Kick-start a high-impact career helping teams deliver on time, on budget, and on scope. Central College’s project management associate certification blends practical tools, employer-tested frameworks, and hands-on experience so you can lead projects with confidence from day one.
Why earn a Project Management Associate Certification?
Get hired faster: Employers value candidates who can plan, prioritize, and communicate clearly.
Learn by doing: Build schedules, budgets, risk registers, and stakeholder plans you can show in interviews.
Future-proof skills: Agile, hybrid, and waterfall methods ensure you can adapt to any workplace.
Step toward advanced credentials: Your project management associate certification lays the groundwork for higher-level certifications later.
Who this program is for
New grads aiming for coordinator or junior project roles
Career-switchers from admin, operations, retail, healthcare, or tech support
Team leads who want a formal PM toolkit to scale their impact
What you’ll learn (high-value outcomes)
Planning Scope: Requirements, WBS, estimates, baselines
Scheduling: Critical path, dependencies, resource leveling, Gantt and Kanban
Budgeting Procurement: Cost control, vendor selection, contracts
Risk Quality: Risk matrices, mitigation plans, QA/QC
Leadership Communication: Stakeholder mapping, status reports, meeting cadence
Agile Hybrid: Scrum roles, ceremonies, product backlog, sprint reviews
Tools: MS Project or equivalent, Jira/Trello, collaboration suites, dashboards
Learning experience at Central College
Interactive workshops: Simulate real project lifecycles from initiation to close-out
Capstone project: Deliver a portfolio-ready project with schedule, budget, and risk plan
Career support: Resume sprints, mock interviews, and job-search strategy sessions
Flexible delivery: Daytime, evening, or blended options (availability varies by intake)
Admission basics
Secondary school completion (or equivalent)
English proficiency (if applicable)
Current résumé and brief statement of interest
(Exact requirements and intakes may vary—connect with Central College admissions for details.)
Program snapshot
Credential: Project Management Associate Certification
Format: Instructor-led with practical labs and team projects
Assessments: Quizzes, case studies, capstone presentation
Career paths you can pursue
Project Coordinator / Junior Project Manager
Implementation Specialist / PMO Assistant
Operations or Business Analyst (project-oriented)
Client Services / Account Coordinator (project-driven teams)
Related Central College programs (and how they connect)
Each of the programs below complements the project management associate certification—great for double-stacking skills or tailoring your path.
Diploma Business Administration: Build finance and operations basics that strengthen scheduling and cost control in your project management associate certification.
Early Childcare Assistant Course: Learn to coordinate center initiatives and safety protocols; PM practices from the project management associate certification help plan staffing and activities.
Hospitality and Tourism: Apply guest-experience design and event planning with the structured workflows you’ll build in the project management associate certification.
Medical Office Administration Course: Use PM tools from the project management associate certification to streamline clinic rollouts, EMR transitions, and compliance tasks.
NACC PSW: Leverage the planning and communication skills from the project management associate certification to organize care schedules and quality checks.
Web Design and Development: Pair technical delivery with PM frameworks; your project management associate certification helps you run agile sprints and ship features reliably.
Personal Support Worker Certificate: Coordinate multidisciplinary tasks using status tracking and risk planning learned in the project management associate certification.
Diploma in Project Management: Deepen beyond the associate level; the project management associate certification is a strong on-ramp to advanced PM studies.
International Business and Management: Execute cross-border initiatives; stakeholder and risk skills from the project management associate certification keep global projects on track.
Project Management Associate Certification: Central to these pathways—your foundation for structured, efficient delivery across industries.
