Association of Administrative Professionals

The Association of Administrative Professionals (AAP) is a chartered, non-profit, Canadian association. We strive to provide administrative professionals the opportunity to learn, grow and thrive by encouraging all members to add to their individual competencies, advance their leadership skills, realize their value in the workplace and community and have confidence to excel in their careers.

The AAP offers the Canadian Certified Administrative Professional (CCAP) certificate and designation. The CCAP program is a certificate program for administrative professionals.

To earn the CCAP designation, candidates must meet all of the following requirements:

Be an AAP member for at least one year.
Enrol in the CCAP program.
Provide verification that you possess a minimum of five years' work experience in an administrative role or three years with a BA.
Provide verification that you also possess a good balance of the AAP core competencies, which are in the areas of business management, technology, leadership/organizational skills and communication/interpersonal skills.
Complete seven courses at accredited universities and colleges across Canada, consisting of four compulsory courses and three elective courses. Members enrolled in the CCAP program may complete some or all of their requirements with University of Calgary Continuing Education as follows:

Compulsory Courses

AAP Courses	UCalgary Equivalent
Business English	WRI 150 Writing in the Workplace
Human Resources Management	BMC 165 Human Resource Management
Organizational Behaviour	BMC 172 Human Behaviour in Organizations
Supervision/Management Studies	BMC 205 Business Management

Elective Courses

Technology/Computer Skills	Student must take one from this group
Computer Technology – advanced courses in Excel, Access, etc.	ICT 413 Microsoft Word Level 2 OR ICT 414 Microsoft Word Level 3 OR ICT 416 Microsoft Excel Level 2 OR ICT 417 Microsoft Excel Level 3 OR ICT 454 Microsoft Outlook Levels 1 and 2 OR ICT 420 Microsoft Access Level 1 OR ICT 421 Microsoft Access Level 2 OR ICT 422 Microsoft Access Level 3 OR ICT 427 VBA Macros Level 1 OR ICT 428 VBA Macros Level 2 OR ICT 580 HTML5 and CSS3
Social media	BMC 312 Social Media Essentials
Website Design/Management	Not available at this time
Business Operations	Student must take one from this group
Business or Commercial Law	BMC 117 Business Law
Economics	BMC 171 Economics for Business
Financial Accounting	BMC 162 Accounting Fundamentals OR BUS 120 Financial Analysis and Planning for Non-Financial Managers OR BUS 154 Accounting for Non-Financial Managers
Marketing	BMC 167 Marketing Principles OR BMC 380 Foundations of Digital Marketing
Psychology	Not available at this time
Public Relations	BMC 119 Public Relations
Statistics	Not available at this time
Project/Event Management	Student must take one from this group
Event Management	BMC 292 Corporate Event Planning
Project Management	BMC 299 Project Management Level I

CCAP Certification Renewal

CCAP graduates must complete a certification renewal process every three years, based on a credits system. Earn credits by completing professional development programs, attending AAP meetings and events, working in the administrative profession, community involvement and more. Earn forty certification renewal credits in the three-year renewal period to meet the criteria. For more information, visit canadianadmin.ca/qaa-designation/re-certification or contact the CCAP National Coordinator at aap.national.coordinator@canadianadmin.ca.

AAP Contact

For more information on the Association of Administrative Professionals, how to become a member, where our branches are, the CCAP designation and more, visit http://canadianadmin.ca or email the National Director – Registrar at aap.national.registrar@canadianadmin.ca.