Long story short i signed up for the cyber security course, completed the course within the 12 month limit and luckily landed a job 1.5 miles from my home with a company called Tieva as a 1st Line Technician. The course is made up of 6 separate courses with each having a test at the end that you can attempt as many times as you like. You then need to complete an internal exam covering all 6 courses studied. You get 5 attempts at this and must pass this to go forward with the job guarantee. This is the hardest part of the course and the most stressful.Once the internal exam is complete you move on to the LAB’s which are basic but give you a brief idea of some of the faults/fixes you might come across. I personally found doing the LAB’s then going off and practicing yourself on your computer with the help of YouTube videos. Once the LABs are done you can sit the Compita A+ exams. I did mine from home. They were very easy to book, and you get an instant result. Theres a lot of video content to get through on this course. I spent about 8-9 months solid most nights for 2-3 hours after work getting though all the courses to give me enough time to then get through the LAB’s and sit the exam. Once i passed i was in contact with Sarah, a recruitment specialist. I sent my CV off to be rewritten then started applying for jobs Sarah had sent links to. They were jobs from recruitment sites such as indeed and Reed but the application to Tieva was direct as it is a partnered company. This was about 3 weeks after i had started applying for jobs, much quicker than i expected. Tieva have actually taken on a couple of people who have completed an ITCareerSwitch course so i feel even without having the practical experience, they understand where i am in my career and have offered the training to help me progress. Overall if you want to change career and you're too old for apprenticeships or work full time so you can’t do college then this course can probably help you do it but you have to put the work in to pass the internal exam.
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