IT Qualifications

Harvey616 · 1 Sep 2010 at 17:03

Hey everyone

I was just after a bit of advice, I'm just starting Year 11 tomorrow, and will soon need to think about college course applications. I am really interested in computers, with computer hardware and game design being the parts I'm most interested in and I would really like a career orientated around computers.

However, I'm not sure what course to do, does anyone have any suggestions or could possibly tell me about the course they have done/are doing. I've seen that many people have mentioned CompTIA and Microsoft qualifications on the forum, could someone please tell me about these?

Thank you

Harvey616 · 1 Sep 2010 at 20:08

I will definately look at Zenos as it sounds very good.

Would a college course such as Computer science not help me more towards a degree in it than A levels?

Harvey616 · 1 Sep 2010 at 20:20

What exactly does a computer science course entail please Stellios?

Harvey616 · 1 Sep 2010 at 20:50

Ahh, thanks.
Reckon it would be a good idea going...
School -> College -> Zenos -> Uni ?

Harvey616 · 1 Sep 2010 at 23:04

I do have some work experience.
I had my work experience placement at a company helping to manage servers and test programs.
I actually quite enjoyed the server side of things.

Harvey616 · 2 Sep 2010 at 15:52

Thanks for all your replies guys, they have been really helpful

Just wondering, what are 1st, 2nd and 3rd lines of IT support?

Harvey616 · 2 Sep 2010 at 16:12

Haha, thanks for that

Harvey616 · 2 Sep 2010 at 21:29

Thank you very much for all of your responses.
I completely agree Murdin999, all we have been ding at school is Excel and Word then coursework about them.
I think it will be great to learn about the more interesting areas of IT.

And when I did my work experience I was put with a 3rd line guy, he was in charge of all the 250+ servers on the premises.