Health Care Providers

An Operator must ensure that all Health Care Aides it employs meet the competency requirements as defined by the Government of Alberta’s Health Care Aide Competency Profile; and provide evidence to the Operator of their competency as follows:

1. Certified – certified as a Health Care Aide through a Government of Alberta licensed post-secondary institution using the Provincial Health Care Aide Curriculum (evidence required upon hire); or
2. Substantially Equivalent – an educational background deemed equivalent by the Operator as compared to the approved Provincial Health Care Aide Curriculum (evidence required upon hire); or
3. Deemed Competent – assessed as competent within 12 months of being hired by an Operator using the Provincial Competency Assessment Profile Tool.