Systems & infrastructure
Secure and support Windows users, devices, services and logs in an isolated professional lab.
Course outline: enrolment opens after THNF content and assessment review.
What you will be able to do
Course structure
Explain, demonstrate and verify **windows editions, hardware and safe virtual labs** using an authorised lab and a realistic Sierra Leone scenario.
Explain, demonstrate and verify **files, ntfs permissions and local accounts** using an authorised lab and a realistic Sierra Leone scenario.
Explain, demonstrate and verify **processes, services, registry and event viewer** using an authorised lab and a realistic Sierra Leone scenario.
Explain, demonstrate and verify **networking, firewall and remote administration** using an authorised lab and a realistic Sierra Leone scenario.
Explain, demonstrate and verify **powershell objects, pipeline and help** using an authorised lab and a realistic Sierra Leone scenario.
Explain, demonstrate and verify **powershell scripting and error handling** using an authorised lab and a realistic Sierra Leone scenario.
Explain, demonstrate and verify **windows hardening, patching and backup** using an authorised lab and a realistic Sierra Leone scenario.
Explain, demonstrate and verify **support and administration capstone** using an authorised lab and a realistic Sierra Leone scenario.
Access and progression
The required capability matters; the learner does not have to personally own every device.
Aspiring ICT technicians, helpdesk staff and people supporting schools, SMEs or community organisations.
Personal 64-bit computer with 8 GB RAM and 60 GB free, or use the managed lab device at a readiness-approved THNF centre.
An authorised isolated virtual lab supplied and supervised by the training team; never use production or third-party systems without written permission.
Junior ICT, helpdesk, network-support, systems-support or hardware-support trainee.
Progression is not a guarantee of employment or external certification.Refurbished or modest hardware, schools and SMEs, power fluctuation, UPS/surge protection, intermittent connectivity and locally repairable solutions.
Skills in context
These are realistic directions that the skills can support—not promises of employment, job titles or external certification.
Networking, systems and cloud
