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| Thread ID: 25058 | 2002-09-25 02:30:00 | Qualification and you? | -=JM=- (16) | Press F1 |
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| 82863 | 2002-09-25 02:30:00 | Just wondering what qualifications you have, are currently attaining, or are going to have a go at in the near future. Preferably IT related, but then any qualification is in it's own way. I'll start off. I'm at the Christchurch College of Computing (http://www.ccc.school.nz). I'm going for the CertIT (formerly CBC) and have one compulsory paper to go (Access and Powerpoint). I'm currently doing semester one of the CCNA and have also done the practical component of the Cambridge Computing paper (theory soon to come). I've done one of the ICDL tests (must get round to the others). I'm also planning on doing the A+ this year. I'm also doing a whole heap of Unit Standards which should get me the National Certificate in Computing. Next year. Either going to carry on the CertIT and do the BICT. Or go to uni and do computer science (or similar). |
-=JM=- (16) | ||
| 82864 | 2002-09-25 02:37:00 | i did ncc level 3 last year any questions you need need answered give me a yell phylip@xtra.co.nz |
phylip (1886) | ||
| 82865 | 2002-09-25 03:04:00 | None. Except School C, and even that was a waste of time. But I'm not seeking to be an engineer or run a vendor helpdesk, so qualifications would be pointless. And who really needs a student loan? JM2cW. | honeylaser (814) | ||
| 82866 | 2002-09-25 03:07:00 | -Diploma Computer Operating (1990) -Cert Business Computing (1992) -Diploma Computer Graphic Arts (1994) -Certificate Network Maintenance (1995) -Cert Computer Maintenance (IV) (1999) all useful as tuts on a bill... |
SoniKalien (792) | ||
| 82867 | 2002-09-25 03:14:00 | I did CBC and then got a entry level position and worked my way up. (vs doing a 3 year degree and starting off in a higher level job). Since starting my IT career have done MCSE (+ the Y2k upgrade) and will finish my CCEA (Citrix Certified Enterprise administrator) in the next month or so. Have been in the industry for 3.5 years and am doing alright. (55k + a year). If you are looking at certification/qualifications to get you ahead, chances are you will have problems. Experience counts for a lot! The hardest part of any IT Career is getting that first job. (ESP in todays IT job market) Many people find they have to aim low and progress from there. Once you have that initial experience though, things get easier esp if you have the qualifications behind you.(although it's not as easy as the education institutions / press make out), Experience is the key to getting any job however "Paper qualifications" to back up the experience makes you a lot more marketable it the IT industry. |
peterhkpan (1911) | ||
| 82868 | 2002-09-25 03:15:00 | I'm about 6 weeks from finishing my BSC in Computer Science. Although I may do some post graduate stuff. | bmason (508) | ||
| 82869 | 2002-09-25 04:02:00 | I've often thought about starting one of these threads, so good on you for doing it JM. I hope lots of people reply as it's a rather interesting topic. I've got a Diploma in Information Processing and National Certificates in Business Administration and Computing (Level 2) and Computing (Level 2). I was going to do Level 3 but got a job instead. :-) Have other qualifications but they go back further than ten years and aren't relevant to this topic anyway, so they don't count. |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 82870 | 2002-09-25 04:10:00 | None yet however I will be finishing SFC in computers in about 6 weeks, and next year I will be doing NCC Level 3 as part of my year 13 course. After that I plan to go to university and do a degree maybe also sitting the MCSE exams over the time of my degree. At the moment I am very interested in doing a BInfoSci at Massy and majoring in either Computer Science or Computing. | Sam H (525) | ||
| 82871 | 2002-09-25 04:12:00 | Qualifications? What are they? I read a book once. (I think it might have been more than one ... one, two, three, many, many one, many two, ..., at least several). I did a few computer science courses a long time ago... didn't find them very useful. Used a lot of computers, built a few (with soldering iron and wirewrap tool), done a lot of programming ... assembly code for micros, minis, Pascal, Fortran(s), Algol, on mainframes and minis. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 82872 | 2002-09-25 04:12:00 | I've done a Certificate (Lvl 4) in Computer Skills (Word processing, Spreadsheets, backups, data management and a few other things) with TOPNZ. I'm currently doing course 71150 Intro to IS&T, but it's not what I was really looking for... It's part of a level 7 Diploma in Information Systems and Technology. I'm thinking of going out into the world and working full-time for a year though, had enough of school! I'd rather work for a year and get cadetship or whatever it called, coz Its just too hard with two part time jobs and part time study at the moment. I was thinking about doing the International Computer Drivers Liscence. Who else knows about that? Cheers Chilling_Silence |
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