CompTIA A+ Certification Boot Camp
for Experienced Technicians

ZAPL- 005 CompTIA A+ Certification Boot Camp for Experienced Technicians
Fee: $1,195 includes 40 hours of extensive training, texts and materials Students may purchase CompTIA A+ test vouchers at a discount.
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This course is designed for the individual who already has experience working with PC Hardware and Operating Systems.

Spring 2010

For more information, please call or e-mail CBT

Financing Your Training Needs
Financing Options Available

College credit for IT Certifications
Credit for CISCO, CompTIA, Microsoft, and CIW Certification

Course Description

This program has been designed for those individuals who are already working in the field and have a working knowledge of PCs and Operating Systems. This is an intensive, 40-hour program to prepare candidates to take the new A+ Essentials exam and the IT Technician Job Role Exam ( candidates must pass the Essentials exam and 1 job role exam in order to be certified). The textbook you will receive covers all 3 Job Roles, but the course will focus on and prepare you for the IT Technician Exam (220-602). This course is designed to review and prepare students for the CompTIA A+ 601 Essentials and 602 IT Technician exams. The topics covered include the following:

CompTIA A+ Essentials 601 Exam

Getting started with PC hardware support
Operating systems
Electricity and power systems
CPUs and motherboards
Basic Input/Output System
Memory systems
Bus structures
Expansion slots and cards
Ports, connectors and cables
Data storage devices
Video and multimedia input/output devices
Printers
Portable computers and devices
Monitoring and management
Connecting computers
Networking computers
Security
Safety
Troubleshooting and maintaining a PC
Professionalism and communication
Windows installation and upgrade

CompTIA IT Technician 602 Exam

Decimal, Binary, and Hexadecimal numbering
Power systems
CPUs and motherboards
Memory systems
Expansion slots & cards
Data storage devices
Ports, connectors, and cables
Display devices
Portable computers and devices
Operating system management
Operating system monitoring
OS maintenance and troubleshooting
LAN networking
Internet connections
Network troubleshooting
Security
Maintaining the PC environment

Prerequisites:

Students in this program should already have the basic skills of troubleshooting and repairing PC equipment.
Student's should also be proficient with Windows XP
Before registering, candidates should call (413) 755-4502 to make arrangements to take a short evaluation quiz to ensure the proper foundation knowledge to succeed in this intensive program.

Certification Path: A+ Certification

Core Exam ( Required Exam)

Exam: Essentials 220-601 (Required)

Job Role Exam ( One exam required)

Exam: IT Technician 220-602 ( Recommended)
Exam: Remote Technician 220-603
Exam: Depot Technician 220-604

Approved for DOD Information Assurance Directive 8570.1

Directive 8570 is a policy from the Department of Defense’s Information Assurance Workforce Improvement Program that requires any DoD employee and any contractor working with the DoD to possess certain Information Assurance training and certifications. The Directive makes certain that Information Assurance personnel meet training and certification requirements related to their IT security job functions via annual metrics reporting of their workforce.

The goal of the Directive is a uniform, professional Information Assurance workforce with the knowledge and skills to effectively prevent and respond to attacks against DoD information, information systems and information infrastructures. The efforts of this program and Directive 8570 will enable the DoD to properly place Information Assurance personnel according to their skills. www.isaca.org

The U.S. Department of Defense recognizes CompTIA certifications in its technical and management tracks for information assurance technicians and managers under DoD Directive 8570.1M. Currently CBT offers instructor -led courses for CompTIA A+ and Network+ Certification, and web-based courses for CompTIA Security+. Potential employees as well as current employees or IT contractors must meet the requirements of the Directive

IA Technical Level I	Technical II	Technical III
CompTIA A+ CompTIA Network+ SSCP	GSEC CompTIA Security+ SCNP SSCP	CISSP SCNA CISA GSE
Management I	Management II	Management III
GSLC CompTIA Security+ GISF	CISSP GSLC CISM	CISSP GSLC CISM

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CompTIA A+ Certification Boot Camp for Experienced Technicians

Financing Your Training Needs Financing Options Available

College credit for IT Certifications Credit for CISCO, CompTIA, Microsoft, and CIW Certification