Certificate in Administrative Professional
Lloydminster, Canada
Certificate
DURATION
1 year
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2026
TUITION FEES
CAD 20,186 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
* includes tuition, fees, supplies/books, and mandatory health insurance.
Key Summary
About: Lakeland College’s Certificate in Administrative Professional prepares you to work in a modern office with job-ready business and technical skills. The one-year program covers bookkeeping, office procedures, computer applications, communications, human relations and social media marketing, and includes two online courses and a three-week practicum. You’ll get hands-on learning through field trips, practicums, industry events and work experience, building practical administrative, office management and digital marketing skills.
Career Outcomes: Graduates work in private and public companies, government and non-profit organizations as receptionists, office assistants, administrative assistants, executive assistants, personal assistants. You may work in office coordination and records roles.
Prepare to work in a modern office with solid job-ready business skills.
Lakeland’s one-year administrative professional program covers both the technical and interpersonal:
- bookkeeping
- office procedures
- computer applications
- communications
- human relations
- social media marketing
Social media skills are also an essential part of modern business settings. In social media marketing, you’ll learn about specific social media platforms, as well as how to use them in a marketing plan. This is one of two online courses in the program.
You’ll apply everything you’ve learned in a 3-week practicum. You’ll graduate prepared to be an essential part of any office.
Required Courses
- Basic Accounting
- Social Media Marketing
- Business Communications & Workplace Writing
- Comprehensive MS Excel
- Keyboard & Document Processing
- MS Office Computer Applications
- Office Procedures
- Human Relations
- Career & Employment Strategies
- Office Practicum Placement
Please note:
Social Media Marketing & Human Relations are online courses. Office Practicum Placement is a three-week practicum that begins after successful completion of all other certificate courses.
Administrative professionals typically find work in private and public companies, government and non-profit organizations as:
- receptionists
- office assistants
- administrative assistants
- executive assistants
- personal assistants