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Finally settling down after relocation and adhereing to my study plan.
This has been very difficult over the last year due our big move from surrey to devon. During this time I have continued my work at the NHS , settled my 2 gilrs in to school and supported my husband trough a breakdown as his business had not taken off. But now after it has all settled down I have been able to fit into my lifestyle a structured time to study and re-train my self after 20years to do revision and take part in my TMA's. This has helped me build my own self confidence which took a major downward turn due to lack of training in my new job.
Now I am feeling more positive and working towards a goal of certification in my 20years+ knowledge on IT equipment.
I now feel I have turned the corner and will endeavour to continue my studies as the last 6 weeks have proved I can in my current lifestyle
So far I have completed TMA 3 then TMA4 with a retake as first time I tried without too much revision in one of my weakest areas, then did TMA 5 all with passes above 80% TodayI have just submitted TMA 6. I am now off to start on TMA 7 study.
-Michelle
Despite having a pregnant wife and hectic work commitments I have suprised myself by working ahead of schedule often completing asignments before I get a response from the previous one. Some of the sections have been very challenging but I managed to overcome the obstacles by working through them. I have now just taken my first public exam and passed on first attempt. I have now acheived the status of Microsoft Certified Professional. I am now looking forward to the next part of the course.
-Simon
It May be hard but I have acheived something and undertand the workings of a computer better now than I ever did before.
-Brian
I am 36 of age, and I was working in (UCLH) university college of London hospital which I was a supervisor in domestic department. I was happy with my job and I loved it. I got up one day and I said to myself I want to have a change in my life. I decided to join skills train: I tell you I have been different since I come to know SkillsTrain. Now I am looking in the future leaving what I hated behind.
In May this year I had back pain for which I was in the hospital for two months. I came home and I stayed for three months. I have been struggling with my studies and I hope I will catch up. I believe I will make it with my studies.
-Atanga
I would consider my main achievements so far in my course has to be the learning curve in what I have learnt in computers and pc's so far, I can diagnose, strip-down and re-build a faulty pc with no need to revert to looking in any books or on the internet for help and advice.
-Garry
I started my course in 2005 but fell behind and slowly stopped doing it. Now I've started it again I failed the first Tutor Marked Assignment, so I knuckled down and in the last three weeks, I've done three Tutor Marked Assignments. I have come out with a 90% on TMA02 and TMA03 and have just submitted TMA04.
-David
The most significant accomplishment for me was my new job. After a long wait, I have moved into the IT industry. I am now working as a Technical Sales Advisor. Prior to this I was working as a part-time cleaner!
In the interview I had an assessment to complete. Awareness and understanding, which I only got from studying with SkillsTrain. Lacking the knowledge of this course, I can guarantee I would not have been successful for my Advisor position. Before I started this course I had no knowledge with regards to the computing environment but now I have encompassed a lot of things and has aided me to achieve my goal.
Furthermore, using the knowledge from studying the course I have helped many family, friends and neighbours with setting up their computers, wireless networks etc.
I am astonished at the skills I have acquired so far. My results have also been very good. I have achieved over 85% in my recently submitted TMAs. I very much like the style of the presentations, support notes and most importantly the excellent Live Internet Training labs, which is unbelievably helpful.
I am proud and thrilled of being part of such a great IT learning centre. I wish to convey my gratitude and appreciation to the full SkillsTrain.
Thank you and Well Done.
-Mohammed
Have just passed comptia A+ Essentials & IT Technician
-Christopher
I have taken my examinations and achieved the results I wanted.
-Artur
The most significant accomplishment for me was my new job. After a long wait, I have moved into the IT industry. I am now working as a Technical Sales Advisor. Prior to this I was working as a part-time cleaner!
In the interview I had an assessment to complete. Knowledge and understanding, which I only got from studying with SkillsTrain, assisted me a lot. Lacking the knowledge of this course, I can guarantee I would not have been successful for my Advisor position. Before I stared this course I had no knowledge with regards to the computing environment but now I have encompassed a lot of things which has aided me to achieve my goal.
Furthermore, using the knowledge from studying the course I have helped many family, friends and neighbours with setting up their computers, wireless networks etc.
I haven't covered a great deal yet, however I am astonished at the skills I have acquired so far. My results have also been very good. I have achieved over 85% in my recently submitted TMAs. I very much like the style of the presentations, support notes and most importantly the excellent live Internet training labs, which is unbelievably helpful.
I am proud & thrilled of being part of such a great IT learning centre. I wish to convey my gratitude & appreciation to all at SkillsTrain.
Thank you and Well Done.
-Mohammed
I started my a+ course at the start of this year and I am averaging 89% at the moment. I am thoughly enjoying this course and am hoping to sit my exam soon. I has been a tough year though with having to move three times due to my house being sold by my landlord and then my partner becoming pregnant, thus we moved to bucks so she could be with her parents during the pregnacy.
However I now hope we can settle in our new home, with our daughter who was born on the first of December. this is now sparing me on to complete my course asap so that I can provide a better life for my new family.
hoping for your votes
Gareth vickers PA9100511N
-Gareth
For the month of November, a good part of my time was shared between:- my studies and work, though I had to resubmit some of the tutor marked assighment, I felt satisfied that I achieved. I am happy with the progress I made. I am begining to feel much more confident with Hardware and software maintenance. The marks I attained were good. I didn't have internet, but I am now happy that I can log into student world in the evening to follow online training.
-Stephen
I am very happy with the achievement I have got from SkillsTrain and I have shown it to my company this month, which the management is pleased with the outcome on my job.
I have put mush on this to achieve what I am doing now and I really work hard for about four months now thanks to SkillsTrain.
It's not easy to do this on my own but with high security in demand in networking and MCSA now I feel very happy with the professionalism I have show to my services througout.
It's a great challenge to me and when I started I was panicing, but as days went by I put much effort in to the course thanks to SkillsTrain once more.
-Atanga
I got 95% on my first assessment despite dealing with the pressure of work and suffering from insommnia, with the support ofmy wife I now feel confident that I can acieve great things by continuing with this course.
-Peter
I HAVE GAINED SKILLS IN DRIVING HGV(LORRIES)ALSO HAVE GAINED LICENCES IN FORKLIFTS COUNTERBALANCE AND REACH.MY ULTIMATE ACHIEVEMENT WOULD BE TO SUCCESFULLY BECOME A NETWORK ENGINEER WITH A VIEW TO PROJECT MANAGEMENT. I WILL SUCCEED.
-Harjeet
I've got my studying off to a great start by achieving 100% in my first assignment, with thanks, in no small part to the supplied course literature which covers everything you need to know to prepare yourself for the assignment at the end of each section.
Continuing on with the rest of my course I'm hoping to carry on this rate of achievement all the way up to MCSE!
-Adam
The Live Internet Training was very informative, reinforced what I have read to give me a better understanding of the fundamentals of security.
-Andrew
First of all, I must admit I'VE COME A LONG WAY!!! Less than 6 months after taking up the MCSE course, I have successfully troubleshooted printer problems, as well as configured a small network of 10 workstations, making some little pocket change in the process.
Despite my previous "vast" (university) computer knowledge, I have never successfully troubleshooted such problems INDIVIDUALLY. The MCSE course has imparted quite a lot practical knowledge to enable me do so. I look forward to each topic, knowing I am being prepared for a career in the NEAREST future.
-Anthony
I am pleased to say that so far I have achieved 90% or greater on my TMA's which I am extremely pleased about. But more then that I am extremely proud of myself for completing the two units on networks. I had very limited understanding of networks, but with the clear and precise text I can say without a doubt that I know more about networks now then I have ever done previously. It May seem like small potatoes but to me, the network parts of the course I knew would be hard, they were infact quite easy to understand due to the fact that it was written clearly and in a way in which I could understand. Makes me want to get the A+ done and move onto the N+ as quick as possible.
-Andrew
I have never been one for studing and could never apply myself to it, for e.g I started this course in three years ago with the ambition to finsh it quickly but I never actually started until November 2007. Since then I have seen what the course work has to offer and I have been blown away by how easy it is to get my head down and actually study. The course work is fantastic and easy to get to grips with, I May only have just completed part a in the Comptia A+ section but I have learned and achieved alot and look forward to what this course holds for me not only in work prospects but what it has done for me as a person and that is all thanks to skillstrain who have made it possible.
-Tyrone
I HAVE WORKED VERY HARD OVER THE PASSED MONTH, I FOUND IT VERY HARD TO UNDERSTAND WHICH KNOCKED MY CONFIDENCE AND MADE IT VERY TO OPEN THE BOOK I HAVE BEEN OUT AND BOUGHT A LAPTOP AND PENS AND PAPER AND OTHER THINGS TO HELP.
I HAVE BEEN LOGGING ONTO STUDENT WORLD MORE AND REALISED I HAVE HELP FROM MY TUTOR THAT GIVES ME MY CONFIDENCE. I AM STUDYING LOADS AND UNDERSTANDING AND REMEBERING MOST THINGS AND WORKING FROM A TIME TABLE AND GOING OVER IT AGAIN AND AGAIN TILL I UNDERSTAND.
-Philip
People are now asking me for advice about there pc,s as they know if I dont know the answer the answer is only a phone call or an e.mail away.up to now I have been able to give them all the answers they need I have given them more space on there hard drives I have speeded up there pc,s helped them with networking installed cd and dvd players and copiers and expansion cards and many other things I am pleased to tell you I know more than I realise I know but I wont let this go to my head as all of life is a learning curve and its never too late to learn if I dont pass this course I am pleased to have made the effort.
-Roy
