Knox County Career Center Students Earn Cisco Certified Technician Certification

Mount Vernon, OH – The Knox County Career Center (KCCC) had 20 students who
earned Cisco Certified Technician certifications.

The 20 students who earned the Cisco Certified Technician certifications are from the
Computer Network Technology (CNT) program at KCCC.

Cisco Certified Technicians have the skills to diagnose, restore, repair, and replace
critical Cisco networking and system devices at customer sites. The CCT certification is part of
the Cisco Networking Academy curriculum that is taught in the Computer Network Technology
lab.

Cisco Certified Technician Routing and Switching (CCT Routing and Switching)
certification focus on the skills required for onsite support and maintenance of Cisco routers,
switches, and operating environments. Technicians in this area must be able to identify Cisco
router and switch models, accessories, cabling, and interfaces; understand the Cisco IOS
Software operating modes and identify commonly found software, and be able to use the Cisco
Command Line Interface (CLI) to connect and service products. Achieving CCT Routing and
Switching certification is considered the best foundation for supporting other Cisco devices and
systems.

In order to earn the certification, each student has to pass a proctored exam with no
access to learning materials or the Internet. This certification is recognized by the Ohio
Department of Education and the Information Technology (IT) industry as a recognized
credential.