English Language Proficiency Requirement
Proof of English language proficiency equivalent to a CLB Level 7 on the Canadian Language Benchmarks for all skills (listening, reading, writing and speaking) is required for OACETT certification.
A. Internationally-Educated Applicants
Internationally-educated applicants may meet the English language proficiency requirement in one of two ways.
1. Official results on a recognized standardized English language proficiency test accepted at a Canadian public community college or institute, as outlined below. As proof of your English language proficiency you must submit an official or notarized copy of your test results with your application, or as soon as possible thereafter. Your test results can be no more than two years old.
Scores on any of the following recognized standardized English language proficiency tests will be accepted:
- IELTS Academic: 6.0 overall, with no less than 5.5 on each band (listening, reading, speaking, writing). Only the academic exam is acceptable, scores from the general exam will not be accepted
- TOEFL iBT: 80 overall, with no less than 20 on each of the skills (listening, reading, speaking, writing)
- CAEL: 60 overall, with no less than 50 on each band (listening, reading, speaking, writing)
- PTE: 58 overall
Scores on the following standardized English language proficiency tests will NOT be accepted: IELTS General, paper-based TOEFL, computer-based TOEFL, CELPIP, CLBA, CLBPT, MELAB, CPE, CAE, FCE and TOEIC.
2. Graduation from a program equivalent to a 2-year or 3-year Ontario post-secondary engineering technology or applied science program, administered and instructed in English, in one of the following countries:
| Anguilla |
Antigua and Barbuda |
Australia |
Bahamas |
| Barbados |
Belize |
Bermuda |
Botswana |
| British Virgin Islands |
Cameroon |
Cayman Islands |
Dominica |
| Falkland Islands |
Fiji |
Gambia |
Ghana |
| Gibraltar |
Grenada |
Guyana |
Ireland |
| Jamaica |
Kenya |
Kiribati |
Lesotho |
| Liberia |
Malawi |
Malta |
Marshall Islands |
| Mauritius |
Micronesia |
Monserrat |
Namibia |
| Nauru |
Netherlands |
New Zealand |
Nigeria |
| Papua New Guinea |
Philippines |
Saint Kitts-Nevis |
Saint Lucia |
Saint Vincent &
The Grenadines |
Seychelles |
Sierra Leone |
Singapore |
| Solomon Islands |
South Africa |
Swaziland |
Tanzania |
| Tonga |
Trinidad and Tobago |
Turks and Caicos |
Uganda |
| United Kingdom |
United States of America |
US Virgin Islands |
Zambia |
| Zimbabwe |
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B. Canadian-Educated Applicants
Canadian-educated applicants
may meet the English language proficiency requirement in one of two ways.
1. Graduation from a Canadian 2-year or 3-year post-secondary engineering technology or applied science program.
2. Applying with a minimum of 60 academic points (Associate level) plus successful completion of the OACETT certification requirements.
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