IT Essentials

IT Essentials

Isle of Man College
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What is the Course About?

IT Essentials: PC hardware & software

Course covers – Hardware and Operating Systems course, customer skills
Level – Intermediate
Duration – 24 weeks part time (approx)

This course is designed to equip students with underpinning knowledge and skills required to maintain computer equipment and deal with customers.

Students should be able to use a computer and recognise some of the principal parts. (IC3 is a useful introductory level)

At the end of the course students should be able to
Understand and apply health and safety controls
Identify and install computer components
Diagnose faults with computer hardware and operating systems
Recognise and configure securit…

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What is the Course About?

IT Essentials: PC hardware & software

Course covers – Hardware and Operating Systems course, customer skills
Level – Intermediate
Duration – 24 weeks part time (approx)

This course is designed to equip students with underpinning knowledge and skills required to maintain computer equipment and deal with customers.

Students should be able to use a computer and recognise some of the principal parts. (IC3 is a useful introductory level)

At the end of the course students should be able to
Understand and apply health and safety controls
Identify and install computer components
Diagnose faults with computer hardware and operating systems
Recognise and configure security settings
Build, troubleshoot and use simple networks
Deal with customers in an appropriate manner

A completion certificate is issued to students who satisfactorily complete the course and class based assessments.

This course uses the current version IT Essentials programme supported by Cisco, which follows the current CompTIA A+ qualification syllabus. CompTIA A+ exams can be taken at the College’s on-line examination centre (test fees are not included in the course fee).

Cisco Part 1 Semester 1 and Semester 2 - also covers first half of CCNA course

This course follows the Cisco Certified Network Associate 'Discovery' syllabus offering a hands-on approach to learning rather than detailed theory. The course consists of two 17/18-week semesters, 'Networking for home and small business' and 'Working at a small to medium business or ISP'.

At the end of the course students should be able to
•Plan and install a small network and connect it to the Internet
•Troubleshoot network and Internet connectivity
•Configure networks and shared networked resources
•Describe wireless technology
•Describe basic security issues
•Plan network updates
•Configure routers including routing protocols
•Describe network protocols

In addition to the lectures and laboratory work carried out at College, teaching materials are available to students over the Internet.

Students are given a certificate upon successful completion of each semester and will be in a good position to take the Cisco CCENT (640-822) exam. The exam can be taken at the College on-line examination centre.
What Subjects will I study?

The following subject areas are covered in the CompTIA A+ certification - IT Essentials
• Hardware
• Troubleshooting, Repair and Maintenance
• Operating Systems and Software
• Networking
• Security
• Operational Procedure

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