Onsite Training

• Why Choose Onsite Training?
• Why F1?
• F1 Offers...
• Closed Training Courses at F1 Offices
• Additional Advantages of Onsite Training
• Price Comparison Between Scheduled, Onsite and Closed Courses

Why Choose Onsite Training?

Onsite training is increasingly being considered a viable alternative to the more traditional training methods. It has the inherent advantage of complete flexibility in terms of content, approach and timescales which make it the obvious choice of many organisations.
It should noted that, if possible, onsite training should not be viewed in isolation but rather as part of an overall training package customised to the needs of both the individual and the organisation as a whole.

F1 is the only Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for Learning Solutions mandated by Microsoft to focus on developer training. We are able to offer a unique high quality onsite training service.  F1 is the only Microsoft Gold Certified Partner in the UK that covers the entire MCSD exam prospectus. We have developed our own curriculum to fill the gaps in the official Microsoft Curriculum.
We are the only Microsoft Gold Certified Partner in UK to do the full range of Architecture courses. We even sent our own developers to Seattle to be trained directly by Microsoft.
Microsoft chooses F1 to provide onsite training for their own support staff in various development languages including Access and Visual FoxPro. This indicates the high regard Microsoft has for F1.

Onsite training can be very cost effective compared to formal classroom based training. The normal calculation is that if the customer has 3 or more developers available at the same time for training it is less expensive than the classroom based equivalent course.

In addition there is significant time saving to be made by having F1 come to your site rather than your staff coming to one of our sites. This also means that your staff are available either before or after courses to cover their normal work activities.

As a development company in its own right F1 knows that in many cases the standard MOC courses may not be the answer to the technical training requirements of the organisation. 

Often organisation specific methodologies mean that some course topics need not be covered in detail or at all, while others may need to be covered in greater detail and with reference to current and future internal practices.

In discussion with one of our Trainers, customers are able to select from any modules from any of the 160+ Microsoft Official Curriculum Manuals to customise the course to your specific requirements.

Onsite training allows the customer to select which training approach most suits their requirements.  Training sessions can be product or language oriented, or they can be project focused, tuned to the real life environment the developers work in.

This saves customers the considerable time it takes to configure their own PCs for the courses. On average it takes about 4 hours per PC.

Mentoring is a worthwhile option to ensure that the knowledge gained in the formal training sessions is being implemented in real development projects.
The developer/trainer sits along side the developers observing how they are working and either by immediate and informal training or by more formal project reviews,  help ensure the developers stay on track.

If it is not practical to hold onsite training at your own premises, another alternative is to consider a closed training course at F1’s own offices in London and Bath.

The class learn as a team and, with the assistance of the trainer, are better able absorb product knowledge. The trainer can often tune onsite courses to reflect the actual development environment. If the intention is for staff to pass MCP exams, the class and the trainer are able focus on exam preparation.