mav
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Was intersted in a few courses...
I am a Manufacturing engineer at moment, electrical and mechanical but fancied doing a few courses...
Desktop Technician course = £1418
PC maintenance = £1500
Fook me aint cheap 
But I think I am going to do the PC maintenance course in the future...
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Aaron
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i teach Cisco IT Essentials which is basicly a Desktop Technician and PC Maintenence Course combined...this course prepares you for the Comptia A+ exams
The course is mainly self study on the internet at http://cisco.netacad.net but the students come in to take end of module tests and revise with me
This costs £50 
If you're interested i may be able to set it up for you to do it over the internet all together?
[Edited on 10-07-2007 by Aj.]
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mav
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£50
The desktop tech one was all home learning and no need to go anywhere to sit exams but the PC maint one you had a written exam and Practical exam away from house...
You were Microsoft certified after exams with these ones...
Aj I will deffo keep you in mind i might fancy doing them mate.
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Aaron
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The way it works is this:
You work through 16 modules, each is a different part if "ICT"...i.e the first section is Basic PC hardware/software.
The course progresses into more advanced stuff like Servers/Networking etc.
There is a module test for each one. The results of these tests dont count towards your final grade, its just a way to track your progress through the course.
You then sit the actual exam at a test centre somewhere (i think the test is about £120)
http://certification.comptia.org/a/default.aspx
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James
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If these courses are for career considerations then i wouldnt recommend PC Maintenance out of those two.
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mav
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PC maint would come in really handy in my job at moment...Might ask my work to fund it...
Why you say that though?
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James
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Well PC Maintenance would be like the guys at PC World fixing PCs. Desktop support could be working for a shit hot company on lots of money with more scope for career progression IMO.
My mate does desktop support in the city, he's just graduated and is on £29k.
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Aaron
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PC Maintenance doesn’t really pay a lot to be honest. It’s when you progress up to management or development work that ythe ££££ comes in
But you have to start somewhere. I started off on £50 per week and have progressed to ICT/Network manager in 5 years.
Not bad for someone having no IT experience when i started
[Edited on 10-07-2007 by Aj.]
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mav
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I have a good job at moment on 30k+ so it isn't the move career side of things i am worried about...Just adding strings to my bow if you get me..
Thats good going Aj though ...I just want to learn other things you know what i mean?
Aye James I know where you are coming from too...But as said it's not about changing or getting a career as I have a career already.
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Aaron
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I see what you mean Mav, i have two different types of people on my courses.
Those looking for a career change, and those who just want to be able to fix thier home PC when they bugger it up
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mav
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that would come in handy....And your course is only £50? does that give you any certification at the end?
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Aaron
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You do get a certificate from Cisco if you get 80% or more on your overall score (this is worked out by the results of your 16 module tests and also your final exam)
But this certificate isn’t anything to write home about, what the course does is prepares you for sitting the Comptia A+ exam which is industry recognised and is a great foundation to the CCNA course which is internationally recognised (which I also teach)
[Edited on 10-07-2007 by Aj.]
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James
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I have a CCNA 
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Aaron
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Current version?
Good qual to have
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Ian
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Aj are you in a college or private company?
My college would distance learning stuff although you are at a disadvantage where the classroom stuff is concerned.
Sure its cheaper than you were first quoted as well, about 170 quid for each semester (there are four).
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Colin
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Have a look on that Learn Direct Scotland site Mav, they give you something like £200 towards courses.
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Aaron
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I work in a City Learning Centre for my teaching. Its funded directly by the local LEA which is why we can offer courses at such low prices.
We charge £50 per semester of CCNA (there are 4 of them) and the student must take the exams at a third party site which they have to also pay for.
[Edited on 10-07-2007 by Aj.]
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Aaron
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Yeah distance learning can be hard sometimes depending on the type of course,
Most basic computer courses you can get away with. The new standard of IT Essentials has alot of virtual Labs (but nothing beats pulling an actual computer apart and putting it back together)
[Edited on 10-07-2007 by Aj.]
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Ian
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£50 is very cheap - how many hours contact you doing for that?
Also how much are the external exams? I think that is included in the 170 although I'm not sure. Just seeing how they compare.
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Jamie
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quote:
Originally posted by Aj.
i teach Cisco IT Essentials which is basicly a Desktop Technician and PC Maintenence Course combined...this course prepares you for the Comptia A+ exams
The course is mainly self study on the internet at http://cisco.netacad.net but the students come in to take end of module tests and revise with me
This costs £50
If you're interested i may be able to set it up for you to do it over the internet all together?
[Edited on 10-07-2007 by Aj.]
Why is it the end of module "tests" count towards nothing?
The overall grade is based on any practical work and of course the final exam, all weighted percentages.
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Aaron
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Ian - hours of contact is 2 hours per week, i'm not too sure on the cost of the exams to be honest. We dont really deal with that side of things...we jsut do the training for them
J-Me - When i mean the end of module test count for nothing...see my second post in this thread.
[Edited on 10-07-2007 by Aj.]
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mav
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quote:
Originally posted by Colin
Have a look on that Learn Direct Scotland site Mav, they give you something like £200 towards courses.
He said you can get a grant from ILA towards costs depends on your wages, i told him mine and he said you will get nothing...
I'll have a look on there though Colin..
I just want to learn again as not done any education in ages and feel i need a shake up...Was thinking about management courses aswell..
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ssj_kakarot
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least you dont pay £3000 a year to go to uni just for the course fee's, and its shit lol.
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mav
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I wanna do some home learning though..............
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