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IT Academy: CompTIA A+ Certification Prep

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Prepare for Your IT Career

What You’ll Learn

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The CompTIA A+ program is designed for entry-level Information Technology (IT) professionals. Through a mix of hands-on lab and classroom experiences, students will gain the knowledge required to assemble components based on customer requirements. They will also learn to install, configure, and maintain PCs and mobile devices for end users, and understand the basics of networking. The program prepares students to diagnose, resolve, and document common hardware and network issues while applying troubleshooting skills. Students will complete the program with a foundational knowledge of virtualization, scripting, desktop imaging, and deployment. Preparation includes practice tests and assignments based on the certification exams.

Career Options

Once you pass this certification exam, you could be a great candidate for any of the following job roles:

  • Data support technician
  • Help desk technician
  • End-user computing technician
  • Service desk analyst
  • Field service technician
  • System support specialist
  • Associate network engineer
  • Computer support specialist
  • Desktop support administrator

and similar

Class Details

The CompTIA A+ certification requires the student to successfully complete two exams:

The Core 1 exam, 220-1101 The Core 2 exam, 220-1102 After completing this program, students will be prepared to sit for the CompTIA A+ Core 1 and Core 2 exams. After successfully completing the A+ Core 1 and 2 exams, the student will earn the CompTIA A+ Certification.

If you’re a beginner in the IT industry and unsure which certifications to go for first, try the CompTIA IT Fundamentals certification prep class first.

Registering on the Ivy+ Career Link - Skills Training Portal

This course is 100% online but we have a few locations listed below; pick whichever campus is closest to you and we'll take care of the rest!


When you click "Register Now", you'll be redirected to the Ivy+ Career Link Skills Training page to create an account. Please select "New to Skills Training" even if you have an existing Ivy Tech account.

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This workforce certification is available for free to qualifying students through the Next Level Jobs program. You are eligible to earn this free certification from Ivy Tech if you fulfill all of the following requirements:

  • You are an Indiana resident, and
  • You have a high school diploma or GED/High School Equivalency, and
  • You have not previously received an associate degree or higher (bachelor's, master's, etc.)

Learn more about Next Level Jobs at Ivy Tech

Ivy Tech cannot guarantee that any student will pass a certification or licensing exam. Your success will be determined by several factors beyond the instruction you are given in the classroom including your test-taking skills, your willingness to study outside of class, and your satisfactory completion of appropriate practice exams. Certification exam questions are drawn from databases of tens of thousands of possible questions and no two people are asked exactly the same progression of questions. Therefore, a thorough understanding of the subject matter is required. The goal of Ivy Tech in providing a certification exam studies class is to assist you in understanding the material sufficiently to provide a firm foundation for your studies as you prepare for the exam.

Start Your Journey

We’re currently working to schedule the next session of this class at the Richmond campus. To help get the class at your local Ivy Tech campus, reach out to your local team with questions about when this class may be offered.

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