We'd hazard a guess that you're a practical sort of person - the 'hands-on' type. If you're like us, the trial of reading reference books and manuals is something you'll force on yourself if you absolutely have to, but you'd hate it. Consider interactive, multimedia study if books just don't do it for you. Learning psychology studies show that memory is aided when we receive multi-sensorial input, and we get physically involved with the study process.

Interactive full motion video utilising video demo's and practice lab's will beat books every time. And they're a lot more fun to do. Don't take any chances and look at some of the typical study materials provided before you sign the purchase order. You should expect video tutorials, instructor demo's and audio-visual elements backed up by interactive lab's.

Choose CD and DVD ROM based physical training media where possible. You can then avoid all the difficulties of the variability of broadband quality and service.

The 'CompTIA' 'A+' exams are predominantly designed for anybody looking to start a job in any of the following roles: Depot Technician, Call Centre Technician, Help Desk Technician, Field Service Technician, PC Technician, Remote Support Technician and IT Administrator. With 'CompTIA' 'Network+' also, you can think about becoming a Network Installer, an IT Cable Installer, a Network Administrator or a Network Technician .

One fatal mistake that we encounter all too often is to concentrate on the course itself, and take their eye off where they want to get to. Training academies have thousands of students that chose an 'interesting' course - rather than what would get them the career they desired. You could be training for only a year and end up doing the job for 20 years. Ensure you avoid the fatal error of opting for what may seem to be a program of interest to you only to waste your life away with a job you don't like!

Stay focused on where you want to get to, and formulate your training based on that - don't do it back-to-front. Keep on track and study for something you'll still be enjoying many years from now. Take guidance from a skilled advisor, even if you have to pay - it's usually much cheaper and safer to find out at the beginning if you've chosen correctly, rather than realise after several years of study that you're doing entirely the wrong thing and have to start from the beginning again.

Charging for exams with the course fee and offering an 'Exam Guarantee' is a popular marketing tool with many training course providers. However, let's consider what's really going on:

It's very clear we're still footing the bill for it - it's obviously been inserted into the gross price invoiced by the training company. It's certainly not free - and it's insulting that we're supposed to think it is! Should you seriously need to pass in one, evidence suggests you must avoid exam guarantees and pay when entering exams, give it the priority it deserves and give the task sufficient application.

Why should you pay the college in advance for exam fees? Find the best deal you can when you're ready, instead of paying any mark-up - and do it locally - instead of miles away at the college's beck and call. Why borrow the money or pay in advance (plus interest of course) on examination fees when there was no need to? Big margins are netted by organisations getting paid upfront for exams - and hoping either that you won't take them, or it will be a long time before you do. The majority of organisations will insist that you take mock exams first and with-hold subsequent exam entries from you until you've demonstrated an excellent ability to pass - making an 'exam guarantee' just about worthless.

Paying maybe a thousand pounds extra on 'Exam Guarantees' is foolish - when a commitment to studying and the use of authorised exam preparation tools is what will get you through.

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