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What would management mean doing? I really am not interested in networking... but from all the replies I think I might have to just give it a go to open up my options. I have to submit for university, if I feel like going, by December and I still can't find that many interesting classes to choose from for computing.

I'm not sure about where you live, but the schools I went to didn't seem to do things like these? They had like 1 training employee and usually they were of an older age. I will look into it though. I've done a lot more than just that. I would say I'm pretty experience in hardware. I have built my own PCs from scratch, modded them, upgraded them, customised laptops, installed new cards/LEDs/fans/parts etc... certainly not a novice. Where are you from? I haven't really heard of anything like this in the schools round here.

Okay thanks for the help. What courses would be better suited for when I leave college then, if I want to do jobs in computer hardware such as repairing, building etc? I would prefer one I could do myself, so if there are any like that out there it would be great to know about them!

I am already in my second year of doing the diploma I was then going to leave college, stay at my job, and train myself up to get one of these qualifications, but now that doesn't seem like such a great idea? I really want to get into hardware without having to do 2+ years at University. The A+ course looked good but obviously not so good now. PS. My field would be hardware/technician.... I am really not interested in Networking

So what course would I be better off doing after I finish my college course, if I want to have a better chance at getting into a good technician post? Preferably something I can do in my own time, then sit the test when I feel like it.

So an A+ qualification wouldn't get me any further into the field than a standard IT BTEC National Diploma would? Unless I misread you terribly

Hey everybody. I'm leaving college soon and I was told about the A+ course, and how it would give me a good qualification for passing it. I literally know nothing about the A+ course. The person who told me about it only knew a little, which wasn't much. So I have a few questions: 1. I've seen something called CompTIA that relates to the A+ course, what is it? 2. What kind of qualification does passing an A+ course give? 3. I want to do a computer hardware A+ course, is it basically buying books and revising until I feel am I ready to do the test, or something else? 4. Do you have to take classes for it or something similar? I think I heard that you teach yourself from the books / practical experience, is this right? 5. When are the tests taken for the A+ course? 7. Where would I get the books and other things needed? 6. Would an A+ course be the best thing regarding computer hardware, or is there a better one I could be doing? Thanks in advance to anybody who replies.