Overview of MATC IT Computer Support Specialist Program
The IT world has created exciting employment opportunities for anyone seeking a job in the technical world. Of those jobs, the IT computer support specialist, a technical support position, offers several advantages including higher salary, good working conditions and career growth. Being a part of leading edge technology within your organization is also a benefit. IT computer support specialist skills can easily be applied to any industry. Getting an MATC certificate or an associate degree in IT computer support will help you to jump-start your career in the IT field.
The people you would work with include: technical support personnel, non-technology specialists, day-to-day administration, programmers, operators and hardware engineers in such fields as business, medicine, manufacturing and education. You would also support computer systems and networks.
Based on the 2012 Graduate Career Report, IT computer support specialists’ employment opportunities are expected to grow the most in the State of Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development is projecting a statewide demand for computer support specialist through 2020.
According to MATC Graduate Career Report IT computer support specialist jobs are expected to be created at the highest rate among other IT jobs between now and 2017.