The Course Programme That 1,400 System Administrators Actually Finished
Live labs on real infrastructure. Cohorts of 16. Your instructors still hold root access somewhere — not just certifications.
No obligations. We'll map a development path that fits your team's schedule.
Labs on production-grade kit
Not sandboxed playgrounds. You'll break things, fix them, and understand why the fix worked — on the same hardware your employer actually runs.
Small cohorts, always
Sixteen people max. That's not a marketing number we bend when bookings are high. It's a hard cap.
Instructors with current access
Every instructor on our roster has active responsibilities in a live environment. Theory-only teachers don't make the cut here.
Post-course support for 90 days
Questions don't stop when the course ends. Neither does our help. You get direct access to your instructor for three months after.
1,437
Sysadmins trained
94%
Course completion rate
(over the last 3 years)
8.9/10
Average instructor rating
47
Corporate clients across the UK
Programmes built for where you
actually are in your career
For Junior Administrators
You've got the job title but the real work still feels shaky. This course covers the things you'll actually do every day — monitoring dashboards, managing user accounts, handling permissions, and reading logs without panicking. Practical, not theoretical. You'll walk out with muscle memory, not just notes.
For Senior Engineers
You know how things work. But knowing and doing it under pressure at scale — those are different things, and you already know that. This is the course where senior people stop nodding along and start getting pushed. We cover the stuff that doesn't make it into documentation, the ugly decisions nobody writes blog posts about.
- Automation at the org level, not the script level
- Capacity planning that finance actually understands
- Incident command and post-mortems that change things
For Team Leads & Managers
People skills meet technical reality. Hiring sysadmins, running capacity reviews, negotiating with vendors, and leading post-mortems that don't turn into blame sessions. Short. Punchy. Built for people who don't have three weeks to spare.
For Career Changers
Coming from helpdesk? Development? Another corner of IT entirely? This 12-week intensive programme is designed to get you job-ready as a junior sysadmin. Honestly, it's hard work — we won't pretend otherwise. But people who finish it tend to land roles within a few months. We cover fundamentals, real-world troubleshooting, and how to interview for roles you haven't held yet.
Three steps. That's it.
Book a Consultation
Fill in the form or ring us. We'll have a 30-minute conversation about where your team is right now and where you want them to be. No sales deck, no pressure — just an honest chat about what might actually help.
Build Your Plan
We put together a training plan. Some teams need two days. Others need twelve weeks. The plan fits the problem, not the other way round. You'll know exactly what it costs before you commit to anything.
Start the Cohort
Your people join a cohort of up to 16. Live labs, live instructors, real problems. And after the course wraps, your team keeps access to the lab environment for another 30 days. Done.
What people walked away with
40% fewer tickets
“We sent four of our juniors through the entry-level programme last spring. Within three months, our internal ticket volume dropped by roughly 40%. The thing is, they weren't just resolving faster — they were catching issues before users even noticed. I didn't expect that from a five-day course.”
Helen Crossley
Head of IT, regional logistics firm
Promoted in 5 months
“…wasn't sure the career-changer track would work for someone coming from a dev background, but it filled in all the gaps I didn't know I had. The scheduling was a pain, honestly — evening sessions on Wednesdays clashed with my other commitments. But the content itself was worth rearranging things for. Got my first sysadmin role about five months after finishing.”
Marcus Ojo
Junior Systems Administrator, Manchester-based SaaS company
3 incidents, zero escalations
“Look, I've been doing this for eleven years. I was sceptical. But the incident command module changed how our entire team handles outages. We had three major incidents last quarter and none of them escalated beyond the on-call engineer. That's never happened before.”
Priya Anand
Senior Infrastructure Engineer, financial services
Common questions
How do you handle scheduling for teams spread across different shifts?
We run cohorts on staggered schedules — some mornings, some late afternoons, a few evenings. For larger teams, we can split people across two cohorts running in parallel so you're never left without cover. That said, we can't run sessions on weekends. We've tried it before and the completion rates were poor, so we stopped. It's better to find a weekday pattern that works than to force weekend sessions nobody wants to attend.
Are there any prerequisites?
Depends on the course. The junior programme assumes basic familiarity with a command line — that's about it. Senior courses expect at least two years in a sysadmin or infrastructure role. Career changers need some form of IT background, but it doesn't have to be systems work.
What's included in the course fee?
All live instruction, lab access during and for 30 days after the course, course materials, and 90 days of post-course support from your instructor. Exam fees for external certifications from recognised industry bodies are not included — those are paid directly to the certification body. We'll point you to the right ones, but we don't mark them up or bundle them in.
What's your refund policy?
Full refund if you cancel more than 14 days before the cohort starts. Within 14 days, we offer a transfer to the next available cohort at no extra cost. No refunds once the course has begun.
Can I attend remotely?
Yes. About 60% of our participants join remotely now. The labs are fully accessible over a browser-based console, so you don't need anything special on your end. We'd be lying if we said the remote experience is identical to in-person — there's something about being in the room during a live troubleshooting session that a webcam can't quite replicate. But it's close, and we've put serious effort into making the remote setup work well.
Ready to talk about your team's training?
A 30-minute conversation. No slide decks, no upsells. Just a frank discussion about what your sysadmins actually need right now.
Book a Free ConsultationTalk to a Specialist
Tell us a bit about your team and we'll arrange a call with someone who's actually done the job — not a sales rep reading from a script.
Phone
+44 161 820 3947Address
4th Floor, St. James's Buildings
79 Oxford Street
Manchester M1 6FQ