Sue Gordon, technician for Carterton Primary Schools, introduces a new, free qualification available to technicians

Have you heard about the RM Certified Professional Programme?

If you have had six months experience of managing an RM CC3 network, and have attended a training course, you may be interested to know that you can now gain certification free of charge (RM Certified Network Technician)

For more details go to:

http://www.rm.com/Secondary/Events/EvtDetail.asp?cref=EVT361136&position=1

http://www.rm.com/Primary/Events/EvtDetail.asp?cref=EVT361136&position=1

To gain certification you will need to take a short exam. The exam is multiple choice taking about 30 minutes to complete. The examination content guidelines can be downloaded from the RM website.

http://www.rm.com/_RMVirtual/Media/Downloads/RM_Certified_Network_Technician_examination_content_guidelines.pdf

What are the benefits of gaining the qualification?

You could save your school up to £800 discount off the Community 3 Entry Level support contract.

If you are a RM Certified Network Technician and provide IT technical services to 2 or more schools you are eligible to register* as an Affiliated Technician. The benefits to you are: -

• 1 free place on a selection of CC3 courses

• 2 free places at each round of Technical Seminars

• Savings of up to £800 per year per school

• A nominated Service Manager for call escalation and to provide continuity for your dealings with RM Support.

 * £99 one off payment to register up to 15 schools

For full details of the Affiliated Technician Support Scheme

http://www.rm.com/atss

Sue Gordon

ICT Technician for Carterton Primary Schools