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If your dream is to become a great web designer and have the most recognised qualification for today's employment market, you'll need to study Adobe Dreamweaver.

We'd also suggest that you become fully conversant with the full Adobe Web Creative Suite, which incorporates Flash and Action Script, to be able to use Dreamweaver commercially as a web-designer. This knowledge can take you on to becoming an Adobe Certified Expert or Adobe Certified Professional (ACE or ACP).

In order to develop into a professional web-designer however, there is much more to consider. You will need to learn certain programming skills like HTML, PHP and MySQL. A good understanding of SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) and E-Commerce will also improve your CV and employability.

A question; why ought we to be looking at commercial qualifications rather than the usual academic qualifications gained through schools, colleges or universities?

With a growing demand for specific technological expertise, the IT sector has of necessity moved to specific, honed-in training that can only come from the vendors - for example companies like Adobe, Microsoft, CISCO and CompTIA. This usually turns out to involve less time and financial outlay.

Academic courses, for instance, become confusing because of a lot of loosely associated study - and a syllabus that's too generalised. Students are then held back from getting enough core and in-depth understanding on a specific area.

Imagine if you were an employer - and you required somebody who had very specific skills. What should you do: Pore through loads of academic qualifications from several applicants, having to ask what each has covered and which vocational skills have been attained, or choose particular accreditations that perfectly fit your needs, and then choose your interviewees based around that. You'll then be able to concentrate on getting a feel for the person at interview - instead of having to work out if they can do the job.

If you may be starting with a certification company who still utilises workshop days as part of their program, then consider these typical downsides experienced by many students:

* Regular travelling - very long trips usually.

* For those of us that work, then weekday only classes represent a difficulty in getting time off. You're usually facing several days in a row too.

* Don't ignore lost holiday time. Usually we're lucky to have twenty days annual leave. If over 50 percent is used in classes, then it doesn't leave much for us and our families.

* In a situation where running costs are very high, most training providers make the classes quite large - not really ideal (and far less personal).

* The 'pace' - centre-days often consist of trainees of different aptitude, consequently tension can be created between those that want to go quickly as opposed to those who prefer a more relaxed pace.

* Don't overlook the increased financial outlay of driving or taking public transport or bed and breakfast for the night either. Often, this will cost hundreds and even thousands of pounds extra. Take some time to add it all up - you may be surprised.

* It's important to maintain privacy. We don't want to risk losing any advancement that could awarded to us while we're training.

* Surely, all of us at some time have avoided asking a question, because we didn't want to look stupid?

* Working away from home - a fair few attendees find they have to work or live away for part of their study. Events are therefore hard to get to, unfortunately the money has already changed hands in your initial payment.

Why not watch on-screen and study with industry specialists one-to-one through videoed lessons, taking them when it's convenient for you, not someone else.

Whenever an ugly problem rears its head, get onto the live 24×7 support (that should come with any technical program.) Bear in mind, if your PC is a notebook PC, study isn't restricted to the home or office.

You don't have to worry about any note-taking - all the lessons and background info are laid out on a plate. Anything you want to do over, it's there.

Whilst this doesn't suddenly remove every problem, it undeniably makes things easier, simpler and less stressful. And you've reduced costs, hassle and travel.

(C) 2009 Scott Edwards. Pop over to www.AdultCareerTraining.co.uk/tact.html or MS Access Training.