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CompTia A+

Edwin McArthur

Hi all,

If anyone has any input, I would appreciate it. 

I have been working in automation for some time and would like to study and certify in CompTia A+ to update and refresh my knowledge. I always feel that studying related and partially external fields are useful contingencies. I am pretty hands-on at work, so have lots of exposure to working with existing technology (new and very old ) within the plant.

I live and work in London. My questions are; is online study just as effective as classroom study in this area? I have seen lots of content online and It seems really good. I have already put some to good use. Secondly, with reference to accredited training providers, are there any trustworthy and recommended providers as I could use this study towards my CPD hours. I have looked on the IET education part of the site and I cannot see any A+ courses.

I'm sure I will find any comments and direction useful, and thus look forward to responses. 

Kind regards

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    Forget it.  No one in the UK has heard of A+ or CompTIA.

    You'd be better off doing a City & Guilds.

  • 0 in reply to Robin Lee

       City and Guilds Quals which are equivalent are wrapped up in Apprenticeship standards such as 9660 & 9790 see Link 

    The only other option would be 4520 see here and that is like rocking house poo to get, plus ironically references CompTIA, is in the same boat as CompTIA i.e. nobody has heard of it and will cost at least twice the price of the online certmaster for compTIA and take longer.

    Yep I know old MS courses like MTA would be ideal but they are dropping off now in favour of role based quals as MS moves to the Cloud so there isn't much choice. 

    You never know the UKCSC might conjure up something but at Level 3/4 its probably too low for them. 

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       City and Guilds Quals which are equivalent are wrapped up in Apprenticeship standards such as 9660 & 9790 see Link 

    The only other option would be 4520 see here and that is like rocking house poo to get, plus ironically references CompTIA, is in the same boat as CompTIA i.e. nobody has heard of it and will cost at least twice the price of the online certmaster for compTIA and take longer.

    Yep I know old MS courses like MTA would be ideal but they are dropping off now in favour of role based quals as MS moves to the Cloud so there isn't much choice. 

    You never know the UKCSC might conjure up something but at Level 3/4 its probably too low for them. 

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