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I started working sometime in April and despite of working full time I still manage to find time to continue with my course work. In my work place, there were times that they don't have to contact the system admin because I was able to fix problem of the computer. I have also helped 2 of my friends fix their computers. One have to deal with connections with internet because he can't get any connections from the internet & needs to configure computer & isolate the problem. i.e, cable connections.
-Lloyd
I have finished the A+ in an exceptional time. I have also made average of 95% grade which is fantastic. All was achieved with a full time job plus I have to look over my 5 years old son.
-Damian
I have achieved 100% so far in 4 out of six assignments and got no lower then 92% so far in the other two, also just handed in number 7 and hope to get an exceptional result in that one too. I have only been doing the course for two months but I am freeing up more time to be able to do more assignments more quickly as I want to complete the course in good time but also take into account that what I learn has to sink in.
-Paul
DOING THIS COURSE WORK HAS REALLY GIVEN ME CONFIDENCE TO BUILD MY FIRST PC, I'VE ONLY BEEN DOING THIS COURSE 3 MONTHS AND HAD SKILLS BEFORE BUT NO FOUNDED KNOWLEDGE JUST WHAT I'VE PICKED UP, MY 4 YR OLD SON IS DELIGHTED WITH HIS NEW TOWER.
3 MONTHS IN AND IV JUST SENT TMA6 OFF I THINK I'M DOING REALLY WELL, I JUST NEED ANOTHER PROJECT (TOWER) TO MESS WITH AS IV SAID "I JUST BUILT MY 1'ST PC" EXCELLENT
-Martin
Due to my studies I have recently secured several jobs fixing computers for people in my local area these have consisted of small problems such as removing spyware or reinstalling windows but also more serious problems like installing new hardware or replacing resistors on motherboards. I also feel that this course has greatly increased my confidence and I now feel more than happy to tackle any problem I May encounter computer related or other wise. Along with this I have also successfully completed the BTECH national diploma in interactive media at my local college even while completing my TMAs for my skills train course I personally feel that this is a huge accomplishment as both courses have demanded a great deal of my time and attention. So overall so far I've accomplished quite a lot and in the future I am sure I'll achieve a great deal more all thanks to the tutors and staff at skillstrain!
-William
It's taken me a few years to get back into studying and taught I would find it hard to study and work full time. I've enjoyed the course work so far and wish I had started it sooner.
-Frank
I HAVE HELPED TWO OLD LADIES WHO NEVER KNEW HOW TO USE A COMPUTER TO BE ABLE TO TYPE E-MAILS, SURF THE NET, TYPE LETTERS AND HOW TO EVEN SWITCH A COMPUTER ON, BECAUSE BEFORE THEY WERE SO FRIGHTENED TO TOUCH A PC BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BITE THEN AND NOW THEY ARE A WHIZZ. IT TOOK ME NO TIME AT ALL TO GET THESE TWO LADIES UP TO SPEED WITH THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY.
AND NOW THEY ALSO TEACH OTHER PEOPLE ALL ABOUT COMPUTERS.
-David
Achieved a professional certification CISA, completed my MSc. in Information Security and on my way to completing A+, N+, S+ and P+
-Roy
At 30, working as an electrical foreman(sub contractor), overlooking a £5 million project; is challenging enough; dealing with people with vast experience in the construction industry. Daily duties involves dealing with the company office on hourly basis, main contractor site manager, architects, project manager, site representative, quality controller representative, company owner and arranging work four tradesmen; only on daily basis. keeping up with my little girls and my missus, and do some studies through skills train is a challenge but seems accustomed to it, and hoping to achieve more in the near future.
-Musawenkhosi
Difficulties in concentration this month due to an old friend entering a hospice and given two weeks to live due to brain tumour but still managed to complete TMA02
-Leonard
Hello Its nice share my such a good experience here. First of all, after getting study material I was thinking I couldn't do this course , because of in collage I used to with live classes and that I feel better to study But When I stared to reading my first material in the some of few pages like to read then Its like boring then after days going then I feel better because of I was getting those point on material , still I was little bit nervous When it comes to submit my first assignment.I did my first assignment not good but I was happy that I will get at least good result but when I got my result only 64 % that I was so nervous I cant do it second time but help of progress report and tutorial I did good score again about 95 % with my silly mistake so I get really big confidence do it further now a days I am reading with quite interest on it.
-Bhavyesh
Tma01 result 1st attempt 70%,then 2nd attempt result 95%, tma02 result 85%, tma03 result 80%, tma04 result 76%, tma05 result 93%, never thought I would get results within the band of 70-100%,it is a great achievement and has kept me more focused on my work because I never expected such results I assumed it would be 50% or less but I was wrong.
-Fatimah
I got my first ever 100% for TMA05. After a couple months where I was freeking out about TELNET - TMA04, that wouldn't work on my computer, (got a new Vista that has it's own mind!!!) I have had a tough time of it as of late after hurting my ankle in a fall, dealing with my daughter who has ADHD and ODD who is not having a good time at school and is taking it out on me - and to be told that I should have her looked at for Autism and/or Aspergers as she has some of those traits as well (appt in Aug), we are also dealing with the uncertainty of starting a new school in September, which doesn't go down well with a child that finds dealing with change and ordeal and who now has to wait for me to get off my computer because hers has had a nervous breakdown and needs more memory and a faster processor- so getting the 100% has boosted my confidence to no end, I can't wait to get into the next part of the course - but I have got to mug the postman first - who I hope will be delivering it anyday....
-Sharon
Hi, I have completed the CIW Web Design Manager course a few weeks ago. I have now taken the first exam 1D0 510 CIW Associate and passed with a 100% score!
I thought 1 exam in the bag 4 to go! I was so nervous. I didn't think I would pass. I have two very young children and a very busy life. This proved to me that success is only around the corner but it depends on how much you want it.
I started this course out of sheer boredom. I just had my second child and was stuck at home and I am not really a home bound sort of person and thought there must be something that I enjoy doing that I can do whilst taking care of my boys, then I saw a ad on TV about Skills Train and here I am!
I am now doing revision for the JavaScript exam and hope after completing all my exams to have a very successful career.
So my message to you is- if you have the drive and set you mind to anything you want to achieve, you can do it! Go for it!
-Gurmeet
Having completed the first section of the CIW Web Design Manager course I have set-up in business. I am now operating as a sole trader and managed to juggle my full time job, setting up and registering as a sole trader (bank accounts, tax, accountants, etc.) with the learning.
Despite being competent with computers, I would never have had the confidence of starting my own business without the course. Although there is still quite a way to go before completing the whole course, I have managed to apply my new knowledge and celebrated my first contract this week!
Yes, it's only a small website, but it's a start. The response I've had locally from businesses I've contacted has been very positive and I am constantly networking with people. - providing advice where possible.
I completed the first project on time and within budget so the client was very happy. Rather than creating free websites for friends/family I now have the confidence to approach "paying" clients.
At this rate the course will have paid for itself in no time!
Thank You, thank you, thank you.
-Craig
I believe that I could be considered for entry on the grounds that I have worked very hard and have achieved good results. I completed reading my course guide in three weeks and completed all the TMAs. I committed about 7-8 hours per day (plus night hours) going through the course material. I read on the bus, at the bus stop and even sometimes walking and reading on the road. So far I have submitted 3 out of 5 TMAs and have achieved an average of 90% plus. I have completed and re-checked my other TMAs in preparation. I am in the process of re-reading the Course Guide so I can consolidate all the ideas as well as prepare for my first exam, while I wait for part B to arrive. I hope that my zeal, enthusiasm and achievements will be impressive enough to merit me an award of one of the prizes.
-Inez
After spending about three weeks doing and redoing assignment ten, making every effort to produce a perfect working code I was extremely dissatisfied and discouraged because I could not get the perfection I so wanted I eventually gave up and with discouragement submitted the assignment with the hope that I might not have to repeat the it, but when I got the results I was so shock I sat down in a gaze wondering if it was a dream. But it was real I had achieved full marks.
-Mignonette
I have worked at my currently employment for just over 4 years now starting as a call centre worker. After 3 years I began to feel dissatisfied and wanted more from life, that's when I decided to take up the CIW webmaster course and make something of my life. I then moved up within the same company and became an administrator. With the current situation of the global recession and companies cutting back my administrator job has come under threat as my employers look at outsourcing to the Far East. However this has resulted in a great opportunity, as I have now been offered the role of Junior Web Developer within the IT department at my company. This is just fantastic I am absolutely over the moon! Considering I have no practical experience or any formal qualifications as of yet, but what I do have is an eagerness to learn new skills and the determination to work hard and achieve what I want out of life. I have recently been learning Visual Basic.NET alongside my webmaster course which will give me a great head start and broaden my skill set. I would like to say a big thanks to Skills Train as the providers of my course because I believe that without this course I would not have been offered my new job. Over the years I have learned that you don't always get what you want by just saying it but by doing something to prove you want it and that is what this course has done.
-Lisa
I enrolled in the course just before I commenced chemotherapy treatment for colon cancer. I had always wanted to acquire IT skills but could not find the time to study from a very busy life as a consultant. So when I was faced with six months of sick leave, I jumped at the chance to fulfil a dream. But when I experienced severe discomfort after the first round of treatment, I seriously considered suspending my studies. But I simply couldn't put down the training material. I was fascinated at how patiently it explained the concepts of the IT world to my understanding. Through the Labs, I've practiced and grasped some things that up to now have seemed impossible to understand and filled me with envy of even the new recruit in my organisation's IT department.
Now I'm able to direct colleagues in the office on how to get the best results from browsing the Internet for research. I've also corrected the potential costly error of disregarding copyright issues in our extensive use of material from the Internet. Before the course, even my IT Unit did not know the proper way to cite Internet-based information. Now we've made it a company-wide policy to adopt the Chicago Manual of Style for citations on all official documents using information from the Internet. Also, we've improved the quality of our research work with knowledge of Web Search Strategies that I've learnt in the course, especially the process of evaluating web site information, which we never practised. We are also in the process of implementing P2P networking in our organisation to maximise our processing resources. I am also better able to challenge out IT dept. to implement other value-added programs that I've learnt in the course.
When I enrolled for the course, I thought I would just learn the narrow skills of web sites design but due to the unique training approach of SkillsTrain, I'm getting to appreciate the enormous leverage of IT generally. I am keen to apply all knowledge in our business immediately I get it from my studies so that the course is already generating value-adds that will far exceed the time, effort and money that it will cost me.
The sheer excitement of learning so much practical IT at such a trying time in my life has increased my interest in the course greatly and I find that I've picked up a good pace and am completing my TMAs with good grades and well within my study timetable. This in turn has improved my prospects and disposition in life and I find that I'm able to manage the low periods of life under cancer treatment much better. When I consider that this is only Section 1, Part A of the course, I just relish the next few months to come.
-Mfon
These study/course has made me grow, the last time my friends called me to create website/designs for them I taught that was it , but now I am growing daily and am exposed to wide range of things I have not yet learnt, this time I got a mail from foreign investors/company who ant me to either work for them or come and train their staff,an example is a company in the US having seen/read about me on the web wants me to come to the states(Baltimore).
In the next 2 months I will be there ,and I will also use the opportunity to introduce SKILL TRAIN who have been my mentors/motivators without who I would have been begging for money from friends, but today they have brought sunshine to my life. It has been a very busy time for me these days because I hardly have time for my family and hope to employ people to assist me in the office am setting up soon.
Right now I am marketable trough the help of SKILL TRAIN, like I said a lot of people keep asking me where/how I acquire my knowledge so soon within the short period I started this course,it has been a surprise to me also, in fact my husband thought when I was starting the course that am too old to learn but you will not believe that after creating a website for his business he is about to enrol with SKILL TRAIN to enhance his business/knowledge,this is marvellous.
Once again I will encourage all students to please encourage friends/families/colleagues to come and enrol with SKILL TRAIN because we are in the IT world,soon the world itself will be technology driven and if people are not updated they will be relegated.
Finally I will use this opportunity to thank all those who work at SKILL TRAIN for making my life turn to huge success because when I was down they lifted me up,from GRASS to GRACE.
-Oluyemi
Successfully passed 3 TMA in section 1 part c with scores 100, 82, 97 percent.
I am very pleased with my progress in this month.
-Daniel
Managed to complete my MCSA course work in a shorter time that specified studying part time, combining with my full time work and home duties. I have passed 3 MCPs and I am an exam away to obtain my MCSA. Can't wait for the next level. ALL THINGS ARE INDEED POSSIBLE!!
-Donalisa
