Micro-Credentials

Personal Support Worker

Two pswk students working with a patient.
Students learn to make a difference in clients' lives.

The Personal Support Worker micro-credential pathway prepares graduates to provide care and assistance to clients of any age who have defined health care needs, including help with their daily living activities. Students learn to make a difference in clients' lives by alleviating loneliness, providing empathy, ensuring comfort, encouraging independence, and promoting self respect in all health care settings.

The program is made up of 36 micro-credential learning units (including placements) and seven micro-certificates. Students have the choice to take individual learning units or to complete a number of learning units as required for each micro-certificate. If a student completes all 36 micro-credential learning units (including placements) they do meet the requirements for a Personal Support Worker Ontario College Certificate.

Prior Learning

Students with previous education or related experience can apply for Prior Learning Assessment & Recognition (PLAR) to accelerate their path to completion by receiving credit for what they already know.

This pathway allows students to complete:

Admission Requirements

O.S.S.D. or equivalent with:

  • Grade 12 English C or U
Mature Student Assessment for this program is available in the subject of English for the purpose of demonstrating proficiency in this required admission subject. For all other admission requirements, applicants must complete the required course(s) as listed above. For more information, please contact counselling@lambtoncollege.ca. Review the Mature Student Admission process.

Academic admission requirements can be obtained through Academic Upgrading and the Pre-Programs at Lambton College.

When Admission Requirements Apply

The admission requirements only apply to students planning on completing the Ontario College Certificate. Students can complete the micro-credential learning units and micro-certificates without meeting the admission requirements.

Technology Requirements

In order to keep pace with the requirements of each and every course in your program, Lambton College requires that each student have access to a laptop while studying at our college.

Earn a Micro-Certificate

Below is a list of Micro-Certificates that are part of the Personal Support Worker Pathway. You can complete a micro-certificate by completing the courses included in that grouping.

You can also take individual courses without committing to an entire micro-certificate.

List of Micro-Certificates

Learning Units

You aren't required to take a full grouping of courses if you don't intend to complete a Micro-Certificate.

If you are just interested in completing individual courses that are part of the Personal Support Worker Pathway, this is definitely an option.

Register for Individual Learning Units

Want to complete the Personal Support Worker Ontario College Certificate?

If your overall goal is to complete the Personal Support Worker Ontario College Certificate, you will need to complete all PSWMC micro-credential courses and you will also need to complete: