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hello everyone,firstly may i say what a great site and a very welcomed find for me,after a read through some of the threads and a look at the positive vibe by all the members i decided to join up


i'm a 31 year old formwork carpenter i have no qualifications in IT what so ever and have been recently let down by birmingham uni to train for the ccna there as their funding dried up......................so i'm gonna chance the training myself and sit the exam

any advice or direction would be much appreciated

K

 

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Hi

Welcome to CF

 

Hello Kesom,

Welcome to the certforum!

I would stay away from doing the CCNA certification with out at least 12-months network engineering experience in IT and if you plan on using the experience to apply for CCNA role jobs.

If you have a desire to complete CCNA for the knowledge, then keep focused and keep at it until you get to the exam day and have completed any prep books/ network simulators and the like .

 

Hi there and welcome to CF

 

Welcome

NB

 

Welcome

 

Welcome to the forums. As has already been mentioned, I think you'd be better off not trying to take the CCNA exam. If you do have some networking knowledge gained through your classes, you'd be much better off taking the Network+. In my experience, very few companies (at least none that I'd want to work for) would hire someone with zero professional experience to manage their Cisco equipment.

 

I'll definitely agree with the previous advice regarding holding off on the CCNA at this point in your career... it doesn't relate to entry-level tech work in the slightest.

Welcome to the forums!

 

thanks for the quick replies,as i said i have no real experience in this field but i would really like to get into it
i think i shall have to re-think my plans
i should probably start with the A+ and go from there,thanks again for all ye'r advice

ken

 

If you do go further in the Network+ cert, and if you read the Sybex books - it does have a good few pages on Cisco in regards to routing protocols, Cisco commands and some other small information. So you still get to try out with Cisco technology.