Prior trade experience (RAC)

Contact the CERAC representative for the English sector and they will find one for you (see “How do I apply” for their email address).

Are you a Canadian citizen from outside of Quebec: To meet the requirements of RAC you must live in Quebec for a minimum of 12 months before registration can be submitted. Proof of residency for this time will be required. Are you new to Canada: Welcome! For immigrants to Canada, a document that proves Canadian citizenship or a

Assessments of your skills can happen a number of ways. We can visit you work or job site, or an appointment will be scheduled at one of our centers. Because we are assessing your competence (ability to complete a skill accurately and efficiently) you can be given a situational problem to solve, or an activity

RAC is driven by the Candidate (that’s you), and your level of experience and motivation. There are no set start or end dates for RAC. The difference is that the RAC process uses adult-specific assessment methods which take into account how you learned, and the self-taught practical nature of your learning. This gives you an

Nothing! There are no application or registration costs for RAC. The only cost may be an exercise book or trade specific certification, For example, the Content Specialist may recommend that a Secretarial Candidate with limited Excel experience purchase an exercise book used in our traditional program, to support their learning.

If you left the program to seek employment in your field and have since been growing your skills, RAC may be the perfect way to be recognized in the competencies you are missing to acquire your diploma.

At the end of the RAC process you will receive the same certification from the program as a traditional student. All recognitions of competencies are submitted as “successes” and are recorded on your official Quebec Ministry of Education transcript. Nowhere in your documentation will it indicate that you used the RAC process to obtain your

Your RAC advisor will contact you and discuss what’s involved in the RAC process.

Your experience can come from anywhere! Perhaps you learned on the job, from a parent, or are self-taught. RAC’s not too concerned with how you learned, we just want to make sure you get the recognition you deserve. One of the tools we have is a self-assessment document. This document lists every skill we will

You should not have to redo, in a formal educational setting, any learning you may have already acquired on the job or through life experience. Together with a content specialist from your trade, we’ll discover what you already know and what is the best way to develop any missing elements based on the program of