Is This for You?

This diploma is ideal if you’re looking for a position with greater responsibility than you’ll have with more entry-level roles in an IT department. Upon completion of the diploma, you’ll be well positioned to gain CompTIA certification in several key areas of IT.

Award and Associated Qualifications

Awarded 270 CPD points upon successful completion

Start Date
Flexible
Study Type
In centre, online, or a combination
Training Type
Diploma
Duration
270 hours flexi study or 11 weeks full-time

About This Diploma

This diploma is ideal if you’re looking for a position with greater responsibility than you’ll have with more entry-level roles in an IT department. Upon completion of the diploma, you’ll be well positioned to gain CompTIA certification in several key areas of IT.

Position Yourself For Success In It!

IT employees hold some of the most important jobs in any organisation. As an advanced Network Support Engineer, it will be your responsibility to install, manage, and troubleshoot computer networks. You will play a crucial role in maintaining your organisation’s networks, and you will help keep the network safe and secure. As a more senior support professional, your job could involve providing any of the following types of support to your organisation:

  • Configuring security settings or access permissions for authorised users
  • Analysing and reporting security breaches or attempted breaches
  • Troubleshooting the network to identify connectivity issues and using diagnostic testing software and equipment
  • Documenting network support activities
  • Configuring wide area network (WAN) or local area network (LAN) routers and other related equipment
  • Installing network software, such as security or firewall software
  • Evaluating network performance data in areas such as speed, connectivity, and disaster recovery

With this diploma and some experience in a senior support role, your career could advance to positions of greater seniority and responsibility, such as Systems Administrator or IT Support Manager.

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Aims and Objectives

You’ll learn essential skills in hardware and software support, network administration, IT security, and cloud computing to position you for a promising future in information technology.

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Pre-Requisites

CompTIA A+ certification or equivalent with a strong interest in IT infrastructure.

Finance Options

Wherever possible our training is tailored to your needs. The cost of our training programmes depend on the course(s) you choose and varies according to duration and breadth. Rest assured we have a number of payment options available to ensure the cost of training is affordable and can be worked alongside your other financial commitments. Common ways people fund their training include: –

Self-Funded:

  • Flexible payment plans to help you spread the cost* available at many of our centres;
  • You could opt to pay upfront.

Company Funded:

Requesting funding from your employers needn’t be a daunting task. Many employers support and encourage their employees with their professional development and consider it a worthwhile investment to fund any training required.

What we can help with:

  • Providing a comprehensive training programme outlining learning outcomes
  • Tailored personnel letters
  • Communication with finance departments to arrange payment options (upfront or payment plan*).

Funding & Grants:

There may be the opportunity to apply for funded grants that can help towards the cost of training. These include the Skills Development Scotland ITAs and the ReAct programme in Wales. All schemes will have different terms and conditions that will need to be met in order to qualify for a grant and these are managed by each individual centre.

We’d recommend you speak to a Course Advisor in your local centre to find out whether they are registered to offer any such schemes and discuss your requirements further.

* Terms and Conditions apply. Speak to a Course Advisor for full information on the options available to you.

Career Path

CompTIA certifications are a recognisable IT industry qualification that can help you get a rewarding career as a Network Technician, Systems Specialist, or Computer Network Engineer.

With further training in more specialised areas, you could look forward to a rewarding career in IT infrastructure management, cloud computing, or security. You could also bolster your skills to move into a managerial role within network support.

What’s the Difference?

We offer a range of training packages in a range of subject areas and can offer blended learning opportunities to best meet your needs.

Our courses are practical in nature and focus on a single subject and can last anywhere from a few hours to a few days.

Diplomas are designed to give you a complete skillset mapped to a specific career path and contain a number of core and elective courses.