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Stephanie Foster writes: > It really depends where you want to head for, IT is such a diverse field > > Do you want a taught course or a self study course ? ...taught. > > If you're into networking then perhaps the Cisco certified entry level > technician CCENT which leads onto the CCNA qualification > > > If you're interested in Microsh!t (ugh) then perhaps the MC Desktop > Support Technician for tech support type people ...I don't really want to do anything that spesificaly geared towards MS > or the MC Server Administrator for server admin type of peeps > > > CompTIA do a range of courses; > > The A+ which is very much all background on hardware for PCs ....My old flatmate had taken the A+ and kept the exam. He put me through it in the same conditions as he did it in (I think he stole the exam disks but don't tell anyone), without any training on my behalf, and I scored just under a pass. He infulenced me on a couple of questions and because of that I got them wrong... > > The Net+ which is towards networking > They even do a Linux+ > There is a Linux course from the Linux Prosfessional Institute > http://www.lpi.org/ > ....now that sounds interesting! > There are also more distro oriented courses like Ubuntu certified > Professional or the Red Hat courses ...hmm, they sound interesting aswell. > > Can I ask which organisation is offering the training & support ? ....They're called Pentreath Industries... > Steph > > > jon.davey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> Hi everyone, I've just been talking to someone who works for an organisation >> that help people into education and employment. Previousily they put me on a >> Microsoft Certificated Europiean Driving Licence type course which I was >> unhappy about but they are willing, now, for me to suggest my own choice of >> course. Result! >> THere have been threads about courses on here before but can I ask again >> if anyone can point me towards something I might be interested in. I have >> studied before to degree level but not in computing, am fairly compitent >> with building machines (I can put a PC together from scratch), have some >> experience with using server type hardware and I have been running Linux in >> one form or another since 2000. >> I don't know exactly what I want to study so a low level course that >> might help me to find my spesific interest would be preferable. >> Any thoughts, ideas? >> Thanks, JOn >> >> > > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html