IT Technician courses

[JoeBloggs]

I would do A+, N+ & Server+. (As these will give you a good basic knowledge of these subjects which will help any CCNA or Microsoft route)

 

Once you have done these you will have some sort of perference on the direction you want to take, as now Microsoft have specific routes, or the CCNA direction.

 

Then there is ITIL / FITS for more service delivery rather than techy stuff.

[pshuttle]

CCNA Self Study

 

I have had two friends pass the CCNA by self study using only the Sybex CCNA study guide and Packet tracer. They only paid for the exam when they were ready and both passed first time. However, we were working in a WAN environment with daily exposure to Cisco equipment.

 

Only having to pay for an exam and book saves a lot of money!

[featured_spectre]

The final Cisco ccna live exam where its recorded and viewed had me nervous as hell, but that said I did pass with 967/1000 ;-) and it was all self study.

[stevenwba]

It the same boat as many who have posted here, working for a few years in i.t and now looking to get some certifications to help move forward, as im working as a tech, i was hoping to do something like MCITP: Support Tech or MCITP: server administrator, just wondered if anyone knew where to go.

 

I find the hardest part is finding somewhere to study and not being ripped off, as most online study websites want £1000s

[GREED]

Just to put my two pence in, +1 for the NVQ mentions above (mainly as that is my business and what I teach, but hey!). The take your existing knowledge and apply it to a qualification, teach you the next step (or fives steps usually) and align a qual to your personal and professional needs.