{"id":7351,"date":"2017-07-02T13:52:48","date_gmt":"2017-07-02T13:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/?p=7351"},"modified":"2024-01-30T14:17:22","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T19:17:22","slug":"get-certified-comptia-fall-pitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/get-certified-comptia-fall-pitch\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Certified In CompTIA A+ This Fall Through PITCH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know a career as an entry level computer repair technician can start at a salary of $37,000 a year, and the PITCH program can help get you started?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe median annual PC Maintenance Technician I salary is $42,652, as of May 30, 2017, with a range of $37,943 to $48,219,&#8221; according to the career-matching platform\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.salary.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Salary.com<\/a>. &#8220;This can vary widely depending on a variety of factors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>St. Petersburg College offers this\u00a0<strong>FREE<\/strong> program for African-American males ages 18-24, which allows students to prepare in less than three months to earn a computer repair certification.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There&#39;s still time to apply for the FREE PITCH program. Register NOW! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BHpV88GBKv\">https:\/\/t.co\/BHpV88GBKv<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COMPTIA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COMPTIA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p8LzMu7I7Y\">pic.twitter.com\/p8LzMu7I7Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; St. Petersburg College (@spcnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/spcnews\/status\/888532797727657984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h5>PITCH dates<\/h5>\n<p>The following are important dates for the upcoming PITCH Fall 2017 term:<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 Registration Deadline: Friday, July 21<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> \u2022 Orientation: Monday, Aug. 7 at 5 &#8211; 6 p.m.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> \u2022 Fall\u00a0Classes Begin: Tuesday, Aug. 8<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong> \u2022 Fall\u00a0Classes End: Monday, Oct. 23<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All courses for the program are offered at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/friends-partners\/about\/locations\/midtown-center\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SPC Midtown Douglas L. Jamerson Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>More information about the program is available on <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/computer-repair-technician\/\">Careers &amp; Internships blog<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/computer-repair-technician\/<\/p>\n<h5>Technology degrees at SPC<\/h5>\n<p>Those who successfully complete this program can earn college credit. By enrolling in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/degrees-training\/technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SPC&#8217;s technology programs<\/a>, students\u00a0can\u00a0earn additional certifications as well associate and bachelor&#8217;s degrees.<\/p>\n<p>SPC\u00a0can train students for a long-term Information Technology career. With degrees and certificates in computer programming, cybersecurity, computer networking, web development and technology management, the college offers degrees that prepare students\u00a0for the best technology jobs.<\/p>\n<h5>Get more information<\/h5>\n<p>For more information about PITCH, please contact PITCH Advisors Ernest Gant at (727)302-6550 or\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:gant.ernest@spcollege.edu\">gant.ernest@spcollege.edu<\/a>\u00a0 or Jerick Daniels at (727)302-6550 or\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:daniels.jerick@spcollege.edu\">daniels.jerick@spcollege.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SPC offers PITCH, a FREE program for African-American males ages 18-24, which allows students to prepare to earn a computer repair certification.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1629,"featured_media":7384,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[4,10],"class_list":["post-7351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-career-exploration","tag-career-services","tag-internships"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1629"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7351"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10753,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7351\/revisions\/10753"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}