CompTIA A+ consists of 4 training sections; you’re considered A+ competent when you’ve passed the test for half of them. This is the reason that the majority of training establishments only have two of the courses on their syllabus. In reality you’re advised to have the information on each subject as industry will demand an understanding of the whole A+ program. You don’t have to take all four exams, but we would recommend you study for all four areas.

Training courses in A+ teach diagnostic techniques and fault-finding – via hands on and remote access, in addition to building, fixing, repairing and having knowledge of antistatic conditions.

You may also want to consider adding the CompTIA Network+ training as it will give you the knowledge to become a networking engineer, which means greater employment benefits.

The age-old way of teaching, involving piles of reference textbooks, is usually pretty hard going. If all this is ringing some familiar bells, look for learning programmes that are on-screen and interactive.

Memory is vastly improved with an involvement of all our senses – learning experts have been saying this for years now.

You can now study via interactive discs. Through instructor-led video classes you’ll learn your subject through the demonstrations and explanations. Then you test your knowledge by interacting with the software and practicing yourself.

You’ll definitely want a study material demo’ from the training company. The materials should incorporate expert-led demonstrations, slideshows and fully interactive skills-lab’s.

You’ll find that many companies will only provide purely on-line training; sometimes you can get away with this – but, think what will happen when you don’t have access to the internet or you get slow speeds and down-time etc. It’s much safer to rely on DVD or CD discs that removes the issue entirely.

You should look for authorised exam simulation and preparation programs as part of your course package.

Sometimes people can get confused by practising exam questions that don’t come from the authorised examining boards. It’s not uncommon that the question formats and phraseology is startlingly different and you should be prepared for this.

Mock exams can be very useful in helping you build your confidence – so when it comes to taking the proper exam, you won’t be worried.

Most people don’t even think to ask about a vitally important element – how their training provider actually breaks down and delivers the courseware, and into how many bits.

Often, you will join a program requiring 1-3 years study and get sent one module each time you pass an exam. It seems to make sense on one level, but consider these issues:

What would their reaction be if you find it difficult to do each and every module at the speed they required? Often the prescribed exam order doesn’t come as naturally as some other structure would for you.

Ideally, you’d get ALL the training materials right at the beginning – giving you them all for the future to come back to – at any time you choose. This also allows you to vary the order in which you move through the program if you find another route more intuitive.

Does job security truly exist anymore? In the UK for instance, with industry changing its mind at alarming speeds, it seems increasingly unlikely.

We’re able though to reveal security at the market sector level, by searching for high demand areas, together with a lack of qualified workers.

Offering the IT market for example, the 2006 e-Skills analysis highlighted a skills shortage throughout Great Britain of around 26 percent. Showing that for each four job positions in existence throughout IT, we’ve only got three properly trained pro’s to fulfil that role.

This disturbing truth reveals the requirement for more properly qualified IT professionals throughout the UK.

Unquestionably, now, more than ever, really is the very best time to train for IT.

Copyright 2009 S. Edwards. Pop to Comptia Certification or MCSE Training.

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