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to function effectively as front-line caregivers, and respected members of the healthcare team, in community and facility settings.

Diploma of Health Care Assistant Internationally Educated with Co-op

This program prepares individuals with previous health care assistant education and experience for practice in BC. It is designed to address individual needs as identified through the NCAS (Nursing Community Assessment Service) HCA Competency Assessment.

Diploma of Health Care Assistant Upgrade

The Health Unit Clerk program prepares the student to gain employment in: hospitals, clinics, insurance companies, public health care agencies and long-term care facilities. In the workplace, they will perform non-clinical tasks usually under the supervision of nursing staff and provide the link between patients, physicians, nursing staff and other departments. Job duties and environments vary by place of employment. Some Hospital Unit Clerks are employed part-time or work evening or weekend shifts.

Diploma of Health Unit Clerk

A Pharmacy Assistant helps licensed Pharmacists provide medication and other health care products to patients. Pharmacy Assistants usually perform routine tasks to help prepare prescribed medication, such as counting tablets and labelling bottles. They also perform administrative duties, such as answering phones, stocking shelves, and operating cash registers. Pharmacy Assistants refer any questions regarding prescriptions, drug information, or health matters to a pharmacist. CPR, First Aid and WHMIS will be completed during the program.

Diploma of Pharmacy Assistant

Pharmacy Assistants help licensed Pharmacists provide medication and other health care products to patients. Pharmacy Assistants usually perform routine tasks to help prepare prescribed medication, such as counting tablets and labelling bottles. They also perform administrative duties, such as answering phones, stocking shelves, and operating cash registers. Pharmacy Assistants refer any questions regarding prescriptions, drug information, or health matters to a pharmacist. CPR, First Aid and WHMIS will be completed during the program.

Diploma of Pharmacy Assistant with Practicum

The Practical Nursing program equips students with the knowledge, judgment, and skills to provide safe, competent, and ethical care.Licensed practical nurses (LPNs) provide nursing services to patients and their families in a variety of hospital, community, residential, and home care environments in collaboration with doctors, physicians, registered nurses, and registered practical nurses.

Diploma of Practical Nursing

This specialized bridging program allows practicing* and certified HCA’s credit towards their Practical Nursing program. This full-time diploma program was initiated in response to the need for recognizing past education, training and work experience of applicants to the Practical Nursing program.

Diploma of Practical Nursing Access

Licensed to administer patient care, most BC paramedics are PCPs, and they handle the majority of 9-1-1 calls. The role of a paramedic varies widely across the world, as emergency medical services (EMS) providers operate with many different models of care. In the Anglo-American model, paramedics are autonomous decision-makers. However, in some countries, such as the United Kingdom and Australia, the paramedic role has developed into an autonomous health profession, which is Canada’s direction.

Diploma of Primary Care Paramedic

Certificate

The Post Graduate Certificate in Nursing is a preparatory program that provides training for internationally educated nurses for adapting to Canadian best practices so that they can assume entry-level nursing roles within the Canadian health care system.Students will develop critical thinking skills used in nursing and develop cultural awareness and administration skills that are an important part of nursing in Canada.

Post-Graduate Certificate in Nursing

The Nursing Post Graduate certificate program is a preparatory program that provides training for internationally educated nurses for adapting to Canadian best practices so that they can assume entry-level nursing roles within the Canadian health care system. Students will develop critical thinking skills used in nursing and develop cultural awareness and administration skills that are an important part of nursing in Canada.

Post-Graduate Certificate in Nursing with Co-op

The Nursing Post Graduate Certificate program is a preparatory program that provides training for internationally educated nurses for adapting to Canadian best practices so that they can assume entry-level nursing roles within the Canadian health care system.Students will develop critical thinking skills used in nursing and develop cultural awareness and administration skills that are an important part of nursing in Canada.

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