IT support & cybersecurity
IT Support & Cybersecurity Foundations
Practise first-line computer support, safe device setup and everyday security in an authorised teaching lab.

What you’ll learn
- Record a support issue and follow a safe troubleshooting process
- Complete supervised device and user-setting checks
- Explain basic connectivity and backup checks
- Recognise common security risks and document safe escalation
Learn by doing
Complete practical activities and an assessed project with guidance from your instructor.
Your three-month journey
Module 1
Weeks 1–2: Support practice, hardware and lab safety
Module 2
Weeks 3–4: Operating systems and account settings
Module 3
Weeks 5–6: Connectivity and backup basics
Module 4
Weeks 7–8: Everyday security and incident reporting
Module 5
Weeks 9–10: Helpdesk simulation and project
Module 6
Weeks 11–12: Practical assessment and portfolio
Before you apply
Entry requirements and equipment
The current sponsored programme is for adults aged 18 or over who can attend in Monrovia.
- Confident computer use, files and internet basics. No prior IT employment is required.
What’s included and what it costs
This pathway is intended for sponsor-funded places. A place is free only when SIT publishes an approved funded cohort with its full cost coverage. Dates and places are currently to be confirmed. Practice does not require a personal paid software subscription.
Review the cost coverage of your selected intake. Applying or registering interest does not require a donation.
Assessment and certificate
SIT Learning certificate of completion after the practical portfolio and individual assessment. Feedback and supported reassessment are included in the teaching plan. This is not a vendor certification or employment guarantee.
DATES & CLASS PLACES
Cohorts for this course
There is no published cohort yet. Dates and class capacity will appear here once confirmed.
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