One area often overlooked by new students weighing up a particular programme is the issue of 'training segmentation'. Essentially, this is the breakdown of the materials for drop-shipping to you, which vastly changes what you end up with. The majority of training companies will set up some sort of program spread over 1-3 years, and drop-ship the materials to you piecemeal as you complete each section or exam. If you think this sound logical, then consider this: What would their reaction be if you find it difficult to do each element at the proposed pace? And maybe you'll find their order of completion doesn't come as naturally as some other order of studying might.

For future safety and flexibility, most students now choose to make sure that every element of their training is sent immediately, and not in a piecemeal fashion. It's then up to you at what speed and in which order you'd like to take your exams.

Many trainers provide a bunch of books and manuals. It's not a very interesting way to learn and not really conducive to studying effectively. Research into the way we learn shows that long term memory is improved when we use all our senses, and we get physically involved with the study process.

Fully interactive motion videos involving demonstration and virtual lab's will turn you off book-based study for ever more. And they're a lot more fun to do. It's very important to see some example materials from any company that you may want to train through. It's essential they incorporate instructor-led video demonstrations with virtual practice-lab's.

It doesn't make sense to go for purely on-line training. With highly variable reliability and quality from your average broadband company, make sure you get CD or DVD ROM based materials.

Speak with any expert consultant and they'll entertain you with many awful tales of students who've been sold completely the wrong course for them. Make sure you deal with an experienced advisor who digs deep to uncover the best thing for you - not for their bank-account! It's very important to locate a starting-point that will suit you. An important point to note is that, if you've had any relevant work-experience or certification, then you may be able to commence studying further along than someone new to the industry. Consider starting with some basic PC skills training first. This can often make the slope up to the higher-levels a less steep.

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