Which Direction To Take

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Hello everybody my name is Alan, I have a question and this is it!
I would love to fix Pc's for a living,I have No Qualifications but some Experience fixing them at Home.
I have looked at a course which would end with a Btec in Pc Engineering,This is a distance Learning Course.
I have no idea what the best Qualification to aim for would be can anybody help.
I see lots of people with A+ What are the various options and would a BTEC be good to show an employer i have what they require.
Regards Alan.................

 

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Alan,

Do yourself a favour and Grab a good A+ book and go from there mate.

Mike Myers All in One Certification all in one (easy to read) or Sybex make a good 'un too.

Regards

Si

 

I will have a look for those,there are so many books to read i borrowed an exam cram from a friend i understand some of it slowly info making sense as i read becoming very interested i did speak to an advisor from NITlC they said the money is not really good just fixing Pc's but thats the side i would like to get involved in at this time and then aim for a more demanding role later.
I think if i have a Qualification for fixing and Upgrading it could be just what i need to put me in a job where i can expand and learn more.

 

Hi Alan and welcome to the forum.

Another article you might want to read is that by our own Zimbo. The Guide to self study.

 

Greetings, Alan. Welcome to CF. The only way to learn something is to do it. Pick up a good book or two and a spare PC if you can lay your hands on one. Then get a screwdriver and get to work. I can tell you from personal experience that learning to fix PCs is *much* easier if you have something to work on than just reading from a book.

Wow! Lots of Green Lanterns joining the forum. First a "Hal" and now an "Alan".