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IT Professional Series

Become an IT professional

Central New Mexico Community College

Online - ScheduledType
Eligible for 15 College Credits College Credits
Oct 11, 2021 - Jul 21, 2022Course Dates
5 AvailableTotal Seats

Course Details

Become a Certified IT Professional and make more than $50,000 a year to start

Our IT Professional course trains students for entry-level employment in IT support, help desk, desktop support and general IT maintenance positions. The focus is on broad IT knowledge, technical customer support, troubleshooting, analysis, and problem solving.

IT Industry Certifications

  • CompTIA A+
  • CompTIA Network+
  • LPI Linux Essentials
  • CompTIA Security+

Tuition Assistance Available
100% funding is available for New Mexico Residents.

For questions or to discuss the tuition assistance options available, please contact Annalise Jaramillo at workforce@cnm.edu or 505-224-5206.  

https://cnmingenuity.org/funding-resources/

After This Course, You Will Be Able To

CompTIA A+ Certification Training – PC Hardware and Software

  • Disassemble and reassemble a working computer, establish a local computer network
  • Load and configure a working Windows operating system
  • Understand FAT filing systems and NTFS filing systems, optimize appropriate RAM on a computer system, partition a hard drive for multiple operating systems
  • Troubleshoot, configure and repair
  • Control access
  • Design, implement, and configure security

CompTIA Network+ Certification Training – Network Fundamentals

  • Understand networking concepts, topologies, major protocol suites, media and transport systems, network architecture, network hardware and network operating systems
  • Learn the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Model, Internet and TCP/IP Fundamentals, TCP/IP Suite
  • Understand remote connectivity and network security
  • Install, maintain and support a network

LPI Linux Essentials Certification Training

  • Understand FOSS, various communities, and licenses
  • Gain knowledge of open source applications in the workplace as they relate to closed source equivalents
  • Learn basic concepts of hardware, processes, programs, and the components of the Linux Operating System
  • Understand how to work on the command line and work with files and how to run simple scripts
  • Demonstrate how to create and restore compressed backups and archives
  • Demonstrate system security, users/groups and file permissions for public and private directories

CompTIA Security+ Certification Training – Security Fundamentals

  • Learn the fundamentals of network security, compliance and operational security
  • Summarize network threats and vulnerabilities
  • Demonstrate application, data and host security techniques
  • Apply access control and identity management processes
  • Understand the basics of cryptography

Knowledge Outcomes and Experience

  • Computer & Information Systems Managers
  • Computer Programmers
  • Computer Systems Analysts
  • Computer Operators

Additional Attendance Information

Various weekday evening

Instructor Details

David Beach, Ph.D.

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