Welcome to the Screening and Quarantine Officer training

This training is separated into 6 different streams based on the screening and quarantine officer roles under the Quarantine Act. Unsure of your role? Contact your hiring manager to determine your role and to obtain the appropriate enrollment key. 


Core Compliance and Enforcement Curriculum
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Travel Health Basics

Audience: Quarantine Officers

Duration: 60 minutes

Course created: March 2026

This course provides an overview of communicable diseases, including how they spread and their impact on individuals, communities, and global health. It prepares Quarantine Officers to assess risks at points of entry, apply infection prevention and control practices, and respond effectively to protect public health.

Screening Officer - Pre Designation - 2026

Quarantine Officer - Pre-Designation Pathway 2026

Basics of Communicable Disease

Audience: Desginated Screening Officers

Duration: 60 minutes

Course updated: October 2025 

As a Screening Officer, it is critical to understand communicable diseases and how they are spread so that you can identify potential cases quickly, protect yourself, provide accurate information to the travelling public, and implement effective measures to protect public health. 

QCMS Training for Non-designated staff (DQF nurses, data analysts, admin support, other)

This learning path contains QCMS training for non-designated staff.

*QCMS training for screening officers, clinical screening officers, and quarantine officers can be found within the SO/CSO/QO learning streams.*

If you have questions, contact phac.trainingandlearning-formationetapprentissage.aspc@canada.ca.