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• See "Training cost estimates" spreadsheet on ChemIT's file share, for ChemIT staff:
  • R:\Chem IT\Admin, articles, and training\Training resources and educ. ideas
• Learning Linux

Purposes

• Ensure all ChemIT staff have baseline, shared technical knowledge. Both broadly and in specific areas we support (servers, Linux, IT security, etc.)
• Promote expanded knowledge for all ChemIT staff in in specific areas we support (servers, Linux, IT security, etc.)
• Promote a professional staff environment, which includes investing in staff professional development.
• Discover and confirm cost-effective technical training resources and validation methods.

First things first

Which certification should you focus on?

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List of approved training resources for just the CompTIA A+ certification, as an example:

• http://www.comptiastore.com/Articles.asp?ID=265&category=learning
• recognize that your Our prior experience may be sufficient for much of what is tested, as might non-approved at least for this particular exam. Thus, we may not need much training to meet the certification objectives.
• Non-approved, but otherwise relevant training resources, can obviously also be used. Cornell is already paying for some of these, such as Lynda.com and Safari Bookshelf. Others include YouTube and the like.

Considerations and draft plan

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Is what we already know sufficient? Or, shall we all study as if to take the certification, and then maybe even get a score from a sample test. Then "confirm" all this by taking a more challenging certification. Is that this approach prudently cost-effective?

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