SkillsTrain N+ Course

I am a 41 year old lorry driver who is totally fed up with with the job I am doing. I work a day-night shift and get home in the early hours of the morning.
When I get up the next day, the kids are at school and the wife is at work, and I wanted to do something with my life in my spare time. This is where Skillstrain came into my life and now I have a goal to aim at. I can now see the light at the end of the tunnel which I am now steaming along at a great pace to break through the other side and get out of the job I hate so much.
The A+/N+ course is a great way to start off into the world of IT. Like me a humble lorry driver with no IT skills at all. I am determined to change my life for the better. With Skillstrain's help I know this is achievable.

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The Live Internet Training was awesome. Well done guys. A few obvious points in the course that needed to be covered but still a few things in there I never knew. Very well presented

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I had a brain tumour removed in March this year, and for the following few months was unable to function without someone elses help (I was a very indepentant person previously). I have now begun learning again with Skillstrain even though I had to resign from my job. Hopefully I will be able to complete this and then look to a total change in both outlook and job prospect.

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Using the course information and the internet to identify a problem(UNBOOTABLE_VOLUME) and repair my laptop. This involved going into the recovery mode in the XP installation disk. This identified a faulty disk drive. Disk drive changed problem solved. Also using beeps in BIOS TEST to tell my neighbour to replace keyboard. This also worked. Three weeks ago before getting the Skillstrain material I knew nothing about how to begin to fault find on a PC.

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Having recovered from a serious car crash 2005/06, I was unable to retain short term information, suffering from blackouts, given the all clear to return to work in April 2007 I am now studying for my MCSA course and feeling confident in being able to study and retain the information learnt.

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I never find it easy to blow my own trumpet but I feel that I am holding my own really well. My wife suffers from depression, anxiety and severe agrophobia, this has a big impact on both my job and the time available for study. My average for 24 assignments on the A+ is 93%. I am a 40 year old teaching assistant looking for a major change in career direction. With each assignment despite the stresses of my home, the feedback always motivates me to achieve the best I can.

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In 2005 I started N+/MCSE course honestly I wasn't sure that I am doing good thing. At the beginning I wasn't eager to learn but week after week I used to gain more and more knowledge. I didn't noticed that after 11 months I finished N+ part of the course. So I attempt for N+ exam and passed with great result more than 85%. I was so surprised about my knowledge because I didn't believe in my abilities. After 3 weeks I received certificate and I started looking for a new IT related role.

Just after few days I was invited to an interview from a BMW company near Oxford. On interview I surprised employer with my multi-skilled abilities, and achievements.

I get a job not exactly in IT, but with great chances for promotion in near future.
I decided to take that position; it wasn't easy because I and my wife expecting a baby in September and we were "forced" to move from London to Oxford. But we made the decision.

On my first day I met with the manager who trained me in new role for about two weeks, my job involved quality control on the production line. After some time I mentioned about my IT skills and I had an interview with IT manager. Everything was great, after next 3 weeks I was moved to IT department on new IT Network Analyst position.

I see now that this investment it is starting to pay off. I have more time to studying for my MCSE exam and I'm sure that I will succeed.

Now I have great job and in few weeks time I will be a father!
I am the happiest man in the world!

Thanks to Scheidegger

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I am writing this with my left hand while the right is suspended in the air covered in bandages. You see, I am a printer by trade. The course I have been doing with skillstrain is my passport to escape the boredom and noise of a factory job. Three weeks ago I had a fight with a printing machine. I managed to get my fingers caught between the rollers and have had major surgery to re-build my fingers.
Following the success of my A+ exams I threw myself into studying and have completed 5 TMAs in just a few weeks with scores in the 90s, which I am very pleased with.
Luckily for me, my hand will mend and it should not stop me from pursuing my dream career in IT. I suppose you could say I'm lucky in that respect. My first thought after the accident happened was, "How am I going to type?!". Well, I shall just have to wait three months to find out.

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After 6 weeks of studying my course work I have helped out a friend with his pc. he was having problems with his computer booting up.after reading the power supply troubleshooting part,I was able to diagnose that he had a faulty power supply,although he has not replaced the power supply yet I will be replacing it for him once he has bought it,not bad considering 6-8 weeks ago I would not have even give repairing or troubleshooting a second thought.

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Since joining skillstrain I have COMPLETED my CompTIA A+ and since this has happened I have had a new job from british telecom and I am constantly being asked by potential employers to attend interviews! I am very much looking forward to passing my N+ and my CCNA with skillstrain!! I never thought in my life time I'd be motivated to study! Thanks.

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I am so proud to be part of this institution. I was not quite sure when I first joined if I could be successful, but I have made immense progress and it is unbelievable what I have achieved. Today, I completed my final tutor marked assignment for the first part of my course with great confidence and am glad to say that I have done very well in the last 10 so am really proud of my self.

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I am really enjoying this course so far and have learned so much already, although finding the time to study can sometimes be challenging. I am working full time on minimum wage at the moment in an environment where the scenery never changes and redundancy is always lurking around the corner. Due to my poor wages I am still living at home with my family, which isn't the worst thing in the world but being able to afford a place of my own would mean the world to me. I never seem to have much spare time, but most of it seems to slip away on helping other members of my family. My sister is due to be married in September and alot of the responsibilities have been shared out between us and I am also a bridesmaid. My younger sister has just given birth to a little baby boy, so with this and my older sisters wedding coming, our house seems to be constantly filled with visitors. This is not a good thing when they are waking me up early in the morning after I have just worked the night shift!
I have always had a huge interest in computers but never really had the option to learn more about them as there were no IT orientated subjects of study at school. I have also found over the last few years that I also have an interest in fixing things, whether at work or in the home. The material that I have studied so far has made me realise that I actually have quite a lot of knowledge in this subject that I never knew I had.
When I was young, I really struggled to think of a suitable career path. And over the years I have changed my career ideas several times. I always had it in my head that the best I could do for myself and my family was to stay at school for as long as possible and then go on to university. I settled into the idea of training to be a secondary school teacher, specialising in Physical Education. I gained the grades that I needed and was accepted into the BEd (hons) Secondary PE course. Within five months of the course I started feeling depressed and realised that I was at university for all the wrong reasons. I made the decision to leave and take a couple years out of education so that I could work full time and gain valuable work, and life experience. This way I would have more time to think about what I could do with my future. I decided that my most ideal job would be something I would enjoy doing; a job that would reward me financially for being good at my job; it would give me a sense of security and wouldn't wake me feel overworked and undervalued. I then saw a leaflet for skillstrain. After my initial meeting I realised that this job is what I would love doing and get paid well for doing it. Every aspect of the job description excited me and I just cant wait to finish the course. I know that I will find it challenging along the way but I want this so badly, I wont quit until its done!!

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I began this course just over a year ago now and while my progress was slowed considerably while I moved home which had not been planned when I started the course I knew that my study time could be flexible enough for me to be able to get over this obstruction. I've now completed my A+ course and passed the exam and I'm moving swiftly on to my N+ coursework. A year ago I was made redundant and felt I was at a dead end in the industry I am currently qualified for, it was a depressing prospect to feel I was not exploring my full potential so I contacted the Skills Train. Being able to study for a qualification in a field I am extremely interested in whilst being able to study around my current day job has changed my outlook considerably and I look forward to the new prospects that are opening up for me.

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