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This course is designed to enable candidates to develop the knowledge of the terminology and basic concepts of TOGAF Standard, 10th Edition and principles of Enterprise Architecture. Candidates will also be able to analyze and apply knowledge of TOGAF Standard.

Endorsed by City & Guilds for the new 2020 2377 Electrical Equipment Maintenance and testing qualification, the course covers the requirements of the 5th Edition of The Code of Practice for the In‑Service Inspection and Testing of Electrical Equipment. The Code of Practice has been extensively updated and includes the requirements for managing and carrying out the in-service inspection and testing of electrical equipment. As part of the course, learners will have access to three practice examination tests in order to prepare for the City & Guilds In-Service Inspection and Testing of Electrical Equipment 2377. A certificate of completion is issued upon finishing the course which can then be presented to your local assessment centre in order to take the exam.

THIS COURSE PACKAGE INCLUDES: 1: INTRODUCTION TO ECG COURSE - RECORDING & BASIC INTERPRETATION (GPT009) 2: ADVANCED ECG COURSE - INTERPRETATION & ANALYSIS (GPT010) Learn how to set up and record a basic ECG trace, followed by advanced analysis and interpretation FAST-TRACK YOUR ECG TRAINING WITH OUR BEGINNER TO ADVANCED TRAINING PACKAGE 20% off - Multi-Course Discount Cover all stages from Level 1 through to Level 4 (FDSc) Cover your theory training online Practical training in Classroom or Virtual Classroom Comprehensive Practise@Home training kits for VC Awards 2 accredited qualifications Dual Accreditations are awarded for all courses (Open College Network and CPD) Covers all steps required to competently set up and perform an ECG trace. Practical sessions include electrode placement on mannequin, running traces and identifying anomalies. Learn beginner to advanced skills and interpretation. Basic understanding of English language required. OPEN TO ALL APPLICANTS About these courses 1: INTRODUCTION TO ECG COURSE - RECORDING AND BASIC INTERPRETATION (GPT009) PART 1 - Theory Allow approx. 5-6 hours PART 2 - Practical Training Attend a classroom location or join us in our virtual classroom * - 3-4 hours ACCREDITED LEVEL 3 QUALIFICATION * Virtual Classroom option includes a free comprehensive Practise@Home ECG training kit. 2: ADVANCED ECG COURSE - INTERPRETATION AND ANALYSIS (GPT010) E-LEARNING - Theory Allow approx. 6-8 hours ACCREDITED LEVEL 4 QUALIFICATION OPTIONAL: GETTING STARTED IN ECG (GPT002) A free starter ECG Course (unassessed) developed to help you understand the basics of ECG recording: 3 modules in total with no Questions! If you are already familiar with ECGs then you may prefer to save time and opt out of this mini-course at booking stage. This "mini-course" is available at no charge. Learning Outcomes GPT009: Understanding different ECG equipment types ECG equipment - set-up and calibration Includes professionalism, consent, IPC and legal requirement Patient preparation How to correctly apply electrodes to limbs and chest Identify artifacts (equipment and patients Identify and recognise routine traces Identify and recognise non-routine traces Identify traces requiring urgent attention Labelling and reporting GPT010: Understand the acceptable variations within the normal ECG of healthy adults. Recognise the expected patterns of an ECG from a healthy child from birth onwards and identify abnormalities. Interpret abnormal ECG patterns in adults. Diagnose arrhythmias as an underlying cause of palpitations and syncope. Exploring sinus rhythm, extrasystoles, paroxysmal tachycardia and the importance of a physical examination. Identifying syncopal episodes attributable to cardiovascular disease as opposed to arrhythmias. Recognise ECG markers for tachycardias, bradycardias, pre-excitation syndromes, bi-fascicular block, and first-degree block with bundle branch block. Differentiate between supraventricular and ventricular extrasystoles and be able to diagnose broad complex tachycardias, ventricular flutter and fibrillation, sick sinus syndrome, and Stokes-Adams attacks. Recognise and identify symptoms associated with the causes of acute or chronic chest pain in patients who present with myocardial infarction (heart attack), pulmonary embolism, significant central pulmonary embolism, pericarditis, aortic dissection, oesophageal rupture, spinal disorders, vertebral collapse, posterior infarction, and angina. Recognise symptoms indicative of conditions such as pulmonary oedema, chest diseases, and pulmonary congestion. After the course GPT009: Safely and competently set up an ECG machine Introduce patients to the ECG test, adhering to compliancy requirements before and after testing Perform an ECG test to national guidelines Understand basic traces and their correlation to cardiac issues Recognise normal and erroneous recordings Recognise recordings that require urgent medical follow-up Complete the recording and label (or record digital copies) as per guidelines GPT010: Appreciate normal and abnormal ECG variations in the context of varying pathologies. Be able to determine whether an arrhythmia has an underlying cause that requires medical intervention. Interpret ECGs as a function of the patient's ongoing cardiac management. Understand and apply the Burce Protocol exercise test in relevant clinical situations. Know how to clinically respond to a patient with chest pain including further investigations required, pain relief, history and examination and echocardiogram. Understand and apply the fundamental principles of arrhythmia management. Understand the primary causes of heart disease and the diagnostic process. Appreciate the importance of the ECG as a diagnostic tool alongside the patient’s history and clinical presentation and recognising its limitations. Course Package Components: PACKAGE - Beginner to Advanced ECG - Virtual Classroom - INTRO - Part 1 online Part 2 Virtual Classroom (AM) + ADVANCED - E-learning

P404 Air Sampling of Asbestos and MMMF and Requirements for a Certificate of Reoccupation Following Clearance of Asbestos is the industry standard qualification for those whose work involves air sampling and clearance testing, such as asbestos analysts. In addition to holding the qualification, they are required to undertake and provide evidence of annual refresher training. RP404 Refresher is a new course, specifically designed to meet this requirement. RP404 Refresher enables candidates to revise and update their knowledge on air sampling and clearance testing techniques, and to receive a certificate of course completion by passing a written examination, which covers both the theory and practice of air sampling and clearance testing.

Security+ training course description A hands on course aimed at getting delegates successfully through the CompTia Security+ examination. What will you learn Explain general security concepts. Describe the security concepts in communications. Describe how to secure an infrastructure. Recognise the role of cryptography. Describe operational/organisational security. Security+ training course details Who will benefit: Those wishing to pass the Security+ exam. Prerequisites: TCP/IP foundation for engineers Duration 5 days Security+ training course contents General security concepts Non-essential services and protocols. Access control: MAC, DAC, RBAC. Security attacks: DOS, DDOS, back doors, spoofing, man in the middle, replay, hijacking, weak keys, social engineering, mathematical, password guessing, brute force, dictionary, software exploitation. Authentication: Kerberos, CHAP, certificates, usernames/ passwords, tokens, biometrics. Malicious code: Viruses, trojan horses, logic bombs, worms. Auditing, logging, scanning. Communication security Remote access: 802.1x, VPNs, L2TP, PPTP, IPsec, RADIUS, TACACS, SSH. Email: S/MIME, PGP, spam, hoaxes. Internet: SSL, TLS, HTTPS, IM, packet sniffing, privacy, Javascript, ActiveX, buffer overflows, cookies, signed applets, CGI, SMTP relay. LDAP. sftp, anon ftp, file sharing, sniffing, 8.3 names. Wireless: WTLS, 802.11, 802.11x, WEP/WAP. Infrastructure security Firewalls, routers, switches, wireless, modems, RAS, PBX, VPN, IDS, networking monitoring, workstations, servers, mobile devices. Media security: Coax, UTP, STP, fibre. Removable media. Topologies: Security zones, DMZ, Intranet, Extranet, VLANs, NAT, Tunnelling. IDS: Active/ passive, network/host based, honey pots, incident response. Security baselines: Hardening OS/NOS, networks and applications. Cryptography basics Integrity, confidentiality, access control, authentication, non-repudiation. Standards and protocols. Hashing, symmetric, asymmetric. PKI: Certificates, policies, practice statements, revocation, trust models. Key management and certificate lifecycles. Storage: h/w, s/w, private key protection. Escrow, expiration, revocation, suspension, recovery, destruction, key usage. Operational/Organisation security Physical security: Access control, social engineering, environment. Disaster recovery: Backups, secure disaster recovery plans. Business continuity: Utilities, high availability, backups. Security policies: AU, due care, privacy, separation of duties, need to know, password management, SLAs, disposal, destruction, HR policies. Incident response policy. Privilege management: Users, groups, roles, single sign on, centralised/decentralised. Auditing. Forensics: Chain of custody, preserving and collecting evidence. Identifying risks: Assets, risks, threats, vulnerabilities. Role of education/training. Security documentation.

Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for The CHFI course will benefit: Police and other laws enforcement personnel Defense and Military personnel e-Business Security professionals Systems administrators Legal professionals Banking, Insurance and other professionals Government agencies Overview At the end of this course, you will possess the skills needed to: Understand the fundamentals of computer forensics Understand the computer forensic investigation process Describe in detail different types of hard disks and file systems Understand data acquisition and duplication Counteract anti-forensic techniques Leverage forensic skills in Windows, Linux, and Mac Investigate web attacks Understand dark web forensics Deploy forensic techniques for databases, cloud, and networks Investigate email crimes including malware Perform forensics in mobile and IoT environments Every crime leaves a digital footprint, and you need the skills to track those footprints. In this course, students will learn to unravel these pieces of evidence, decode them and report them. From decoding a hack to taking legal action against the perpetrators, they will become an active respondent in times of cyber-breaches. Computer Forensics in Today?s World 1.1. Understand the Fundamentals of Computer Forensics 1.2. Understand Cybercrimes and their Investigation Procedures 1.3. Understand Digital Evidence 1.4. Understand Forensic Readiness, Incident Response and the Role of SOC (Security Operations Center) in Computer Forensics 1.5. Identify the Roles and Responsibilities of a Forensic Investigator 1.6. Understand the Challenges Faced in Investigating Cybercrimes 1.7. Understand Legal Compliance in Computer Forensics Computer Forensics Investigation Process 2.1. Understand the Forensic Investigation Process and its Importance 2.2. Understand the Pre-investigation Phase 2.3. Understand First Response 2.4. Understand the Investigation Phase 2.5. Understand the Post-investigation Phase Understanding Hard Disks and File Systems 3.1. Describe Different Types of Disk Drives and their Characteristics 3.2. Explain the Logical Structure of a Disk 3.3. Understand Booting Process of Windows, Linux and Mac Operating Systems 3.4. Understand Various File Systems of Windows, Linux and Mac Operating Systems 3.5. Examine File System Using Autopsy and The Sleuth Kit Tools 3.6 Understand Storage Systems 3.7. Understand Encoding Standards and Hex Editors 3.8. Analyze Popular File Formats Using Hex Editor Data Acquisition and Duplication 4.1. Understand Data Acquisition Fundamentals 4.2. Understand Data Acquisition Methodology 4.3. Prepare an Image File for Examination Defeating Anti-forensics Techniques 5.1. Understand Anti-forensics Techniques 5.2. Discuss Data Deletion and Recycle Bin Forensics 5.3. Illustrate File Carving Techniques and Ways to Recover Evidence from Deleted Partitions 5.4. Explore Password Cracking/Bypassing Techniques 5.5. Detect Steganography, Hidden Data in File System Structures, Trail Obfuscation, and File Extension Mismatch 5.6. Understand Techniques of Artifact Wiping, Overwritten Data/Metadata Detection, and Encryption 5.7. Detect Program Packers and Footprint Minimizing Techniques 5.8. Understand Anti-forensics Countermeasures Windows Forensics 6.1. Collect Volatile and Non-volatile Information 6.2. Perform Windows Memory and Registry Analysis 6.3. Examine the Cache, Cookie and History Recorded in Web Browsers 6.4. Examine Windows Files and Metadata 6.5. Understand ShellBags, LNK Files, and Jump Lists 6.6. Understand Text-based Logs and Windows Event Logs Linux and Mac Forensics 7.1. Understand Volatile and Non-volatile Data in Linux 7.2. Analyze Filesystem Images Using The Sleuth Kit 7.3. Demonstrate Memory Forensics Using Volatility & PhotoRec 7.4. Understand Mac Forensics Network Forensics 8.1. Understand Network Forensics 8.2. Explain Logging Fundamentals and Network Forensic Readiness 8.3. Summarize Event Correlation Concepts 8.4. Identify Indicators of Compromise (IoCs) from Network Logs 8.5. Investigate Network Traffic 8.6. Perform Incident Detection and Examination with SIEM Tools 8.7. Monitor and Detect Wireless Network Attacks Investigating Web Attacks 9.1. Understand Web Application Forensics 9.2. Understand Internet Information Services (IIS) Logs 9.3. Understand Apache Web Server Logs 9.4. Understand the Functionality of Intrusion Detection System (IDS) 9.5. Understand the Functionality of Web Application Firewall (WAF) 9.6. Investigate Web Attacks on Windows-based Servers 9.7. Detect and Investigate Various Attacks on Web Applications Dark Web Forensics 10.1. Understand the Dark Web 10.2. Determine How to Identify the Traces of Tor Browser during Investigation 10.3. Perform Tor Browser Forensics Database Forensics 11.1. Understand Database Forensics and its Importance 11.2. Determine Data Storage and Database Evidence Repositories in MSSQL Server 11.3. Collect Evidence Files on MSSQL Server 11.4. Perform MSSQL Forensics 11.5. Understand Internal Architecture of MySQL and Structure of Data Directory 11.6. Understand Information Schema and List MySQL Utilities for Performing Forensic Analysis 11.7. Perform MySQL Forensics on WordPress Web Application Database Cloud Forensics 12.1. Understand the Basic Cloud Computing Concepts 12.2. Understand Cloud Forensics 12.3. Understand the Fundamentals of Amazon Web Services (AWS) 12.4. Determine How to Investigate Security Incidents in AWS 12.5. Understand the Fundamentals of Microsoft Azure 12.6. Determine How to Investigate Security Incidents in Azure 12.7. Understand Forensic Methodologies for Containers and Microservices Investigating Email Crimes 13.1. Understand Email Basics 13.2. Understand Email Crime Investigation and its Steps 13.3. U.S. Laws Against Email Crime Malware Forensics 14.1. Define Malware and Identify the Common Techniques Attackers Use to Spread Malware 14.2. Understand Malware Forensics Fundamentals and Recognize Types of Malware Analysis 14.3. Understand and Perform Static Analysis of Malware 14.4. Analyze Suspicious Word and PDF Documents 14.5. Understand Dynamic Malware Analysis Fundamentals and Approaches 14.6. Analyze Malware Behavior on System Properties in Real-time 14.7. Analyze Malware Behavior on Network in Real-time 14.8. Describe Fileless Malware Attacks and How they Happen 14.9. Perform Fileless Malware Analysis - Emotet Mobile Forensics 15.1. Understand the Importance of Mobile Device Forensics 15.2. Illustrate Architectural Layers and Boot Processes of Android and iOS Devices 15.3. Explain the Steps Involved in Mobile Forensics Process 15.4. Investigate Cellular Network Data 15.5. Understand SIM File System and its Data Acquisition Method 15.6. Illustrate Phone Locks and Discuss Rooting of Android and Jailbreaking of iOS Devices 15.7. Perform Logical Acquisition on Android and iOS Devices 15.8. Perform Physical Acquisition on Android and iOS Devices 15.9. Discuss Mobile Forensics Challenges and Prepare Investigation Report IoT Forensics 16.1. Understand IoT and IoT Security Problems 16.2. Recognize Different Types of IoT Threats 16.3. Understand IoT Forensics 16.4. Perform Forensics on IoT Devices

CWDP training course description The CWDP course consists of instructor-led training applicable to the design of wireless LANs using the latest technologies including 802.11n and 802.11ac. The course goes in-depth into the design process and provides attendees with the knowledge needed to plan, deploy and test modern 802.11-based networks. It also prepares students for the CWDP examination. Students who complete the course will acquire the necessary skills for preparing, planning performing and documenting site surveys and wireless LAN design procedures. What will you learn Design enterprise WiFi networks. Select appropriate antennas and Access points. Perform site surveys. Describe the security requirements required for enterprise networks. Test, validate and troubleshoot installations. CWDP training course details Who will benefit: Anyone looking for the skills to analyze, troubleshoot, and optimize any enterprise level Wi-Fi network, no matter which brand of equipment your organization deploys. Anyone looking to become a CWNP. Prerequisites: CWNA Duration 5 days CWDP training course contents WLAN design overview Importance of good design, Impact of bad design, Design process, Design skills, Design toolkit. Requirements analysis Pre-planning, Customer interaction, Requirements gathering, Discovering existing systems, Documenting the environment, Defining constraints, Creating documentation. Designing for clients and applications Client Device types, Application types, Application-specific design, High density design issues. Designing for industry Standard corporate networks, Industry-specific designs, Government, Healthcare, Hospitality, Retail, Public hotspots, Transportation, Mobile offices, Outdoor and mesh, Remote networks and branch offices, Last-miles / ISP and bridging. Vendor selection processes Defining vendor issues, Operational planes, Design models, Understanding architectures. Radio Frequency (RF) planning RF spectrum, RF behaviors, Modulation and coding schemes, RF accessories, Throughput factors. WLAN hardware selection Antennas, 802.11n and antennas, Choosing Aps, Powering Aps. Site surveys Site survey tools, Site survey preparation, Predictive site surveys, Manual site surveys, Site survey principles and processes. Designing for Quality of Service (QoS) QoS overview, QoS application points, Roaming support. Designing for security Bad security, Authentication solutions, Encryption solutions, Security best practices, Intrusion prevention. Installation testing, validation and troubleshooting Network health status, Troubleshooting and validation process, Troubleshooting and validation tools, Common problems. Hands-on lab exercises Hands-on labs depend on the audience and can include use of: Spectrum analyzers, Protocol analyzers, Site Survey software, Diagramming software, Various wireless access points, Various wireless adapters and antennas.

The Alternative Energy Technology Course is a practically based alternative energy course designed to give participants an understanding of alternative energy options and provide them with that practical knowledge and skills to build solar to electric and wind to electric systems at a foundation level. The course is designed to be of benefit to people either working or intending to work as:- Alternative Energy Installers or anyone just wishing to gain practical knowledge of Practical Alternative Energy Systems

P405 Managing Asbestos in Buildings is the industry standard qualification for those whose work involves asbestos management, such as duty holders and building managers. In addition to holding the qualification, they are required to undertake and provide evidence of annual refresher training. RP405 Refresher is a new course, specifically designed to meet this requirement. RP405 Refresher enables candidates to revise and update their knowledge on good asbestos management practices, and to receive a certificate of course completion by passing a written examination, which covers both the theory and practice of managing asbestos in buildings.

This course uses a non-traditional approach that improves all 4 Language Skills using materials from the students' own school courses. The training also focuses on examination techniques.