Many trainers are still using the slightly musty old method of classroom lessons. Usually touted as a major benefit, if you talk to a student who has had to attend a few, you'll hear a common theme of many or most of these:

- Multiple back and forth visits - often hundreds of miles at a time.

- Monday to Friday access with events is usual, and getting two to three days out of work can represent quite a problem for a lot of trainees who are working.

- Holiday days lost - a lot of working people only get 4 weeks annual leave. If you use up half of that with educational classes, that doesn't leave much holiday time left for most student's families.

- Workshop days sometimes end up far too big.

- There is often tension in classes where different students want to work at different paces.

- Let us not forget the extra expense of arranging transport or accommodation either. Don't be surprised to find this become a lot of money - from hundreds to thousands. Do the maths yourself - it'll shock and surprise you.

- All of us want some privacy. We wouldn't want to run the risk of giving up any advancement that could awarded to us because we're getting trained in a different area.

- It's very common for students to keep a question to themselves - purely down to the fact that they're in front of other people.

- It's a fact; classes become pretty much unreachable, in cases where you work or live away for days at a time.

The ultimate convenience is based on viewing a videoed workshop - providing direct instruction at any time of day. Imagine... If you have a laptop then you're free to learn wherever you want. And 24 hr-a-day support is only a web-click away when you get challenged. Repeat lessons and modules at any time you need to brush up - repetition aids memory. And you'll never have to write notes again - it's already ready to go. Quite simply: Time and money is saved, you have reduced hassle and you altogether avoid polluting the environment.

Qualifications from the commercial sector are now, without a doubt, already replacing the traditional routes into the IT sector - so why has this come about? With an ever-increasing technical demand on resources, the IT sector has been required to move to specific, honed-in training that can only come from the vendors - for example companies like Adobe, Microsoft, CISCO and CompTIA. Frequently this is at a far reduced cost both money and time wise. In a nutshell, only required knowledge is taught. It isn't quite as lean as that might sound, but principally the objective has to be to master the precisely demanded skill-sets (including a degree of required background) - without overdoing the detail in everything else - in the way that academic establishments often do.

It's a bit like the TV advert: 'It does what it says on the tin'. Employers simply need to know what they're looking for, and then match up the appropriate exam numbers as a requirement. That way they can be sure they're interviewing applicants who can do the job.

Both 'DBAs' & DB developers tend to be exceptionally systematic & ordered individuals, who have a great interest in detail, & enjoy working in smaller teams, or by themselves. First-rate communication-skills can be an advantage, because there will be frequent inter-action with senior management. Security is becoming a growing matter as an increasing amount of confidential information is taken and held - making database jobs highly responsible. Managers demand professionals with integrity who they're able to trust 100 percent, and some institutions will in fact require you to have security clearance prior to offering you a placement. Individuals from business and accounting backgrounds often make first class DBA's, & in many instances the role is a stepping-stone to a much more advanced placement within the business hierarchy.

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