SkillsTrain A+ Course

I am not trying to say that I am the only one that has gained from the college; all I am trying to say is that, " I have immensely gained from being a student of the college". I don't know of other people, but I guess I might be speaking for other students as well. First,I got my first major skilled IT job. Next, I was shifted to another department (SQL)-though I don't know much about it. But just for the fact that I already have A+ and N+-all completed from skill train college and studying CCNA in my company cv, I was chosen out of 5 staff to move to the new department.

Four days ago, my manager convinced me to apply for a new vacancy in a new department and new branch within the company. The money associated with the new post is 3 times bigger than what I am currently receiving. Quoting my manager, "You are a talented young man who has the right skills and the right qualifications. That position will suit you".
In two weeks time, one of my work mates will be registering with the college because they have found out my secret(skill train college).
I have made up my mind that once I finish my IT degree from university this year and equally finish the CCNP programme, I will enrol for further courses with the college. If the college could provide me with the training that helped me get to this level now, then, I want more(sorry that I sound greedy-but I want more training from the college).

"SKILL TRAIN COLLEGE"- tell me a better IT college other than SKILL TRAIN COLLEGE?

SKILL TRAIN COLLEGE,-You are the first in IT-KEEP IT UP

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They always say word of mouth is the best advertisement and it is true . My mother in law mucked up her internet connection not knowing what she was doing she deleted all the files needed to connect to the net. My wife very kindly offered my assistance to repair her pc. Ever since then I have now had several of her friends now contact me to either repair or up grade their computers. I even get my family ringing saying " HELP I have done this and the PC have done this and I can't return to what I was doing".

Until this time I had put the course to the side for a while due to our first child coming along. and taking all my time. I must admit it is so easy to stray away and get interested in something else but I have got myself back on to doing the course with the help of my wife. I have boosted me TMA scores up with two of my latest results being 100% . I have even upgraded my own PC by putting another stock of RAM in as well as getting a bigger graphics card and fitting it.
At work I have been successive. They brought in a new computer system to help us to complete our work faster and easier. Every department has had some one selected as a system champion ( Someone who knows the system and can sort out any problems ). Due to this course I have been chosen to do this task for my area.

To anyone who is slowly loosing interest in doing their course. My advice is keep plodding on, set yourself a goal and try setting up a study time table. I lost at least nine months and fell well behind. I am now regretting it and am now trying as hard as I can to catch up.

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I have been studying PC maintenance for a year now, and have had to put studies on the back burner as I worked hard to help establish the charity I work with in the UK. The summer months I have been working part time to recover lost finances from the years voluntary work, but have made the time in between shifts to crack on with my course. In the past month I have worked my way through a substantial chunk of my course achieving grades between 80 and 100%. It just shows that with a well organised and disciplined structure to your week you can excel in more than one endeavour. Enjoying the course and look forward to completing the course, now sooner than I thought possible.

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My wife went out and purchased a laptop and all the gubbins that the sales person said she needed then brought it all home and said help!I don't know what to do with everything that she had been sold, so after a calming drink I set about teaching how to install her programmes and set up the security settings then explained to her how to work her laptop and to use it exactly what she purchased it for, now she is writing the reports and preparing her clients case files in preparation for discharge from hospital then using the E-Mail, I have also taught how to transfer her files and keep them with her using the memory stick that she did purchase on her own after I advised to get one. Before starting this course I would have walked away from the problem but now I was confident to do it. Thank You.

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In November 2005 I sat both CompTIA A+ Core Hardware and OS Technologies exams covering the 2003 objectives. I just managed to pass the OS Technologies exam but failed the Core Hardware exam. I was very disappointed but soon put it behind me and continued to study my N+ coursework. I had forgotten all about the Core Hardware exam until I received an email on 11th May from CompTIA reminding me that I had until 30th June to complete my 2003 certification.
As I had already passed the OS Technologies it would be foolish not to push for certification before the expiry date, so I booked the Core Hardware exam for 28th June. For a Month and a half I have studied like a man possessed, and today being the 28th June I am very pleased to see my report in front of me which gives me a candidate score of 872 !!
Happy days.

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This last week my course material has come in handy on 3 occasions. 1st, at work we needed a new user account setting up on the server due to a new member joining us. I called the help desk and under the contract they do not support new user accounts free of charge. So I decided to log on to the server computer myself, access the Active Directory and create a new user template and e-mail account. I then went to the new terminal, logged on then went through the motions of telling the computer that it would need to be logged on via a domain not a workgroup. This worked a treat and so far is working 100%.

2nd, My old PC would not power up and after reading the section on motherboards and CPU's I narrowed the power up issue to be with one of the two. I purchased a new motherboard installed it, put my old CPU in and connected it all up, and it powers up well, But I needed to reinstall Win XP so I had to go into the start up menu before the XP logo is on screen to tell it to boot from the CD drive. I now have a spare fully working PC.

3rd. This morning I arrived at work to find that the e-mails were down. The internet would connect but not the mails. I told all users to log out so I could reboot the server. This fixed the problem and we had emails working before the IT support company got back to us with possible solutions.

All in all I am really pleased with myself and it just proves that if you want to learn something anything is possible.

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I enrolled with Skillstrain believing that I already knew what I needed to know in Information Technology as I already had a Diploma Certificate in Information Technology and was on an ICT Degree Course with the Open University, but I was proved wrong. I had been struggling to get a skilled job since, but now, I am proud to say that I just got employed by one of the biggest energy companies in the UK and worldwide. All thanks to Skillstrain for helping me to brush up my IT skills. I was able to pass both the written and oral interviews, which were mostly IT based. I am currently undertaking the N+, and soon, I will be starting the CCNA and CCNP. I intend completing them and sitting for the professional exams. Keep it up Skillstrain.

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When I started with this course, I lacked directional focus and couldn't submit my assignment regularly. With an ardent determination to finish the course within the normal stipulated time, I resolved last month to submit at least one assignment within a week. Currently, I am doing just that and now have to wait on my tutors to finish marking the previous assignment before submitting the next one which has been done few days ahead of submission.
I am completing the first part of the course this week, passing each of the assignments with good grade and with only one attempt!
I am so excited about this.

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I moved here from South Africa last year and got work in a warehouse. One night I was sitting and thinking to myself how much in life I took for granted. When the opportunity to study was there I never took it. Now I am thirty two years old, married and have two children. Life is going past me and I have nothing, but then I got the skillstrain leaflet throught the door and I signed up for the CCNP course. The beginning was hard but now I have done seven assignments and it is going very well. I always thought that a working man will have trouble studing, but to my suprise its not. It is more fun to study than to sit in front of the telly. Thank you skills train for giving all of us working people the chance to make some thing of our life and for showing us that there will always be a opportunity.

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I have achieved 100% in my written revision aswell as 100% in my previous TMA; this is alongside woking full time and looking after my 9 month old daughter! Since taking this course I have become a head trainer at work for my department, and have managed to train all new and existing staff to a very high standard whilst using our companys' new computer system. I have managed to upgrade a friends desktop by adding a larger RAM and installing a faster graphics card.

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I am writing this on behalf of my husband Robert as he won't do it.
He has had a lot happen the last couple of years and has faced an uphill struggle due to a nervous breakdown from military service. His cofidence was on the floor and he spend time in isolation while he dealt with his condition. He tries so hard and although faced with adversity on he has rarely complained. Signing up for this course has taken alot of courage and his desire to acheive is growing. Its like I am getting to know the real person again. Thank you Skillstrain for beginning to show him he is worth something and that there is always light at the end of the tunnel.

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Before I started this course I knew nothing about how the PC operates. I have learned to identify each component on the motherboard and how it operates. I have studied very hard especially doing a degree course alongside with this course but hopefuly I will receive my degree this year. This is an huge achievement and also I have taught my brother how computers operate as he never knew the software and the hardware side how it interacts. He was very pleased with me that I taught him and he knows quite a lot about computers.

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Hi, how you doing, hope your well!
I think my best achievement was in 2001, when I went to Romainia with my father, who has now passed away August, last year who worked for London Probation; and the Metropolitan Police, to help the Romainian Orphans.
My task was this, as two of the officers (X-Flying Sqaud) could not attend I had to head up the eletrical project, which to say the least was a shock because in Romainia in the small mining town of Lo Pen, 200 miles from the Capital its not 240 VAC it's 3 phase, so I had to step it down from 415-420 VAC to 240.
So as you can see I already had problems which I had to solve as this fact was not know!
Anyway I did solve this and continued on to install three 240 V ring mains, one at 30A with 9 double socket's a second also at 30A with two turets with double sockets and one lighting ring main with 6 fluresent tubes at 6 FT and one switch; and set up 6 computers which were donated by Probation in just 12 Days on a 14 day trip, I done it in 10 with one other aid who was some help?
Also recieved a Merit award from Sir John Stephons of the Met, well chuffed!!!!

My latest achievement will be completing the A+, N+, and the CCNA here at Skillstrain!

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