CompTIA Tech+ Training
Offered to the Jacksonville and Northeast Florida community through UNF Professional and Lifelong Learning in partnership with Applied Technology Academy — live online or in person, taught by ATA's practitioner instructors.
Course Overview
Students gain the skills and knowledge required to:
- Understand and manage IT infrastructure and computing concepts
- Troubleshoot and resolve common hardware and software issues
- Recognize and address basic cybersecurity threats
- Grasp emerging technologies like AI and IoT
Pursue more advanced certification pathways, such as CompTIA A+ The transition from CompTIA IT Fundamentals (ITF+) FC0-U61 to CompTIA Tech+ FC0-U71 represents a major change in the certification landscape, designed to meet the instructional needs of educators in foundational technology education.
Focus on Security: Tech+ certification includes a strong focus on teaching students about protecting digital assets, a critical skill set in today's cybersecurity-conscious environment.
Modernized Content: CompTIA Tech+ FC0-U71 modernizes the content to reflect current IT standards.
Comprehensive Skills and Knowledge: The certification has been transformed to align with the comprehensive skills and knowledge necessary for navigating the contemporary technology ecosystem.
Course Outline
- IT Concepts and Terminology
- Explain the basics of computing
- Identify notational systems
- Compare and contrast common units of measure
- Explain the troubleshooting methodology
- Infrastructure
- Explain common computing devices and their purposes
- Explain the purpose of common internal computing components
- Compare and contrast storage types
- Given a scenario, install and configure common peripheral devices
- Compare and contrast common types of input/output device interfaces
- Compare and contrast virtualization and cloud technologies
- Compare and contrast common internet service types
- Identify basic networking concepts
- Explain the basic capabilities of a small wireless network
- Applications and Software
- Identify components of an OS
- Explain the purpose of operating systems
- Explain the purpose and proper use of software
- Given a scenario, configure and use web browser features
- Identify common uses of artificial intelligence (AI)
- Software Development Concepts
- Compare and contrast programming language categories
- Identify fundamental data types and their characteristics
- Explain the purpose and use of programming concepts
- Identify programming organizational techniques and logic concepts
- Data and Database Fundamentals
- Explain the value of data and information
- Explain database concepts and the purpose of a database
- Compare and contrast various database structures
- Explain basic data backup concepts
- Security
- Explain fundamental security concepts and frameworks
- Explain methods to secure devices and security best practices
- Explain password best practices
- Identify common use cases for encryption
- Given a scenario, configure security settings for a small wireless network
Intended Audience
CompTIA IT Fundamentals is aimed at those considering a career in IT and computer-related fields.
Prerequisites
There are no special prerequisites for you to meet to successfully start this course.