There are a total of 2 specialist training sectors in the overall A+ programme, and you're just required to achieve pass marks in each for competency in A+. Alongside being taught about building and fixing computers, trainees of A+ will have instruction on how to operate in antistatic conditions, as well as diagnostics, fault-finding and remote access. If you're considering being the kind of individual who is involved with a big team - fixing and supporting networks, build on A+ with Network+, or follow the Microsoft route - MCP's, MCSA or MCSE in order to have a better comprehension of the way networks work.

Commencing from the viewpoint that it's good to home-in on the area of most interest first and foremost, before we're able to consider which career training would meet that requirement, how can we choose the right direction? Flicking through lists of IT career possibilities is next to useless. The majority of us have no concept what our good friends do at work - let alone understand the complexities of a specific IT job. Achieving any kind of right resolution really only appears through a thorough investigation across many changing criteria:

* Your personal interests and hobbies - often these reveal the areas will give you the most reward.

* What length of time can you allocate for your training?

* Have you thought about travelling time and locality vs salary?

* With so many areas to train for in IT - there's a need to pick up some key facts on what separates them.

* Taking a proper look into the effort, commitment and time you'll make available.

For the average person, sifting through each of these concepts requires a good chat with an advisor who knows what they're talking about. Not only the accreditations - but the commercial requirements and expectations of industry too.

Getting into your first IT role can be a little easier with the help of a Job Placement Assistance service. But don't place too much emphasis on it - it's quite easy for training companies to overplay it. In reality, the massive skills shortage in Britain is what will enable you to get a job.

Get your CV updated straight-away though - you should get plenty of help from your training provider on this. Don't wait until you've qualified. It's possible that you won't have even passed your first exam when you land your first junior support position; yet this is not possible if interviewers don't get sight of your CV. If you'd like to keep travelling time and costs to a minimum, then you may well find that a local (but specialised) recruitment consultancy may serve you better than a centralised service, due to the fact that they're far more likely to have insider knowledge of what's available near you.

A regular frustration of some course providers is how hard men and women are prepared to study to get qualified, but how little effort that student will then put into getting the position they're acquired skills for. Don't give up when the best is yet to come.

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