Careers
At the end of your Home Learning Course, and with the qualification you want under your belt, the door to a new career is close at hand.
The CompTIA Strata - Fundamentals of PC Functionality (FC0-U11) Certificate is an ideal stepping stone to the CompTIA A+ Computer Maintenance course. With these courses you will be able to apply for jobs as a computer technician or an engineer and command a salary of between £25,000 - £35,000* per annum.
Example Roles
IT Technician
£25,250
Source: IT Jobs Watch |
PC Support
£25,250
Source: IT Jobs Watch |
Technical Support Analyst
£29,670
Source: IT Jobs Watch |
Our Tutors
We recognise that expert support and guidance is vital in helping students succeed, and your Home Learning College Tutor is dedicated to helping you achieve your goals.
When you enrol you are assigned a personal Tutor, an expert in their subject area who is trained to support and coach you throughout the duration of your studies. Tutors are recruited, employed and trained by Home Learning College, ensuring that students have access to the best quality support and tuition available.
You will have unlimited access to your personal Tutor via phone, post or online. From the day you enrol, we are committed to helping you successfully complete your course – and take the next step.
Student Community
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Once you're a member of our Virtual Learning Community you can tap into a great deal more – anywhere and anytime:
Our unique Virtual Learning Community delivers a more involving study experience and greater student success rates. Once registered you'll be able to:
- Meet and chat with any of our 65,000 students
- Participate in online discussion boards
- Set up and manage your own Personal Study Area
- Interact with your Tutor
- Access your assignments and course materials
- Participate in interactive quizzes and e-assessments
- Watch video-casts and download online tutorials
- Access a library of user generated content
- Access additional learning tools
- Access anywhere 24 hours a day
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Take a tour of our unique Virtual Learning Community.
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Home Learning College is the only vocational home study provider within the UK to offer students an interactive online community. Access to our Virtual Learning Community means that you’ll have all the flexibility and benefits of studying from home whilst ensuring that you are never actually studying alone.
Student Testimonials
Many thousands of Home Learning College students succeed in their studies with us every year. Their success is proof that home learning can really make a difference to your life. Not long ago they were in exactly the same position as you, wanting better promotion prospects or a new career.
Setting their sights on a qualification that would get them where they wanted to be, they found their motivation to study. Today they are working in all sorts of exciting and rewarding careers throughout the UK - and worldwide. Here you can hear about their experience of qualifying for a new career with Home Learning College.
Study Plan
Your course material will cover a wide variety of topics and subjects.
- Personal computer basics
- Managing computer contents
- Searching for content and using Help
- Windows settings
- System tools
- Software
- Windows security
- Windows networking
- Web browsing basics
- Browsing with Internet Explorer 7
- Customizing Internet Explorer
- Internet privacy and security
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- Printing
- Display devices
- Connectors and adaptors
- Multimedia devices
- Windows networking
- Processors and memory
- Data storage devices
- Network basics
- Networking protocols and connections
- Network security overview
- Safety
- Computer hardware care and maintenance
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Study Details
Each new topic adds to the knowledge you have already gained, and you should be able to complete the entire course within approximately 90 hours of study.
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| 3 months |
8 hours |
| 6 months |
4 hours |
| 12 months |
2 hours |
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| Exams |
1 online exam of 35 questions taken at a Prometric or Pearson Vue centre |
| Entry Requirement |
No previous knowledge of IT required |
| Study Hours |
90 hours |
| Quality Materials |
Yes - written by industry experts |
| Number of Units |
24 topic areas |
| Number of Assignments |
24 |
Our CompTIA Strata PC Functionality material is written by experts.
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