Olds College of Agriculture & Technology is proud to congratulate this year’s dual credit students on successfully completing their courses and programs — all while still in high school!

This year, a total of 164 students have officially completed and are eligible to graduate from one of Olds College’s dual credit certification programs. This includes 131 students in the Veterinary Technical Assistant (VTA) certificate program, 30 students from the Pre-Employment Trades programs — who are now eligible to write the Apprenticeship and Industry Training (AIT) exam and, if successful, will be credited with a year of post-secondary training — and an additional three students from the Meat Processing certificate program.
In addition to our dual credit certificate programs, we offer 36 unique single online and in person courses from 13 programs to high school students from across Alberta. In the 2024-25 school year, we had 1,078 individual students experience an Olds College course or certificate program.
“We are so proud of all our students who have balanced high school, personal commitments and post-secondary coursework,” said Jackie Taylor, Executive Director, Central Alberta Collegiate Institute & the Community Learning Campus.
“Their dedication demonstrates the incredible opportunities that dual credit programming offers Alberta’s youth. Dual credit learning is an exceptional experience for high school learners that provides them with career exploration and post-secondary preparation, all while still supported by the amazing staff at the high schools. Dual credit is transformational for youth, causing them to successfully transition to their career training after high school.”