What qualifications are required

Se7ven

Se7ven

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I am looking for be a PC builder or technician (i basically want to build PC's, overclock, test etc) for a preferably big firm. but no idea what qualifications are required, i obviously cant go up to them and say "hey i self taught myself to build and intel i7 overclocked to 4ghz, can i hav job plz?"

can someone tell me where I should start? :p thanks
 
You want to overclock and test machines for a big firm? What big firms are you referring to, i cannot think of any which would be remotely interested in building machines, let alone overclocking them?

All that springs to mind are one or two specialist hardware resale places such as this one. But these are not very common and the market for positions will be few and far between and likely be fairly low level as far as salary is concerned.

You should start by changing your goals, as jobs such as that which you describe are not a good thing to aim to do.
 
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OcUK aside, there are no* companies who will employ someone to overclock machines.

Even if you do get a job a system builder it's not the best paid job in the world as it's just going to be taking parts from a box and plugging them in to a motherboard, production line style.



*I'm rounding down
 
small local PC companies might, but I don't see many ICT companies having anything to do with overclocking.

you would be looking around the A+ to start with, thats a point.

put it this way ICT tech get more money than I do atm even if I was full time were I am now
 
OP; you do realise that every man and his dog can plug some components together and change some settings on a GUI to set system parameters right? You say "self taught", i dont follow, the components even come with instructions. Putting that you can build a computer on your CV is akin to putting that you can build a wardrobe from a flatpack.

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comptia A+

Thanks about it.

Andy
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OP; you do realise that every man and his dog can plug some components together and change some settings on a GUI to set system parameters right? You say "self taught", i dont follow, the components even come with instructions. Putting that you can build a computer on your CV is akin to putting that you can build a wardrobe from a flatpack.

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thank you.
 
Where you are aiming is a dead-end I'm afraid :( It fails the 2 golden rules for making any kind of money in this world:

1) There's not much demand for it - so very few companies (about 0 big companies in the world!) do it. Just about no-one, in the country, wants to use this 'overclocking' and 'slotting in a few cards' service you offer.
2) Lots and lots of people can do it, especially kids that are prepared to work for minimum wage. You're not remotely specialist you'll be 'common' therefore easy to replace. SO as a life-rule you're going to have to compete with all and sundry for every single penny you earn .. which will keep your wages very low for the whole of your life, until overclocking/fitting graphics cards becomes impossible or unnecessary in 14 years (or whatever) at which point your TOTALLY unskilled for ANYTHING :( In other words 'Dear KFC I am a man at the 'height of his career' with 3 kids to support, do you have any work oh god please?' .


Basically you're trying to do a job that is the same as someone saying 'I want to fit specifically Sony Blu ray players into people's TVs, deciding which HDMI slot to use etc and making sure the disc drawer opens correctly, and fit the unit into any TV cabinet they have'.

You see the problem? Who'd pay for that? What is the demand? It's easy!


(Call me harsh, but maybe in 20 years you'll look back and think 'Thank Christ I listened to the bloke off t'net'!!)

What to do? Learn C++ off your own back (its easy and off t'net you can learn it for free in 2 months to become good) then get a 'starter job' as a programmer somewhere on 20K - move up from there ... Long term being a decent programmer will give you a fairly average/happy middle class life forever. Nothing mental good, but nothing mental bad. A nice semi-detached in Suburbia, a nice family car, 2.4 kids and a dog, never really struggling to pay the bills or buy anything you really want with a bit of saving ..
 
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Building Lego is harder than building a computer these days.

It's not a skilled job, so you can expect pretty much minimum wage. Be more ambitious :p
 
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OP; you do realise that every man and his dog can plug some components together and change some settings on a GUI to set system parameters right? You say "self taught", i dont follow, the components even come with instructions. Putting that you can build a computer on your CV is akin to putting that you can build a wardrobe from a flatpack.

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Half the people in our office would NOT be able to build a PC and most have beein in IT for years..

It IS something that is worth putting on a CV for low level positions, it also shows an interest in IT which a lot of people in IT dont have (and so give you a better chance of getting a job)
 
Computers are a tool for a company to undertake it's actual business, nothing more than a fancy hammer.

OCuk is just a reseller of said hammers, overclocking is just a bit of fun.

If you want to make money with IT hardware, sit down with some of these businessmen and ask them what they want to do. Translate that into a plan with costs, network hardware drawings, a gantt chart and a few pints down the pub. You can then go directly to your bank and withraw £1,000 a day to overclock as many i7s as you want.
 
Jesus Christ, he asked a relatively simple question and more than half the people here jump down his throat along with insults to boot.

Maybe he's asking because OcUK are currently looking for computer hardware technicians to employ and he wants to work for OverClockers?
 
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