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| Thread ID: 103433 | 2009-09-23 07:11:00 | IT course - extramural | Nomad (952) | PC World Chat |
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| 812980 | 2009-09-23 07:11:00 | Hi, what is the likelihood of doing a course while I am working full time? Interested in hardware IT - technician type. Maybe after some yrs office roles are not for me .... Based in Welly. Good if I could do a short course and get a role and while I am working in IT do further courses ...... Or would you say full time is the way to go. I am guessing that IT may be different to some other courses when they can get away from workshops ie., study at home off a textbook and notes downloaded off the internet. Cheers |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 812981 | 2009-09-23 09:27:00 | You can always have a look at Computer power (www.computerpower.ac.nz) to see if it would suit your needs. I went there when they were under the name of Spherion. They are in the Plimmer towers, at the time they had night classes, Monday - Thursday ( from memory), they are all self paced. At the time there were several people that had full time jobs and came in the evenings to do the courses. From memory (and I'm not 100% sure) but you could do some of the work at home, and log in to the servers once they set it up. There was of course some tasks you HAD to be in the class room for. Here (www.computerpower.ac.nz) are their current courses from the site. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 812982 | 2009-09-23 10:59:00 | Thanks, they have 3 diplomas on offer. Not sure on the network one. For the other which does it matter? 6 or 10 months. Are each other more relevant to the employer or about the same... |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 812983 | 2009-09-23 20:51:00 | I know someone who tried Computer Power (Wellington), but withdrew after about 2 weeks. He said that the courses were very poorly organised and poorly taught, and felt that it wasn't worth his time or money continuing down that path. | somebody (208) | ||
| 812984 | 2009-09-23 21:40:00 | Must have gotten the wrong course, or they have changed since I was there. When I was there: You had tasks / sections to do, all computer based, and it was self paced - so I guess if a person cant " self pace themselves" they shouldn't go there. The tutors were there if you needed help. Not the type of courses where you have to learn something in a certain amount of time. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 812985 | 2009-09-23 23:38:00 | Is there a similar service in Auckland? Something that I can do from home or only in weekends? |
Blam (54) | ||
| 812986 | 2009-09-24 00:30:00 | If you are interested in Hardware/technician type stuff you could try Comptia A+. Comptia has the best fundamentals. www.comptia.org You could be self paced yourself. Get some Sybex Comptia books and some Cbt nugget videos and study and do the labs at home and then sit the exam at a VUE or a Prometric test center. |
forums12345 (15197) | ||
| 812987 | 2009-09-24 00:37:00 | If you self pace yourself you are kind of on your own. For an example when you are done with your courses you have to go out and find a job yourself. I am not too sure but computer power and other trainning institutes offer job replacement programmes. | forums12345 (15197) | ||
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