This course has changed my perception towards life. I was into business earlier and very unfortunately had met with serious losses and had to quit the business. I had tried all possible options to find work but was unable to get any work with future or career prospective. I then started looking for an option that could give me a career which has growth prospects and I was willing to learn from scratch. In my quest for such an option, I came across the skills train training programme and made an enquiry. After a detailed discussion with the career advisor, I felt that this is the right option and this is the only way I could get my life back on track. But I was a bit indifferent and skeptical as to whether I will be able to undergo a studying phase at this stage of my life. But I was determined to do this and made an effort to study even though I had a bit of delay with the initial start up. I have been an end user of computer for a very long time but didn't know anything about how it works. On commencing the course, there were initial difficulties with concentration on the course work but eventually, with my determination and hard work, I improved and things got much easier. Now I find the course very interesting which is well reflected by the submission of my TMA's and the pace I'm to doing them. I think this achievement of mine have paved way in gaining my self confidence back, which has made things easy for me and plays a major role in motivating me to complete the course as soon as possible and to succeed in life. My level of concentration has also improved and I have proved that in active submission of my TMA's.
-Pavankumar
I am doing the A+ and N+ course with Skillstrain, in the beginning when I started the course I did not have any kind of qualification to do with IT, I just knew the basics which I was taught in school.I always wanted to join the IT industry so I started searching and I always saw adverts on TV, internet and newspapers etc. after going through all the colleges and offers I decided to go with Skillstrain. I rang up Skillstrain and booked an interview, I still wasn't sure how it worked but I had my mind set on doing MCSE. when my interview had come I introduced myself and the way I live and the fact that I am the oldest in my house and that our father doesn't live with us and most responsibilities are on my shoulder. I spoke to the lady who was conducting my interview and said to her that I wanted to do MCSE so she asked me many questions regarding the terms that and qualified Mcse would use, some of them I didn't understand so I gave it a thought. In the mean while I did the aptitude test and I did very well. So the lady advised me to do A+ and N+ and I just got started within the next week.
The course is amazing step by step training I find it very helpful. I persuade my friends to join Skillstrain
Thanks to all Skills Train staffs to provide such a great materials to our people who can gain a good knowledge of IT within a very short period of time.
-Nikkash
I was a serving soldier for 24.5 years up until Mar 2004 when I was medically discharged with (PTSD) Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Major Depression Re occurring, a common psychiatric injury of war.
The symptoms I had were insomnia, aggressiveness, depression, dissociation, emotional detachment, nightmares and potential memory loss, with all that suicidal attempts.
February this year I decided to do something with my life I discovered skills-train and arranged a meeting with one of their representative. I was convinced that this company can give a boost to my knowledge of the PC and will help me to get into a well paid job.
I have joined the course of PC Hardware and Maintenance (A+) and (N+) and since I started my course, Mar 2007, it has given me a lot of self confidence.
I have managed to help out a few friends with various problems on their computers, so that has spurred me on even further.
All in all I am really pleased with myself and it just proves that if you want to learn something anything is possible.
I intend completing both A+ and N+ and looking forward to taking the A+ professional exam Later on in this year. Keep it up Skills-Train you have gave me my life back.
-William
After many years of friends asking me how to do certain things on the computer, I decided to do something for myself and to enrol in a computer course where I will be even more helpful to lots more people, and most of all to have an aim in life and a goal to achieve
-Richard
I had a death in the family last week, and I found that with the added presures of work , but I still got my head down got on with my studies and got an 100% mark for my effort, on test 07, now I feel I can relax a bit more now.
-Richard
My wife has been out of work now for several months,and I have been working up to 3 jobs per day to try and support us both,during all of this I have also had to study for my a+ course. My hours of work usually run from about 5 in the morning till about 11 at night,by which time I get home and study for about 30 min,not blowing my own bubble but I recently compleated part b of my 2006 objectives and have come through all of the assignments with above average results.
Let this be a lesson to all those who say "oh but I can never do anything like that", I am living proof that if you put your mind to something and want to do it then you CAN no matter what the circumstances are.
Hope I have shed a little light to those who are thinking of giving up when the going gets tough.
-Alistair
Having just completed the A+ course, and submitting the final TMA, I am now looking forward to getting my final results, with a view to sitting the main examination later this month. It was only through finding and reading about Skillstrain, that I decided it was time for a change of direction / career. through the training and support I have been given , I am scheduled to attend a businees startup seminar in July.
If all goes well, which I hope it will, I have the Skillstrain team to thank. I can now look forward to starting my next course with Skillstrain, the N+, where I hope to do just as well. many things in my life have changed, some for the better, some for the worse. One of the many things that have changed is the fact that I was made grandad just over a month ago, and will be presented with another grandchild later next month, followed by 2 more in the following few months, so as you can see, not only have I been busy with my studying, but my children all have been busy as well ( no wonder the grey hairs are showing)
Heres to Skillstrain for providing great course material and support throughout. I wish you all many more successes for the future, keep up the great work
-Robert
To overcome a year of depression and to start this course with very high hopes as I have a goal to acheive and I have all ready took the winning kick.
-Glenn
I have just received my 1st student progress report= 90% :) This alone was a great achievement for me.
I have had the worst 6 months ever for me and my family. My father was diagnosed with a brain tumor in August 2006. He was given 6 months to live, we did not hesitate but to have him live with us so we could care for him. He died in February.
I am under a lot of pressure from work I am a hgv11 driver/machine tool installer. I travel all over the country and work up to 14hrs some days.
So taking on this course with skilstrain was a big decision for me mentally and physically after all I went through the past 8 months,but to my surprise it has given me new hopes for the future.
I really love studying although I can hardly keep my eyes open most of the time, thats me worn out, not the course lol . And my family are behind me 100%. I wish everyone on their chosen courses all the best for the future.
-Michael
Since last year I was diagnosed clinically depressed and thought about nothing and did nothing and I knew in the back of my mind I must do somthing before its to late and my psychiatrists sugested trying the course that I am now doing and to try to give myself a lift in life and to focus my life on somthing positive to which I attempted and now I have been discharged from the dr's and I only need to see a counciler every two weeks as I am now on the road to recovery thanks to taking up this course and otherthings as well. I was always interested in computers before I got ill but it went away now its back and as they say onwards and upwards.
-Glenn
I enjoy doing my ciw web design manager course, I find the training and support of the tutors excellent, it has given me a move in-depth knowledge of web design which I never had before.I started being interested in web design when I was attending my college course, I found that designing a webpage really interested and wanted to take it further.My next approach I took was I enroll in glamorgan university and I found the course really interested, I achieved very good marks and I was getting on well with the coursework unfortunately I had a really bad kidney infection and was unable to attend the university or catch up with the course.
I have been really pleased with the tutors and the marks ive been getting on my coursework and the skills ive obtained from the course.
Id like to say a many thanks to the SkillsTrain team for making this course so rewarding.
-David
I have successfully started my own web-media design company with one of my friends.
Thanks to the CIW Web Site Design Management course that I am doing, I am able to put all my knowledge from what I have learnt into making this happen. I started with realizing my goal and taking a risk and seizing the opportunity.
From the first section of the course I was able to distinguish what active employee roles would be necessary for me to start the business, for example positions such as a designer, a backend technician, a marketing and sales manager and so on and because of my course I was able to strategically piece everything together and make it happen.
Even the small section on Project Management helped me out immensely in co-ordinating my objectives and using the project management triangle to run an efficient project with the most control, it was great.
I feel that I still have a lot more to get out from my course as I am still on the Scripting Language called Perl and I still have far to go but what makes it so great is that all that I learn will be put into practise and can be put into good use. I haven't made much money from the business but experience and a foot in the door is a good start.
-Paulo
I was going to put off doing this until I had actually achieved something, but I think still being here is an achievement in itself. let me explain.
I had planned to start the course in September 2005. the first disaster was that my isp and telephone line provider decided to have a major disagreement with me in the middle, hence I had no internet connection or telephone line for two months. just managed to start the course by reading through some of the material, but not much help without the internet. my new grandson was however providing some distraction at the time. then when he was just 6 weeks old, on 17th September 2005, we lost him to cot death. suffice it to say it was a very bad time, more so with no landline to keep in touch with my daughter who lived 12 miles away and was understandably traumatised by this. found it very difficult to concentrate on anything for about 4 months. more delays. then when I finally got the phone and the internet sorted out, my daughter had a breakdown and her partner threw her out, so she came to stay with me for a while. again more difficulties and distractions until she finally moved out in January 2006. by this time I was wondering if it was all worth it, as I seemed to be getting nowhere fast. I work in the customer services department of the biggest diy chain in the country and lo and behold, in February 2006 we had a massive fire at one of our warehouses in derbyshire, wiping out our entire stock of appliances, worktops and finishing touches. the fallout from that lasted 10 months with everyone working flat out to sort out peoples kitchens bathrooms and bedrooms. I came home every night completely exhausted with my brain numb. nevertheless, I kept going with the course, struggling all the way and not able to devote half the time I had planned to study. in August I was blessed with another granddaughter - again more distractions. this time we were all very worried and concerned about her, having lost the little boy the year before. however, she continues to grow and delight us all and is now a bouncing 9 months old. I have another granddaughter who is four and a half and lives with me permanently. obviously she takes a lot of my time too but is none the less a joy and delight to have around. in March this year I was given notice to quit my home as the landlord has decided to sell the house. when I took on the tenancy I understood it to be a long let, at least 5 years. yet after just 2 years I find myself looking for another house yet again. this of course will cause further delays. sometimes I wonder if I will ever get through this course before all the material is out of date! I am now coming to the end of section 2 part A and know I should have accomplished much more than this. I have maintained around an 85% average over the tma's I have done so far, so although I am slow and way behind, I am very pleased to be still here and still trying. so if you are struggling like me, keep going. the only thing you will accomplish by giving up is failure!
-Patricia
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