Career Opportunities

Students who complete CCNA1 (Networking for Home and Small Businesses) will be able to perform the following tasks:

Set up a personal computer system, including the operating system, interface cards, and peripheral devices
Plan and install a home or small business network and connect it to the Internet
Verify and troubleshoot network and Internet connectivity
Share resources such as files and printers among multiple computers
Recognize and mitigate security threats to a home network
Configure and verify common Internet applications
Configure basic IP services through a GUI

Students who complete CCNA2 (Working at a Small-to-Medium Business or ISP) will be able to perform the following tasks:

Describe the structure of the Internet and how Internet communications occur between hosts
Install, configure, and troubleshoot Cisco IOS devices for Internet and server connectivity
Plan a basic wired infrastructure to support network traffic
Implement basic WAN connectivity using Telco services
Demonstrate proper disaster recovery procedures and perform server backups
Monitor network performance and isolate failures
Troubleshoot problems using an organized, layered procedure
Describe the OSI model and the process of encapsulation

Students who complete CCNA3 (Introducing Routing and Switching in the Enterprise) will be able to perform the following tasks:

Implement a LAN for an approved network design
Configure a switch with VLANs and inter-switch communication
Implement access lists to permit or deny specified traffic
Implement WAN links
Configure routing protocols on Cisco devices
Perform LAN, WAN, and VLAN troubleshooting using a structured methodology and the OSI model

Students who complete CCNA4 (Designing and Supporting Computer Networks) will be able to perform the following tasks: