PC Repair and Upgrading

PC Repair and Upgrading- NCFE Level 3 Award
Supported Home Study
Course Summary

Reach Your Potential as a PC Specialist
Do you know your RAM from your CD-ROM

The time to become a PC Repair Technician is now! Perhaps you want to be able to repair and upgrade your own home or business PC, or maybe you want to enjoy some of the fantastic job prospects on offer to those lucky enough to be skilled the challenging world of computers.

Once you have completed the Course, there are millions of personal computers out there so you should never be short of work. This really is a great opportunity to build a secure future in a growing sector.

Get started today, and you can earn your PC Repair and Upgrading Diploma in as little as six months, or take up to two years, if you prefer - the choice is yours.

PC Repair and Upgrading Course Outline

Open learning improves career prospects and earnings
Study at home learning to work in PC Repair and Upgrading.

If you want a career in PC Repair and Upgrading, our tutor supported open distance learning PC Repair and Upgrading course provides the necessary knowledge, skills and qualification without disrupting your current lifestyle.

Module One

• Understanding The Personal Computer
• Computer systems
• How to hook up the PC
• What is in the tower?
• What is a CPU?
• Computer memory
• Input, output and storage devices
• Operating systems
• The internet and on-line services
• Troubleshooting PC problems

Module Two

• Hard Drives, Customisation and Troubleshooting Fundamentals:
• Installing a hard drive
• Utility software and data recovery
• Troubleshooting perspectives and guidelines
• How to isolate problems and devise a course of action
• Viruses; peripheral devices
• Creating a boot or rescue disk
• Backup of original software and data on the hard disk
• Peripheral devices and software for enhancement
• Installing add-on devices
• Resolving resource conflicts
• Installing a new device on a computer

Module Three

• Support Tasks: Understanding and Managing the PC
• Types of memory
• How memory is used by DOS and Windows
• Memory troubleshooting guidelines
• Upgrading and installing memory
• Electricity and power supplies
• Surge protection and battery backup
• Windows installation, configuration and applications
• Plug-and-play hardware installations

Module Four

• Workstations, Multimedia Technology and Building a PC:
• The Windows NT environment and architecture
• Installing and customising Windows NT
• The Windows NT registry and diagnostic tools
• Multimedia PC requirements
• Devices that support multimedia
• Printers
• Brand-name PC versus the "clone"
• Building a personal computer step-by-step

Module Five

• Computer Communications, Maintenance Plans, the PC Technician:
• Communicating over phone lines
• Installing and configuring a modem
• Beyond modems
• Networking fundamentals and the internet
• How the internet works
• Network services and troubleshooting
• Viruses, disaster recovery and preventative maintenance
• Backups and fault tolerance
• The professional PC technician
• Record keeping and information tools
• Protecting software copyrights