CompTIA Certification Training

CompTIA Career-Ready Certification Training
(Exam Voucher Included)
A+ Core 1 & Core 2 | Network+ | Server+

Technology careers require more than a credential. They require confidence, applied skills, and the ability to solve real problems. Farmingdale State College’s CompTIA Career-Ready Certification Training helps students prepare for industry-recognized CompTIA exams while building the practical foundation needed for entry-level IT employment.

This 10-week virtual certificate includes live synchronous training with a master-class IT professional and instructor, flexible synchronous and asynchronous course content, structured exam preparation, and vouchers for each certification exam.

This not just self-paced. It's supported, structured, and career-focused.

Certifications Covered

• CompTIA A+ Core 1
• CompTIA A+ Core 2
• CompTIA Network+
• CompTIA Server+

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THE METRICS THAT MATTER

 

¹ U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
² CompTIA

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Why Farmingdale?

• Live virtual instruction with direct instructor support
• Flexible asynchronous course content
• Exam vouchers included
• Financing options available
• Lower-cost certificate model
• Career-focused training
• Preparation for certification and employment

Stronger Advancement / Workforce-Oriented Version
Farmingdale State College’s CompTIA Career-Ready Certification Training responds directly to the growing demand for skilled entry-level IT professionals. Through a 10-week virtual format, students receive a powerful combination of live instruction, flexible online coursework, certification preparation, and workforce-focused training.

The program prepares students for CompTIA A+ Core 1, A+ Core 2, Network+, and Server+ certification exams. Exam vouchers are included, removing a major financial barrier and creating a clear pathway from training to testing.

What makes Farmingdale’s model distinctive is its instructional support. Many CompTIA training programs rely heavily on self-paced online modules. While flexible, those models can leave students isolated, unsupported, and less prepared to complete the program or succeed on exams. Farmingdale’s program pairs asynchronous content with live virtual instruction from an experienced IT professional, giving students the guidance, accountability, and applied context needed to succeed.

This is a career-readiness certificate, not simply an exam prep course. Students will learn how to think like IT professionals, troubleshoot real technical problems, communicate with users and teams, and build the confidence needed for help desk, network support, desktop support, and systems support roles.

Built for Career Readiness
This program is not designed as a passive online course. Students receive guided instruction, technical support, and practical context that helps them understand how certification knowledge applies to real IT roles. The goal is not only to pass the exam, but to enter the job market with confidence.

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Requirements

Hardware Requirements:

This course can be taken on either a PC or Mac. Mac users are encouraged to have access to a Windows environment on their device. The Online Lab System is compatible with PC and Mac computers as well. You will be provided detailed instructions for setting-up a home virtual lab system.

Software Requirements:

PC: Windows 8 or later.
Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

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Meet Your Instructor 

Dr. Tarik Eltaeib did not take the short road into cybersecurity education. He took the long one, and picked up everything along the way. With over 22 years of hands-on experience across academia, banking security, enterprise IT, and software development, Dr. Eltaeib

brings to the classroom something that no textbook can manufacture: he has actually done the work. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Bridgeport, and his industry credentials are just as serious. CompTIA Certified Instructor; CCNA; MCSA; MCSE; Red Hat Certified Administrator; and a string of additional certifications that reflect a career spent staying current, not just credentialed.

At Farmingdale State College (SUNY), where he serves as Assistant Professor of Computer Security. He established the college's formal partnership with CompTIA and has personally delivered workshops in Security+, Network+, and Ethical Hacking, because he believes preparation for the real world should begin long before graduation day.

He is a Cisco Networking Academy Accredited Instructor and recipient of the Cisco Expert Level Instructor Excellence Award. His research has pulled in over $1.9 million in NSF funding, and his 32+ peer-reviewed publications span machine learning, optimization, and cybersecurity, with a book on machine learning currently in the works.

What drives him most, though, is what happens in the classroom. Dr. Eltaeib genuinely loves teaching, the moment when something clicks for a student, the energy of a hands-on lab, the satisfaction of watching someone walk out ready for a certification exam, and a career. That enthusiasm is contagious, and it shows up in every session he runs.

Now, he is bringing that same energy to Farmingdale's CompTIA certification courses, and the door is open. Whether you are just starting out in IT or looking to formalize skills you have been building for years, these courses give you something concrete: industry-recognized credentials that employers actually ask for, taught by someone who holds them, has used them, and knows exactly what it takes to earn them. CompTIA certifications are not participation trophies. They open doors. Dr. Eltaeib's job, and his genuine passion, is making sure you walk through them.

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