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Private/Post-Secondary Schools - Private Career Training
The following is meant solely to help the reader understand the main features of primary regulations governing this activity, and not meant in any way to provide a legal interpretation.
Private Career Training Institutions Act:
The Private Career Training Institutions Agency (PCTIA) regulates private career training in British Columbia under the Private Career Training Institutions Act. The PCTIA replaces the Private Post-secondary Education Commission (PPSEC).
The PCTIA is responsible for the registration and accreditation of private career training institutions. The PCTIA ensures consumer protection for students of registered institutions. Institutions required to register with the PCTIA offer career-related training programs with at least 40 hours of instruction and at least $1,000 in tuition. Private training institutions that do not fit the criteria can register voluntarily. All registered institutions, must participate in and contribute to the Student Training Completion Fund, which compensates students whose training is incomplete because of school closure.
Career-related programs are generally defined as those programs offering training leading toward an occupation listed in Human Resources Development Canada's National Occupational Classification, with the exception of ministers of religion and other religious occupations. (HRDC-NOC: http://www23.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca/2001/e/generic/welcome.shtml )
Private Career Training Institutions Act: http://www.qp.gov.bc.ca/statreg/stat/P/03079_01.htm
Ministry of Advanced Education - Private Career Training: http://www.aved.gov.bc.ca/privatecareertraining/welcome.htm
Primary Contact
PCTIA
300-5172 Kingsway
Burnaby BC
V5H 2E8
Phone: 604 660-4400 or toll-free at 1 800 661-7441
Fax: 604 660-3312
Email: info@pctia.bc.ca
Website: http://www.pctia.bc.ca
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