CompTIA A+ IT Essentials

If you are getting ready for a career as an entry-level information technology (IT) professional or personal computer (PC) service technician, the CompTIA® A+® Certification course is the first step in your preparation. The course will build on your existing user-level knowledge and experience with personal computer software and hardware to present fundamental skills and concepts that you will use on the job. In this course, you will acquire the essential skills and information you will need to install, upgrade, repair, configure, troubleshoot, optimize, and perform preventative maintenance of basic personal computer hardware and operating systems.

Course Objectives

  • install
  • upgrade
  • repair
  • configure
  • optimize
  • troubleshoot 
  • perform preventative maintenance on basic personal computer hardware and operating systems

Prerequisites

 Students taking this course should have the following skills: End-user skills with Windows-based personal computers, including the ability to: Browse and search for information on the Internet. Start up and shut down the computer. Log on to a computer and computer network. Run programs. Move, copy, delete, and rename files in Windows Explorer. Basic knowledge of computing concepts, including: The difference between hardware and software. The functions of software components, such as the operating system, applications, and file systems.The function of a computer network.

Course Benefits

Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

Course Duration

This hands-on instructor led course will be taught in 40 hours on instructor led hands-on training classes

Class Schedule

 Start Date

 End Date

 Days

 Time

 1-16-2010  2-24-2010  Sat / Sun  2.00pm - 6.00pm
 2-8-2010  2-24-2010  Monday to Thursday  6.30pm - 10.30pm

Course Guide

The target student is anyone with basic computer user skills who is interested in obtaining a job as an IT professional or PC technician. Possible job environments include mobile or corporate settings with a high level of face-to face client interaction, remote-based work environments where client interaction, client training, operating systems, and connectivity issues are emphasized, or settings with limited customer interaction where hardware activities are emphasized. In addition, this course will help prepare students to achieve a CompTIA A+ Certification.