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Networking, device management and security: the verified foundation every help-desk and IT-support role is built on. Three IT Specialist credentials in one certification pathway.
Training for all three certifications is included with your bundle. Learn at your own pace, mapped to the official exam objectives, then certify when you're ready.

Hiring managers don't fill IT support roles off a single badge. They look for someone who can stand up a network, lock it down and keep the devices on it running.
That's exactly what this pathway proves: three IT Specialist credentials that, together, map to the day-one expectations of a help-desk or technical-support role.
Networking: how networks are built, addressed and connected.
Device configuration and management: the operating systems, hardware and mobile devices users depend on.
Network security: the threats networks face and the defenses that keep an organization safe.
This pathway mirrors the official Certiport My Pathway structure. Training for all three is included with your bundle, and exams can be taken in any order.

The on-ramp to the network world. Prove you understand how networks are built, addressed and connected.

The hands-on heart of IT support. Prove you can set up, secure and maintain the systems and devices real users depend on.

The credential that turns a support tech into a trusted one. Prove you understand threats and the practices that keep an organization safe.

Employers can't see your skills until something breaks. A certification pathway gives them proof before they hire you.

IT applicants all claim the same skills.

Nobody lets an untested trainee touch user devices or the network.

Small businesses hesitate to hand their systems to an unknown technician.

Trial-and-error troubleshooting wastes users' time.

Remote employers need a standard they recognize.
Learn on your own with OneSkillAway or with a trainer at EdgePoint. Both paths lead to OneCertificationAway.
LearnKey training for all three certifications, plus vouchers, retakes and GMetrix practice tests.
The same pathway with a trainer and career coaching. Cohorts start 1 January, 1 April, 1 July and 1 October, with a minimum of 10 candidates. Switch from self-paced by paying the difference.
Sit the official exams in any order at a Certiport Authorized Testing Center, or online where there's no center nearby, and become a certified graduate.
Book your exam →Both paths lead to OneCertificationAway, and both unlock SkillUp Pro. Not every pathway runs as a guided class, so check available classes first.
SkillUp Pro has no annual fee. Buying any pathway bundle (self-paced or guided) or any Mastery Challenge unlocks it automatically; à -la-carte purchases don't. Once you're a member, every additional à -la-carte voucher you buy that year is 25% off. It doesn't discount the bundles themselves, and discounts don't stack.
Sit your exams at a Certiport Authorized Testing Center, or online if there's no center near you.
Sit your exams at a Certiport Authorized Testing Center (CATC) near you, with the workstation and connection provided.
Available only where there's no Certiport Authorized Testing Center nearby. Exams are live-proctored through Certiport Compass Cloud, and you need a full workstation with a webcam and a fast, stable connection. You earn the same certificate and badge.
Get the bundle today. Train all three certifications on OneSkillAway or with an EdgePoint trainer, then certify when you're ready to prove it.
EPCON is Zimbabwe's National Student Technology Skills Championship. Certification is the first stage: get certified, build a capstone project, then pitch it.
Registrations open 1 November 2026, and the national finals take place on 3–4 December 2027.
IT Specialist Networking qualifies you for the CCST Networking track. Device Configuration & Management and Network Security strengthen your capstone but don't qualify for a track on their own.