PC MAINTENANCE & REPAIR

Career Outlook

Your New Career

When you become a trained PC Maintenance and Repair Technician, you'll have plenty of career options. Work at a corporate help desk or for a PC Maintenance and Repair business as a bench or field technician, or start your own business and work at your convenience.

In the U.S. alone, people are buying millions of computers a year! When it comes to installing, upgrading, and repairing those computers, you'll have the skills for the job. Apply the skills you learn in your training program diligently for a successful and secure future.

Your New Skills

Learn the skills you need to begin a new career by completing the PC Maintenance and Repair training program at home.

You'll learn every important part of being a PC Maintenance and Repair Technician:

• The social and professional importance of technology
• The elements and function of hardware devices and PC Maintenance and Repair techniques
• Use of software and an overview of operating systems
• How computers communicate with each other and how they are grouped together to form networks

Your New Diploma

Earn your PC Maintenance and Repair Career Diploma at home in as little as five months by studying just an hour a day for your new career. Expert instructors and support staff – dedicated to helping you complete your coursework – will be just a phone call or an email away.

 Program Overview

Learn PC Maintenance and Repair at home with training from the Continuing Education Center.

Receive comprehensive training to begin your career as a PC Maintenance and Repair Technician with training from the Continuing Education Center.

You'll learn:

• Hardware, including printers, notebooks and PDAs
• Software, including operating systems and data recovery
• Networking protocols and topology
• PC troubleshooting and repair techniques

Flexible, Convenient, Self-Paced!
The Continuing Education Center PC Maintenance and Repair Program allows you to study online, in print, or a combination of both. You decide which method best suits your learning style. There is no going to class, no need to rearrange schedules. You choose the time and place to complete your coursework, and you work at your own pace. There's no one to rush you or hold you back.

You work independently, but not alone. Expert instructors and support staff - dedicated to helping you complete your coursework — are just a phone call or an email away.

Contact the Continuing Education Center Today.

Find out more about the Continuing Education Center's PC Maintenance and Repair training which includes:

• All the books, lessons, and learning aids you need
• Unlimited, toll-free instructional support
• Access to student services by website, phone, and mail

Program Outline

Here's how it works
Your program consists of courses designed to take you step-by-step through the techniques and skills you'll use in your new career as a PC Maintenance and Repair Technician. Your first course will be sent to you as soon as your enrollment has been accepted. Other courses will follow as you complete your exams, so that you will always have training materials to work with.

We recommend that you have a PC to be used for the hands-on exercises and also for software studies in the program.

You will need access to a Microsoft® Windows®-based computer (running Windows Vista or later) and the Internet in order to complete your program with the Continuing Education Center.

PCM101 — Introduction to the Information Age (Delivered Online Only)
This course is a brief introduction to the constantly changing world of computer technology in the Information Age. The course introduces the technology student to the social and professional importance of technology, some basics of the language of technology, and career opportunities related to technology.

PCM103 — Introduction to PC Maintenance and Repair
This course provides the student with a broad view of PC Maintenance and Repair, focusing on the essential elements of hardware and software, as well as the importance of safety. It also explains the essential characteristics of a PC maintenance technician and the various types of employment available.

PCM105 — PC Hardware 1
Defines and describes the elements and function of hardware devices which are part of a modern personal computer system.
Prerequisite: Introduction to PC Maintenance and Repair

PCM106 — PC Hardware 2
This course provides the student with more sophisticated techniques in PC Maintenance and Repair, including external I/O devices, printers, notebooks/laptops/PDAs, purchasing and building PCs, troubleshooting, support, virus protection, data protection, and recovery.
Prerequisite: PC Hardware 1

PCM107 — PC Operating Systems
Describes the use of software for virus protection, data protection and recovery, and gives a systematic overview of operating systems, including an array of Windows® systems, such as 9x, ME, NT®, 2000, and XP, and Apple® Computers.
Prerequisite: PC Hardware 2

INT128 — Network Protocols and Internetworking
Network Protocols and Internetworking covers topics related to how computers communicate with each other, how computers are grouped together to form networks, networking concepts and issues that are key to the successful implementation of computer networks, and the different networking implementation strategies and technologies currently available. (Required textbook provided with course.)
Prerequisite: PC Operating Systems

Online Library and Librarian
Students in the Continuing Education Center have access to an online library for use during their studies. Students can use this library to do the required research in the courses they complete or can use it for general reference and links to valuable resources. The library contains helpful research assistance, articles, databases, books, and Web links. A librarian is available to answer questions on general research-related topics via email and to assist students in research activities during their studies with the Continuing Education Center.

We reserve the right to change program content and materials when it becomes necessary.

A High School Diploma or GED is required to enroll in this program.