Mark McGlashan is a fully qualified PC Repairs Engineer
PC Repair Jobs can be of any nature and many apply with a premature understanding.
If you are serious about being a pc repair engineer just because you fixed you nanas pc or cousin or anybody you know for that matter it means very little when you are faced with circumstances were the only way out is not a phone call to a friend but to fully understand what you have to do. Once sure way to put you right would be doing the A+ Exam and to buy the complete A+ training kit by Wiley books who will have a new edition released in February 2008 take your time study a few chapters a week or what you can manage and do the questions that come with it at the end of each chapter.
A good solution would be after each chapter use the test engine to see what you have learned and what you can remember. Keep in mind there are no shortcuts at all this knowledge has to be consumed thoroughly before you can expect to be successful at it.
The following pitfalls often discourage people from continuing an exam
Reading to much to soon
Reading many pages but unable to answer the questions
Expecting miracles
Here are the steps to follow when reading Wiley A+ COMPLETE TRAINING KIT
Study a chapter a week
Go over what you have read
Use the test engine after each chapter
Do not commit yourself to much time
Do and hour a day more if you can
Do not set yourself ridiculous targets you cannot keep.
Seeking a job in the pc repair world can be an embarrassing if your skills are limited
PC Repair Job when you pass the A+ by Wiley Books you have only passed the first stage from there onwards you want the experience of working on site and them you can accumulate your skills. Keep in mind even after working for years you still do not know everything
Before you go looking for a PC Repair Job if you are new to the game ask yourself honestly when you browse through theCompTIA A+ Complete Certification Kit A+ by Wiley Books how much of what is in here do I really not know?
Even skilled engineers as my self still find things in those books useful so it certainly will help you.
Often people repair pc’s doing the same job all the time, so let’s say you have repaired 100 computers and the only thing you did was change the motherboard
Then install windows XP or windows vista or assemble a few PC’s, in all honestly I have an 11 yea old daughter and she could do that as the parts that come with everyday computer are built in a way where they can easily be assembled with a few basic guide lines that normally come in the box despite that most people with a none D.I.Y mind find it to intermediating to attempt assemble a pc.
The long and short of this brief point about looking for a PC Repair Job is flexibility is a terrific asset also having the ability to find a quick way out of long winded solutions something countless so called PC Repair engineers suffer from.
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