Hardware Repair (A+ Certification)
CompTIA
A+ Certification
Course Sequence: ( 5 course sequence)
Career Management Success
(5701) is a core course for career clusters. The course provides
students with tools for achieving success in their academic, work, and
personal lives. Course content emphasizes the basic skills and knowledge
needed for employment success, as identified by industry and supported
by relevant national standards. All course content is presented in a
real-world context, providing concrete opportunities for developing
personal and career goals, effective communication skills, teamwork
abilities, and successful work attitudes. Upon completion of the
course, students will be able to complete the Professional
Development Program Level I and Level II of SkillsUSA or other
degree programs in other career and technical youth organizations
Information Technology Foundation (5755)
will emphasize A+ certification. The course is designed to prepare
students with work-related skills for advancement in the
telecommunication and information technology career paths. Content
provides students the opportunity to acquire basic foundational
knowledge and skills in both theory and practical applications in direct
current, alternating current, and power supply circuits. Course content
includes fundamentals of networking concepts for personal computers
(PC), networking, determining system requirements, setting up equipment,
and performing installation tests for the end user. Content provides the
opportunity to evaluate and install peripheral devices and become
familiar with operating systems. Course content provides students the
opportunity to acquire basic fundamental skills in both theory and
practical applications of language, structure, and typography. Standards
11 through 13 stress layout and design guidelines as applied in the
design of markup language documents. Course content will be delivered
through virtual training and hands-on methods. Competencies mastered
during this course help prepare students toward acquiring A+ and/or Net+
certification and/or Web design employment.
Computer Operating System and Hardware (5756) will
emphasize
A+ certification.
The course is designed to prepare
students with work-related skills and for certification in the
career path. Content provides students the opportunity to acquire
knowledge and skill in both theory and practical applications
pertaining to troubleshooting, replacing, installing, and upgrading
computers. Procedures used in the course may be hardware oriented,
software oriented, or programming oriented procedures. Upon
completion of the course students will possess a thorough knowledge
of modern personal computer hardware and software structure and be
able to take the A + Certification exam.
Networking (5757) will emphasize
A+ certification. The course
is a part of the Arts and Communication Cluster, and it stresses the
conceptual and practical skills necessary to design and manage
networks. Course content, which is of the project-based format,
allows students to interconnect workstations, peripherals,
terminals, and other networking devices creating an integrated
system where all devices speak the same language or protocol. The
course will help prepare students to design, build, and maintain
computer networks. The networking sub-cluster will help prepare
students for the Network + examination and cover many areas of the
Cisco Certified Networking Associates exam. Over 190,000
high-technology jobs are currently available in U. S. corporations
for graduates and employment opportunities are increasing.
Cabling Technology
(5758) will emphasize
A+ certification.
The course is a part of the information technology infrastructure
sub cluster, and it is designed to equip technicians with the
fundamental knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to install,
troubleshoot, and maintain today’s networks. Course content
presents the principles, which govern the architecture and design of
systems and networks for connectivity of video, voice, and data
communications. Course content and skill development is delivered
by the use of training centers and training aides in the class
laboratory on which students complete training exercises.
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