Four specialist training areas feature in the full CompTIA A+ syllabus, of which you need to pass two for your A+ qualification. Be aware though that only studying two of the study sections could expose flaws in your knowledge when applying for a job. Choose a course with all 4 subjects – employers will notice the difference.
Once on the A+ computer training course you’ll be taught how to build, fix, repair and work in antistatic conditions. Fault finding and diagnostic techniques through hands on and remote access are also covered.
Perhaps you see yourself as the kind of individual who is a member of a large organisation – fixing and supporting networks, you’ll need to add CompTIA Network+, or consider an MCSA or MCSE with Microsoft to give you a deeper understanding of the way networks work.
In first place for the biggest single let-down in the IT training sector is often the ‘in-centre’ workshop requirement. Most certification companies harp on about the plus points of attending, but most students end up finding them a major problem because of:
* Constant journeys to the workshop centre – normally 100’s of miles.
* If you work for a living, then weekday only workshops are hard to attend. Typically you are having to deal with several days in a row too.
* The majority of us end up feeling twenty days annual leave is barely enough. Knock off a big chunk of this for training workshops and see how much more difficult it makes things.
* Taking into account the costs associated with delivering a workshop, a lot of training providers have to put on larger classes – which is not ideal (increasing the ratio of students to teachers).
* Maybe you like to work at a slower or quicker pace than the rest of the class. Often this can bring about the tension often found in classrooms.
* Tot up the cost of all the travel, fares, accommodation, parking and food and you may be surprised (and not pleasantly). Students have reported extra costs ranging from hundreds to over a thousand pounds. Sit down and add it up – then you’ll know.
* It’s important to maintain privacy. We don’t want to risk giving up any possible promotion due to us because of our studies.
* Asking questions in front of other class-mates will sometimes make us a little nervous. Have you ever left a question un-asked as you honestly thought you might seem thick?
* For those who have work away from home, it’s a fact of life that days in-centre now become difficult to get to – but unfortunately, they’ve been paid for in advance.
It would be better to simply watch and gain knowledge from tutors one-to-one in videoed classes, studying them when it’s convenient for you, not someone else.
Just imagine… If you have a laptop you’re able to learn wherever you want. And 24×7 support is only a web-browser click away at times of difficulty.
It doesn’t matter how frequently you need to repeat a module, video-based instructors won’t ever lose patience! And don’t forget, with this method, there’s no need to take notes. It’s all there for quick access.
Basically: You save time, hassle, money and completely avoid killing more trees.
The area most overlooked by new students thinking about a course is that of ‘training segmentation’. This basically means the breakdown of the materials for timed release to you, which can make a dramatic difference to how you end up.
Trainees may consider it sensible (when study may take one to three years to gain full certified status,) for your typical trainer to courier the training stage by stage, as you pass each element. Although:
How would they react if you didn’t complete all the exams at the proposed pace? Often the prescribed exam order doesn’t come as naturally as an alternative path could be.
For the perfect solution, you’d get ALL the training materials right at the beginning – enabling you to have them all for the future to come back to – at any time you choose. This allows a variation in the order that you complete each objective if you find another route more intuitive.
Qualifications from the commercial sector are now, very visibly, starting to replace the traditional academic paths into the IT sector – why then is this the case?
With a growing demand for specific technological expertise, industry has been required to move to the specialised core-skills learning only available through the vendors themselves – for example companies like CISCO, Adobe, Microsoft and CompTIA. This frequently provides reductions in both cost and time.
Obviously, a reasonable quantity of closely linked knowledge has to be learned, but essential specifics in the exact job role gives a commercially educated person a real head start.
It’s a bit like the TV advert: ‘It does what it says on the label’. All an employer has to do is know what they’re looking for, and then advertise for someone with the specific certification. Then they know that anyone who applies can do the necessary work.
(C) Jason Kendall. Pop to LearningLolly.com for in-depth ideas on Comptia A+ Course and Comptia Certification.
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