NC-Expert is a Global Training and Consulting Company Focused On The Enterprise

Yes. Almost all of our classes can be attended remotely.

Remote attendance is in real time - but class is accessed from the comfort of your own office or home.

Our team has developed a presentation methodology whereby students don't miss out on anything except the stress and added expense of travel:

• they can interact with the instructor and other students just as if they were all in the same room,
• our labs are accessed identically for all students (regardless of attendance method), and
• class materials are provided to all students in exactly the same way*

We always deliver live/real-time, instructor-led training. We do not use pre-recorded video to present "instructor-led" classes.

*We ship hardcopy materials, to remote students, for CWNP classes. All other classes use electronic materials.

Unfortunately we do not offer that option, at this time.

Most of our students are sent to us by their employers, who pay for the courses on their behalf.

NC-Expert is an authorized PearsonVUE Testing Center

You should arrange your exam through PearsonVUE (go to PearsonVue.com)*. PearsonVUE requires 24 hours notice prior to exam date.

Once you reach PearsonVUE's homepage...
1. Top-left of screen, click the "For Test Takers" dropdown
2. Select "Schedule an Exam"
3. Select your program vendor (Cisco, Microsoft, etc)
4. Sign into your program vendor account (or create one)
5. Follow onscreen instructions for arranging your exam
6. Select NC-Expert's site
7. Select from the available dates/times (PearsonVUE has our most up-to-date information)
8. Once arranged, you may arrive up to 15 minutes before your scheduled exam time

If you have any problems while trying to arrange your exam, PearsonVUE's Customer Services can be contacted by calling (952) 905-7483
PearsonVUE's Customer Services is available: Monday-Friday 7:00AM to 7:00PM (Central time zone)

Most NC-Expert CWNP students will receive an associated exam voucher at the end of class. Please do not arrange exams prior to class attendance as NC-Expert cannot issue refunds for pre-purchased exams.

*NC-expert does not arrange exams onsite.

We do NOT recommend this.

Students are encouraged to re-read and study their course materials -thoroughly- before attempting any exam.

In recent years CWNP performed a study of exam candidates which concluded two things:

1. that the average time between attending class and sitting the exam was 6-8 weeks
2. those who attended instructor-led training (in person or remotely) were more successful in their exams than those students who attempted their exams following a course of self-study

We recommend that our students - no matter which training course they have attended: Cisco, CWNP, EC-Council, etc. - take some time to prepare themselves. If a student rushes head-first into the exam, without studying properly, they may miss a vital concept or other part of their study that may cause them to fail their exam.

By training with an instructor our students have a valuable resource at their disposal - we encourage them to use it. We welcome after-class questions. We also recommend that our students make friends with their classmates and arrange to study together. Helping others, and entering into discussions together, really helps to cement knowledge... and make studying fun!

We want our students to succeed and will do all we can to help.

We are often asked for links to vendor certification information. Please see below for some of the most requested links...

Cisco

Cisco provides information on its website, for currently available exams: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/training-events/training-certifications/exams/current-list.html

Links from the exam page provide information on individual course training, certification exams, re-certification, and provide additional information on exam revisions, along with their relevant FAQs.

Important Note:

Cisco has recently announced the retirement of CCIE Collaboration lab exam v1.0. Please note that the exam will be retired on July 22, 2018. After this time, as of July 23, 2018, the new v2.0 lab exam will be the only available option for candidates.

CompTIA

Up-to-date information about currently-available CompTIA exams, along with testing methods and locations, and pricing is available from its website: https://certification.comptia.org/testing

CWNP - Certified Wireless Networking Professional

CWNP announces exam updates on its website.

Please check this page regularly, for general updates: https://www.cwnp.com/it-certification-exam-update/

Each of the product pages (CWNA, CWSP, CWDP, CWAP, etc) contains a listing of exam objectives and, where available, a "what changed?" document with information comparing the new version and retired exams.

EC-Council

This link to EC-Council's website explains the required certification process along with relevant information about the exams: https://cert.eccouncil.org/application-process-eligibility.html#edrp

ISC2

ISC2 CISSP exam information is available here: https://www.isc2.org/Certifications/CISSP#

Mile2

Mile2 provides a list of FAQs regarding its exams: https://mile2.com/support-faq.html?view=faq&catid=2

Please let us know if you have any questions about certification training or exams. We would be pleased to help you.

If you have questions that are not addressed here, please check out our blog page

If you still cannot find your answer, please feel free to call our Customer Services team at (925) 350-6000

Or, if you have sales-related question, please call our Sales team at (855) 941-2121