If you fancy being a web designer, find a course in Adobe Dreamweaver. In order to use Dreamweaver professionally as a web designer, a full understanding of the full Adobe Web Creative Suite (which includes Flash and Action Script) is in our opinion essential. With this knowledge, you could subsequently become an Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) or Adobe Certified Professional (ACP).

In order to become a web designer of professional repute however, there are other things to consider. You'll need to bolt on programming skills like HTML, PHP and MySQL. A good understanding of E-Commerce and SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) will give your CV some extra credibility and make you more employable.

A sneaky way that training providers make extra profits is via an 'exam inclusive' package and presenting it as a guarantee for your exams. It looks like a good deal, until you think it through:

Thankfully, today we are a little more 'marketing-savvy' - and usually we grasp that it is something we're paying for - they're not just being charitable and doling out freebies! Passing first time is everyone's goal. Progressively working through your exams one at a time and funding them one at a time sees you much better placed to get through first time - you prepare appropriately and are conscious of what you've spent.

Look for the very best offer you can when you're ready, and hang on to your cash. You'll also be able to choose where to do the examinations - so you can find somewhere local. Many unscrupulous training companies secure huge amounts of money through asking for all the exam fees up-front and hoping either that you won't take them, or it will be a long time before you do. It's worth noting that exam re-takes through organisations with an 'Exam Guarantee' are always heavily controlled. They'll insist that you take mock exams first until you've proven that you're likely to pass.

Exams taken at VUE and Prometric centres are currently clocking in at an average of 112 pounds in Britain at the time of writing. Students should be very wary of forking out hundreds of pounds extra in 'Exam Guarantee' costs (usually wrapped up in the course package price) - when the best course materials, the right level of support and a commitment to studying and the use of authorised exam preparation tools are actually the key to your success.

We'd all like to believe that our careers will always be secure and our future is protected, but the growing likelihood for the majority of jobs throughout Great Britain at the moment is that security just isn't there anymore. However, a quickly growing market-place, where staff are in constant demand (as there is a massive shortage of commercially certified professionals), opens the possibility of proper job security.

Using the Information Technology (IT) business for example, the most recent e-Skills study demonstrated a skills deficit around the country in excess of 26 percent. Alternatively, you could say, this reveals that the country is only able to source 3 trained people for every four jobs existing today. This alarming concept reveals the requirement for more properly qualified computing professionals in Great Britain. It's unlikely if a better time or market state of affairs could exist for getting trained into this quickly emerging and blossoming sector.

Many companies only concern themselves with gaining a certificate, and avoid focusing on what it's all actually about - getting yourself a new job or career. Your focus should start with the end in mind - don't make the vehicle more important than the destination. You may train for one year and then end up doing a job for a lifetime. Don't make the mistake of taking what may be an 'interesting' course only to waste your life away with a job you don't like!

It's well worth a long chat to see what expectations industry may have of you. Which particular exams they will want you to have and how you'll build your experience level. It's also worth spending time assessing how far you reckon you're going to want to build your skill-set as it will often force you to choose a particular set of certifications. It's good advice for all students to chat with highly experienced advisors before they embark on a study program. This is essential to ensure it features what is required for that career path.

If you're like many of the students we talk to then you've always enjoyed practical work - the 'hands-on' type. Usually, the trial of reading reference books and manuals would be considered as a last resort, but you'd hate it. Consider interactive, multimedia study if learning from books is not your thing. Where possible, if we can involve all our senses in the learning process, then the results are usually dramatically better.

Top of the range study programs now offer interactive CD and DVD ROM's. Through instructor-led video classes you'll absorb the modules, one by one, by way of the expert demonstrations. Then it's time to test your knowledge by practicing and interacting with the software. Every company that you look at must be pushed to demo some simple examples of the type of training materials they provide. Expect video tutorials, instructor led classes and a wide selection of interactive elements.

Seek out disc based courseware (On CD or DVD) where possible. This then avoids all the potential pitfalls with the variability of broadband quality and service.

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