Healthcare Environmental Services Skills Centennial College

Overview

Key facts:

• In healthcare environments, there is an increased need for infection control measures, and heightened outbreak, isolation cleaning levels to keep people safe.
• Healthcare environmental services skills require knowledge of infection prevention, evidence-based cleaning and disinfection practice, handling multiple waste streams, floor care, linen handling and distribution, and consistency in performance. Possessing the knowledge and understanding of how and why the environment plays a role in disease transmission can and will impact the overall safety of patients/resident, visitors and their colleagues.
• Centennial College offers the  Healthcare Environmental Services Skills programme.
• Earning a HESS certification will give students the specialized training to develop the skills required to efficiently perform frontline healthcare environmental services roles and responsibilities. Job designations may include Environmental Services Representative, Attendant, Associate, Environmental Aide, Environmental Partner, Cleaner and/or Support Services aide within the Environmental Services Department in a Healthcare setting.