If there's any chance you'll be enrolling with a training school who still utilises 'in-centre' days as a feature of their programme, then consider these hassles reported by almost all IT hopefuls:

- Masses of travelling to and from the workshop centre - often very long trips.

- For those of us that work, then weekday only classes represent a difficulty in getting time off. Often you're having to deal with 2-3 days at a time as well.

- Holiday days lost - many trainees only have 20 days holiday. If half or more of that is used up by training days, that isn't going to leave much vacation time for most student's families.

- Training events often end up overly large as well.

- Tension is sometimes created in the classroom where the right pace for one student is not the same as another.

- Calculate the increasing cost of all the fares or petrol, parking, food and accommodation and you'll be in for a big surprise. Students talk of increased costs mounting to several hundred and sometimes thousands of pounds. Do the maths - and understand where they're coming from.

- Most attendees want their studies to remain private to avoid any kind of repercussions from their current employer.

- Who amongst us hasn't avoided posing that question we were dying to ask, just because we wanted to fit in?

- Where students have to on occasion live away for part of the week, imagine the increased difficulty in getting to the necessary classes, as time is now more scarce than ever.

Doesn't it make more sense to take classes when it suits you -- not the training company - and make use of videos of instructors with interactive virtual-lab's. Think... Utilising a laptop you're able to work in the garden, a park, or just outside. And 24x7 support is only a web-browser click away in case you get challenged. Repeat lessons and modules whenever you like - the more times you cover something - the more you'll remember. And no worrying about keeping up with note-taking either - everything is provided. Though this doesn't take away all study problems, it unquestionably reduces stress and eases things. You also have reduced hassle, costs and travel.

You can investigate each aspect much more thoroughly on specific pages on this site. We cover the certification tracks required to get you in to the IT industry. Alternatively, our free Information pack offers you further guidance, and information on how to contact our industry specialists.

Going a stage further again, you could consider the 1st level of Professional certification: 'User' & Systems Support. To support staff using computers at work, you will have to have a technical accreditation such as the 'Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician'. You'd generally be looking at around a hundred hrs of study at this grade.

We come in to full I.T. career training courses at the following level. The most popular starting point for hardware support, networking and security jobs are the CompTIA 'A+' and Network+ certifications. Along with covering the fundamentals of hardware & networks, you will also learn about support, troubleshooting, administration & security. Many blended 'A+' and 'Network+' training courses take the person with average skills something like 200 - 250 hours to complete, so can easily be studied alongside a full time job.

How long has it been since you considered your job security? For most of us, we only think of this after we experience a knock-back. However, the reality is that job security doesn't really exist anymore, for nearly everyone now. But a marketplace with high growth, where there just aren't enough staff to go round (due to a big shortfall of properly qualified workers), enables the possibility of true job security.

A rather worrying national e-Skills investigation highlighted that twenty six percent of all IT positions available cannot be filled due to a lack of well-trained staff. Put directly, we're only able to fill three out of each 4 job positions in IT. Attaining full commercial IT qualification is therefore a quick route to achieve a life-long as well as pleasing living. While the market is growing at such a speed, it's unlikely there's any better sector worth looking at for retraining.

Validated exam preparation packages are essential - and absolutely ought to be sought from your training supplier. Some students can find themselves confused by going through practice questions that aren't recognised by official boards. Sometimes, the phraseology can be quite different and you need to be ready for this. Always request some practice exams so you can test your knowledge at all times. Simulations of exams prepare you properly - so you won't be quite so nervous at the actual exam.

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