How do I get started as an IT Contract Tech? I explain the core skillsets you need to get started as a new tech on platforms like Field Nation and Work Market. If you’re new to the industry, this video explains some Level 2 skills you need and the types of jobs you can get to earn money as a freelance I.T. Contract Technician.
Platforms like Field Nation, Work Market, and even direct Field Nation alternative clients have service calls available to help you build your skill sets so you can become a tech professional.
Guerilla tactics to get your first jobs: https://youtu.be/yhu7eQosrgA
Real example service calls: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeKQphKP6d0bcd6hnTytnqOxd9ok9NkFb
Understanding the Field Nation System: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeKQphKP6d0agikXwgsxwNF-HaLvbVNQf
Understanding the WorkMarket System: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeKQphKP6d0ZDxB_ZoUifgsoPTSp7aYYj
I offer one-on-one coaching and have a downloadable skillset and equipment list on my website to help you maximize your Field Nation and Work Market profiles: https://fieldtechacademy.com/shop/
I have been in the freelance IT tech industry since 2000, on Field Nation since 2010, and on Work Market since 2011. Field Tech Academy gives you the secrets of 20+ years of experience how you can succeed as an Independent IT Field Tech working with Field Nation alternative companies.
Have questions about Field Nation or other platforms or want me to cover something I missed in a video? Feel free to leave me comments and I’ll do my best to help! If you would like to learn more about how to find clients or about being an independent IT field technician, watch our other videos and visit our website for coaching services.
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Video Transcript:
You may have heard of platforms like Field
Nation or WorkMarket or CloudWork Pro,
but you’re not really sure
what kinds of jobs to expect to get from those platforms
or whether you can even do them. There are even Field Nation alternative clients you can work with to do service calls.
Hello, this is Michael Field Tech Academy.
In my previous video
it was geared towards green newbie
guys that don’t have a lot of experience.
In this video, I’m going to be talking about technicians that have additional skill sets
and are maybe a little more experienced
in the technology field.
In my previous video,
I talked about the four main categories
that an entry level tech can do,
which is computer hardware, as well as
point of sale computer hardware,
doing site surveys for future installs,
doing de-installation tickets,
which are awesome.
Get to tear stuff up.
And then finally helper and assist tickets
where you’re helping another technician
that has experience.
If you’re someone who has had experience
with low voltage cabling or network
hardware, then you can kind of fall
into another category.
There are a lot of network hardware jobs
you can get on these platforms.
And in the I.T.
contracting industry.
The network hardware category requires
a little bit more skill set
and a few more tools.
But still it’s a pretty good entry
level spot.
The biggest challenge for network
hardware is recognizing
what the pieces of equipment are.
You know what a switch is,
what a firewall is, what a cradlepoint is.
Sometimes with network hardware, you have to physically mount a rack on the wall.
Some of those things
can take some higher level tools.
Number one, it’s going to be physically
mounting hardware in a rack.
All that that’s really going to require
is putting the rack ears
on a piece of equipment,
physically putting it in the rack,
cabling it in the back,
according to the instructions
that you’re given by your tech support.
So you’ll need to be able to understand
when they say, hey, you know, we need to
have you connect this port
on the switch to this port on the router.
You need be able
to recognize what those devices are.
They’re going to tell you
to hook up to the Internet circuit.
That means you need to be able to identify
is it a cable modem?
Is it a fiber modem?
How is the Internet coming into the suite
and how do I get that from that modem
to the device
that I need to go to. Another
part of network
hardware is installing
access points in the ceiling.
That’s going to require
a little more skill set of understanding
how to mount something to a ceiling grid,
how to mount something to drywall.
The next aspect of network hardware,
what we call “rack and stack” or
“smart hands”, is actually being smart
hands to the remote tech support groups.
What that means is
you’re going to have to have a laptop.
You’re going to need to have a USB
to serial adapter,
a Cisco console cable to go
from that serial port to Cisco equipment,
a straight through or crossover
serial cable.
You’ll need
those items as well as a Windows
laptop with a free program called Putty,
the ability to have the remote tech
support remote into your laptop.
So you’ll need to have hotspot capability,
and then you’ll give access
to the remote tech support
and then in most cases, they literally do
the work from your laptop
while you sit there and watch.
And that’s the beauty of the network
hardware type
jobs is you don’t have to know how to do
the programing on the software.
You don’t have to know how to do the line
item code.
You just have to be able to physically
put it in the rack,
get the cable connections
in, get your laptop connected to it,
get your hotspot on, connect
to a remote session
and turn the tech support guys loose
and they will do all the work for you.
Usually the network hardware jobs
pay much better than say,
the computer assembly jobs, computer
troubleshooting, point of sale.
The hourly rates or the flat
rates are generally much higher.
So this is the second tier
that you really want to shoot for.
If you’re just getting started in this
industry and you’re curious what doing I.T.
contracting might look like.
On my YouTube channel,
I have a playlist that is called Service
Call Examples.
Go into that and you can watch
some of the tickets that I’ve done.
You can get an idea of what it really
looks like to be on one of these jobs for Field Nation alternative clients.
Hopefully this gives you some confidence
to get out there and start bidding on jobs
and taking them and get out there
making some money in this field.
If you got value today, from what
I shared, please smash that like button
and subscribe to my YouTube channel
so that I can continue to grow and provide
material like this.
As always, let’s get you out in the field
making money.
I’ll see you in the next video.