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436979 2006-03-09 10:03:00 Hi
Where can i do CompTIA A+ in auckland. i have basic knowledge of computers so which is the best place to do this course. 		gum digger (6100)
436980 2006-03-09 10:30:00 www.ace.co.nz

Click on course at the bottome and click on Auckland. 		bob_doe_nz (92)
436981 2006-03-09 18:27:00 Not sure where you are in Auckland, but I did my A+ here about 4 yrs ago & they were great, I am now a MCSA Win 2003.

www.avonmore.ac.nz 		snoopy (74)
436982 2006-03-09 19:12:00 Not sure where you are in Auckland, but I did my A+ here about 4 yrs ago & they were great, I am now a MCSA Win 2003.

www.avonmore.ac.nz

I live around the city. so anywhere around there would be great. 		gum digger (6100)
436983 2006-03-09 19:41:00 I'm guessing an employer is asking for CompTia certification. While it has some value in the States, I've rarely seen anyone ask for it in NZ. Very few headhunters even know what it is.

If you were looking for a job in the States eventually, a certification can open some doors otherwise closed.

I've passed 23 Microsoft certifications, got six premiere Microsoft certifications, Novell, Lotus and Oracle certifications, and trust me, most kiwi companies don't care. Your clothes make more of an impact.

I get certifications because
1) I have the money and time to spend on it
2) I use it a way to get a broad sense of various technologies

An advantage to certifications is you get to touch some of the more esoteric parts of products. How many people really get to know Windows accessibility and localization options, unless there job specifically requires it?

Also the more exams you take the quicker preparing for the next becomes (not necessarily easier, just quicker.)

Microsoft loves to throw in a few unrelated questions into exams, such as database design questions into programming exams. They hate perfect scores! 		kingdragonfly (309)
436984 2006-03-09 20:19:00 Ames (http://www.ames.ac.nz) do a course in +A and network +.

It's about $7000 for both.

500 Queen St, Auckland, not far from WINZ in Queen Street.

This is a 12 week course. 4 hrs a day, 5 days a week, or 3 hrs a day 2 nights a week for 40 weeks.

Times: 8 - 12 noon. Afternoon: 1 - 5 pm, or evening: 6 - 10 pm. 		Speedy Gonzales (78)
436985 2006-03-10 20:41:00 I am not able to manage time actually. bcoz im studying compscience at aut. gum digger (6100)
436986 2006-03-10 21:08:00 Ames (http://www.ames.ac.nz) do a course in +A and network +.

It's about $7000 for both.

500 Queen St, Auckland, not far from WINZ in Queen Street.

This is a 12 week course. 4 hrs a day, 5 days a week, or 3 hrs a day 2 nights a week for 40 weeks.

Times: 8 - 12 noon. Afternoon: 1 - 5 pm, or evening: 6 - 10 pm.Does the $7000 include exam fees? When I did A+ the exam fees were ~$300 each for the A+ hardware and A+ software, and ~$400 for net+ (though I never sat Net+).
With the exam fees, if you fail you gotta resit (and fork out another fee).. well thats what I was told anyway. Thankfully I had no resits :)

I sat A+ throught The Learning Post (they had an agent in NP() but they are from Auckland somewhere.

There is a heap of theory and a lil bit of practical. I was lucky in that I was able to do further work place experience with the agents for another few months (till I was passed over for a job and wised up that I was being used for free) - but this had nothing to do with Learning Post 		Myth (110)
436987 2006-03-10 21:15:00 The info I got in an email was:

Yes, the $7000 includes all texts and exam fees . You get $1000 for 'course related costs', which you can use to put towards the computer .

It is a Pentium 4 system designed to work as a high-end tool . The specifications change from semester to semester depending on the equipment available and market demand .

If u pay the whole fee, after u build it it's yours .

Ames buys the parts, you build it .

The only thing is, if u want to do this course, you have to:

1 . Get confirmation of your IRD from Inland revenue (they send u a card with your IRD # on it, and a statement/letter, confirming its your IRD #) .

2 . A verified / certified copy of your birth cert . To prove you were born in NZ .

3 . Confirmation of your bank account (a bank statement) .

And then get the app form from Studylink if u want a student loan . Then before u send this in, you have to have an interview with Ames, so u get a student ID #, before u send the App forms back to Studylink . 		Speedy Gonzales (78)
436988 2006-06-07 07:02:00 How hard are these exams. can i cope up with the study?/. gum digger (6100)
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