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Whether you are planning, designing, constructing or operating a site, Rick Hansen Foundation Accessibility Certification™ (RHFAC) Professional Training will provide you with the knowledge and practical skills needed to apply a meaningful access lens to your projects, and rate a building for its overall accessibility under the RHFAC program. 

Enhance your skills and demonstrate your commitment to access and inclusion by taking this 8-week course. The course will take approximately 60 hours to complete, and you must complete and successfully pass this course and exam to qualify for your RHFAC Professional designation. Prerequisites apply. 

This course may be right for you if are a pro­fes­sion­al who influ­ences the mean­ing­ful access of peo­ple with dis­abil­i­ties in spaces. This includes:

• Con­trac­tors and builders
• Human resources and office managers
• Urban plan­ners
• Dis­abil­i­ty experts and advocates
• Event and venue managers
• Any­one involved in the man­age­ment and oper­a­tion of the spaces

RHFAC Professional Training learners will:

• understand the scope and prevalence of disability;
• describe how people with varying types of disabilities experience the social and physical environment;
• learn to apply Universal Design principles and a meaningful access lens to existing sites and pre-construction projects;
• discuss the legal landscape and frameworks affecting people with disabilities; learn about the RHFAC program, its benefits, methodology and the rating and certification process;
• rate existing sites and pre-construction projects for meaningful access using the RHFAC Rating Survey;
• communicate areas of success and improvements for an RHFAC rating; and
• understand construction projects and how RHFAC Professionals can be involved.

Who Should Take this Training?

RHFAC Professional Training supports Architects, Urban Planners, Engineers, Facility Managers and Operators, Accessibility Consultants and more.

Ready to register? 

The RHFAC Professional Training course provides training on the RHFAC rating and certification process for learners to become designated RHFAC Professionals.

During this course, learners will be required to:

• Review and analyze detailed documents and construction drawings.
• Conduct site visits and collect data using equipment and tools such as measuring tape, slope reader, light meter, etc.
• Capture site features of the site using photography or other digital equipment.

Learners registering for the RHFAC Professional Training course should best determine how they would complete these tasks.

Taking the RHFAC Professional Training is the first step to becoming a designated RHFAC Professional. If you meet the course pre-requisites (see below).

RHFAC Training Course Prerequisites 

• a certificate or at least one year of completed post-secondary studies in architecture, building construction, civil engineering, urban planning, interior design or a related program; or 
• a Journeyman Certificate of Qualification in a designated trade related to building construction; or 
• an engineer (or eligible for registration as an engineer); or 
• an architect (or eligible for registration as an architect); or 
• an architectural or engineering technologist or technician; or 
• a minimum of five years of construction experience; or
• an equivalent combination of lived experience and work experience in the built environment.

Education and credentials awarded outside of Canada will be considered.

Course Welcome from Rick Hansen

Rick Hansen Welcome RHFAC Professional Training (ENG)

Course schedule:

April 14 – June 22, 2025 - The course is 8 weeks with 8 virtual sessions

Accreditation:

This course offers 6 Gold Seal Credits.