Networking Technician - Cisco Certified

This course will give students the practical skills required for entry-level network support positions. The first two modules of the Discovery Curriculum are completed. Students are ready to take the C-Cent Examination upon completion of these two modules.

Course Open

Course Number

31

Duration

1 Year full-time

Certification

C-Cent Cisco Certified Entry Network Technician
FETAC Level 5 Information Technology CITXX

Entry

General College Requirements
Mature Student Entry

Employment

Network installation and maintenance in home computer usage and in small business networks.

Number of places available

Nineteen

Principal Areas of Study

• Networking for Home and Small Businesses 
• Working in a Small to Medium Business or ISP 
• Eight Modules leading to the FETAC Level 5 Award,

Features of the course

CCNA Discovery Curriculum Part 1 
Networking for Home and Small Businesses

• Set up a small computer system, including operating system, interface cards and    peripheral devices.
• Plan and install a small network connecting to the Internet.
  
• Troubleshoot network and Internet connectivity.
  
• Share resources such as files and printers among multiple users.
  
• Configure and integrate wireless access point and wireless client.

CCNA Discovery Curriculum Part 2
Working in a Small-to-Medium Business or ISP

• Understand the structure of the Internet and how communication occurs between hosts.
  
• Install, configure and troubleshoot Cisco IOS devices.
  
• Plan a basic wired infrastructure to support network traffic.
  
• Configure a server to share resources and provide common Web services.
  
• Implement basic WAN connectivity using Telco services.

Progression

Higher Education

Higher Education
CISCO Network
Associate (CCNA):
see Course 31