In first place for the most common difficulty in the IT training sector is a requirement to attend multiple workshop days. A lot of trainers extol the virtues of the positive points of taking part in these events, usually though, they end up as a thorn in your side due to many reasons:

- Loads of travelling - frequent visits and quite often 100's of miles at a go.

- Workshop availability; often weekdays only and usually 2-3 days at a time. This can be difficult to get the days away from work.

- At only 4 weeks off each year, giving half of them to study workshops leaves us with very few opportunities for days off.

- Training events can become bloated with students.

- Often attendees hope to push through at quite a pace, others want a more steady pace and not be forced to adopt an uncomfortable speed for them. This brings tension and difficulty a lot of the time.

- Count the cost of all the travel, fares, accommodation, food and parking and you may be surprised (and not pleasantly). Students mention extra costs mounting to several hundred and sometimes thousands of pounds. Do the maths - and see for yourself.

- Quite a lot of trainees want study privacy to avoid any kind of questions from their current employer.

- Many of us avoid posing questions when surrounded by our fellow students - who wants to look like they're the only one who doesn't get it?

- There are those of us who on occasion work elsewhere in the country for several days at a time, imagine the increased difficulty in making the required events, when time is at a premium.

The most impressive solution is based on viewing a pre-made workshop - enabling you to learn any time of the day that suits. Whenever you experience difficulties, use the provided 24x7 live support (that you should have insisted on for any technical study.) Keep in mind, if your PC is a notebook PC, study can take place anywhere. You'll never have to write notes again - you have the lessons and accompanying information ready-made for you. If you want to re-do anything, it's there. The final result: Reduced stress, more money in the bank, and absolutely no travelling.

The way in which your courseware is broken down for you is usually ignored by most students. In what way are your training elements sectioned? And in what order and do you have a say in when you'll get each part? Normally, you'll enrol on a course staged over 2 or 3 years and receive a module at a time. It seems to make sense on one level, but consider these issues: Sometimes the steps or stages pushed by the company's salespeople doesn't suit all of us. It may be difficult to get through all the elements inside of their particular timetable?

To provide the maximum security and flexibility, it's normal for most trainees to insist that all study materials are posted to them in one go, with nothing held back. That means it's down to you in what order and how fast or slow you'd like to take your exams.

Throw out the typical salesperson who recommends a training program without a decent chat to gain understanding of your current abilities as well as level of experience. Make sure they can draw from a wide-enough array of training so they're actually equipped to solve your training issues. If you've got a strong background, or maybe some commercial experience (maybe some existing accreditation?) then obviously your starting point will vary from a trainee who has no experience. Working through a foundation module first may be the ideal way to get into your IT training, but depends on your skill level.

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