Comptia A+

sporedude

I was thinking about taking this course. Can anyone recommend it? Anyone know how long the course is?

cpdc1030

Depends what you're planning to do with it. Do you have any IT background? What type of work are you looking to get?

10+ yrs in IT so I'm happy to help with any advice...

sporedude

cpdc1030 wrote: »

Depends what you're planning to do with it. Do you have any IT background? What type of work are you looking to get?

10+ yrs in IT so I'm happy to help with any advice...

Already got an NC in Computing and IT, Just basicly looking to expand on my hardware skills. Looking for maybe Technician work.

omen666

Well if thats the case you could start there. Then maybe go onto a N+ or MSCDT

L_Tee_2

Hi, my Dad is thinking about doing this. He has been looking at 'mentored' course from places like seek learning - does anyone have any experience with these sorts of companies? http://www.seeklearning.co.uk/comptia-training.asp

cpdc1030

sporedude wrote: »

Already got an NC in Computing and IT, Just basicly looking to expand on my hardware skills. Looking for maybe Technician work.

Generally I'd say that the A+ is worthwhile in two cases:

1) You don't have any working experience in IT Tech Support and are looking to move into the field
2) Your employer is paying for it

Otherwise, most hiring managers would take 1 or 2 years hands on experience over the A+ certification. Although it is nice to have, I haven't really seen that it is in that much demand.

Remember that it isn't always techincal skills that will get you the job - many times an employer will be happy to take on someone who has less technical certifications, but has good customer service skills - at least it worked for me when I was starting out

Duk

I passed my A+ a few years back.

I don't think there is need for any course though, I bought a book and taught myself from that, Paid £180 for the exam myself and passed. If you have any experience with IT then you shouldn't need to pay for a course, It really isn't that hard.

There are plenty of internet resources to teach yourself, But I would definitely say its worth it.

Good Luck

omen666

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Microsoft
- MCP
- MCTS
- MCSA 2000
- MCSA 2003
- MCSA: Messaging
- MCSA: Security
- MCSA: Messaging 2003
- MCSA: Security 2003
- MCSE NT
- MCSE 2000
- MCSE 2003
- MCSE: Security
- MCSE: Messaging 2003
- MCSE: Security 2003
- MCDST
- MCTS: Windows Vista
- MCITP: Windows Vista
- MCTS: Windows Server 2008*
- MCTS: Exchange 2007
- MCITP: Exchange 2007*
- MCITP: Systems Center Ops. Manager (SCOM)
- MCTS: Windows SharePoint Services (WSS)
- MCTS: Microsoft SharePoint Server (MOSS)
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- Small Business Server 2003
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Cisco
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Security
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CompTIA
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- Network+
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Microsoft Exchange
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Wireless
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IT Management
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Programming & Databases
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Web Development
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Duk

omen666 wrote: »

Would suggest downloading the CBT Nuggets Archive Server from torrents or Newsgroups contains the following:

Is that not illegal? its $13.999 to buy on their website.

http://www.cbtnuggets.com/webapp/product?id=379

London_Exile

sporedude wrote: »

I was thinking about taking this course. Can anyone recommend it? Anyone know how long the course is?

After a while where the CompTIA certs fell out of favour with employers they are now seen as a very worthwhile endeavour. And the A+ is a great starting point for anyone interested in working in IT. So it's very much worth the effort.

Bear in mind that a new version of the A+ (and the Network+) is due to be released at the end of June, so you would be better placed to wait until it comes out before doing the course.

Good luck.

omen666

Duk wrote: »

Is that not illegal? its $13.999 to buy on their website.

http://www.cbtnuggets.com/webapp/product?id=379

Well if you re-read my post again you may glean the answer