Contractor Position – Covered 6 Cyber Security Technician (CST) Program - Assistant Instructor​

Location: Primarily Remote / Occasional Travel to Ventura, California (Up to 15%)
Duration: 5-week cycles (200 hours total per cohort)
Hours: Average of 25 hours a week
Compensation: Competitive contractor rate dependent on experience.

About the Program​

The Covered 6 Cybersecurity Specialist Training (CST) Program is a 5-week, 200-hour intensive course designed to prepare students for careers in cybersecurity and IT. The program blends classroom instruction with hands-on labs, ensuring students are ready for industry-recognized certifications including CompTIA A+, Network+, and Security+. For more information, please visit https://www.covered6.com/.

Position Overview​

We are seeking an experienced cybersecurity lab instructor to deliver high-quality instruction to adult learners preparing for careers in IT and cybersecurity. This is a remote contractor role, though occasional on-site teaching in Moorpark, CA is required (travel included). The instructor will lead daily live lab sessions, facilitate discussions, and ensure students are prepared for CompTIA certification exams.

Key Responsibilities​

• Deliver hands-on labs covering CompTIA A+, Network+, and Security+ objectives.
• Lead students through real-world exercises in hardware, networking, security, and troubleshooting.
• Occasionally cover lecture content of CompTIA material.
• Provide mentorship, guidance, and exam preparation strategies for learners of diverse backgrounds.
• Collaborate with program staff to refine curriculum and align labs with industry best practices.
• Assess student performance through quizzes, lab evaluations, and practical scenarios.
• Travel to Southern California as needed for in-person lab delivery or events.

Required Qualifications​

• Current CompTIA A+, Network+, and Security+ certifications (or higher-level certifications with ability to teach fundamentals). Will consider experience in lieu of certifications.
• 2-5 years of professional experience in IT support, networking, or cybersecurity roles.
• 2-5 years of instructional or training experience, ideally with adult learners or veterans. Will consider relevant education as experience.
• Strong command of provided lab-based teaching methods and hands-on exercises.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, cohort-based program environment.

Preferred Qualifications​

• Experience with other CompTIA certifications or related credentials.
• Background in curriculum development and instructional design but not required.
• Familiarity with virtual lab platforms and blended learning delivery.
• Prior work in educational institutions, defense, or law enforcement environments.

How to Apply​

Please submit the following to [email protected]

1. Resume or CV
2. List of current certifications and expiration dates
3. Brief cover letter highlighting relevant teaching and cybersecurity experience
4. At least one reference from a training or technical role
5. Must be a US. Citizen and willing to travel

Is Linux+ V8 (New Version) eBOOK available on CompTIA Store for purchase or it will be available as a Learn profile under compTIA portal?

Join CIN and special guest Lynn Warne for the CIN TTT Series: A+ Core 1 220-1201. The series will cover ten sessions covering the A+ Core 1 exam domains. Lynn will teach the advanced skills and concepts covered on the exam as well as hands-on activities with key technology tools to help students launch a career in IT.

What: CIN TTT Series A+ Core 1 1201 10 sessions
When: April 1, 2025, 6:00 - 8:00 PM Central Daylight Time, Tuesday and Thursday through May 1, 2025
Who: Lynn Warne
Where: ON24

REGISTER HERE

Join us for our next CIN Exclusive live-stream event!

Get ready to participate in a hands-on, practical cyber exercise with CompTIA, Cubic, and Cloud Range Cyber. For the next CompTIA Learning session, we’ll be conducting a cyber range exercise focused on protecting critical communications infrastructure. This will be a workshop, so prepare yourselves to interact with experts as you learn unique skill combinations that solve today’s critical issues. Throughout the session, AWS and Cubic will outline critical ways to manage, improve, and secure Mission Partner Environment (MPE) networks and communications. They will outline ways to cope with Denied, Degraded, Intermittent, and Limited (DDIL) environments, for example. All the while, we will all work hand-in-hand in a cyber range. We’ll be working inline and in real-time with experts who will help you learn the skills to help unify and secure edge and cloud for better communications and outcomes.

By the end of this session, you will be able to:

• Describe the critical infrastructure attack surface at the tactical edge for enterprise and cloud environments
• Discuss typical and asymmetric attacks that occur
• Identify critical, hands-on security analytics methods for protecting communications
• Create new cross-skilling pathways and learning opportunities with confidence

This session will last roughly three (3) hours. We will divide the action into three parts. In the first 30 minutes, AWS and Cubic will outline the opportunities and problems that today’s tech workers need to solve. We will then delve into a cyber range where you can hone practical skills and identify future learning pathways for you and/or your group.

Candidates can earn CEUs for the following certifications:

• CompTIA A+ ce
• CompTIA Network+ ce
• CompTIA Security+ ce
• CompTIA DataSys+ ce
• CompTIA Linux+ ce
• CompTIA Cloud+ ce

What: Skills for protecting mission-critical infrastructure: A hands-on workshop
When: Wednesday, October 29, 2025 8:00 PM CST
Where: Room: Hawai'i Convention Center 302AB
Who: Dr. James Stanger, CompTIA, Bri Frost, Cloud Range, Jason Stutt, Cloud Range, Yuri Sidorov, Cubic

Livestream Registration Here
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Hello guys! does our current Linux+ TTT are available on-demand? I missed a session and I want to watch it.

I am planning to write server+ exam next week, any suggestions, tips, techniques to be followed in the exam to be able to pass it, thanks

Hi everyone,

Please share your experience for A+ Core1 and Core2 preparation.
Do you think attending TTT series alone is enough?
What materials/sites you used for prep?
How long you took to prepare?
Any specific tips?

Regards

Hey everyone please share with your Netowork anyone who would wanna

This giveaway is our way of saying THANK YOU to everyone who’s supported The Ginger Hacker Initiative and helped us keep making cybersecurity education accessible for all.

no cost and is a Security + test voucher only Free to enter !

After weeks of study and practice, I’m excited to share that I passed the CompTIA Network+ (N10-009) exam .
the exam has 5 performance time-challenge questions, and a lot of other tricky MC .
Next : Cloud +!!.

Hello everyone! My name is Andrew Crotty, and I’m excited to join the CompTIA Instructor Network. I’m a cybersecurity professional with over a decade of experience across military, government, and private-sector environments currently serving as a Cyber Network Defense Analyst and the Founder of The Ginger Hacker Initiative, a nonprofit focused on helping individuals break into cybersecurity through mentorship and certification support. I’m passionate about teaching, community building, and empowering the next generation of cyber professionals, and I look forward to learning, sharing, and collaborating with you all.

Discord: https://discord.gg/gh6KFVYG

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-crotty-377b3466/

Since there is an announcement...


PRE-DRAFT CompTIA Linux+XK0-006 Exam Objectives (pdf) (922 KB)


So you can start preparing already for that one in 2025 or 26?

Michael

Is there any timeline for the next Train the Trainer (TTT) for PenTest+?

Hi everyone,

Was wondering where I can access the PDF for the Instructor Guide and the Official PowerPoint slides for Training.
How do we usually get these materials? Are they provided after enrollment, or do we need to request them separately?

Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated.


Thank you in advance!

I just noticed how every trainer has a different ‘teaching style’ when delivering A+ or Network+. Some go deep into theory, others focus on troubleshooting labs. If you had to pick, what’s the one thing you never skip in your training sessions?

My Cysa+ is set to expire in Dec. and I have my CEU's for the SecurityX TTT and 15 hours of conferences. I had intended completing the SecurityX exam now but best laid plans.
Can anyone make in recommendations for suggestions as to training that will be credited?

I am no longer doing the Cisco track so I am looking at either,

CERTMASTER LABS FOR SECURITYX (EXAM CAS-005) - 40 CEUs
or
CERTMASTER LEARN FOR SECURITYX (EXAM CAS-005) - 40 CEUs

Has anyone got any sugguestions?

Thanks
Greg Porter

To whom it may concern,

I made a post about changing jobs, and I hoped that @Stephen Schneiter had gotten my response to that post. I have noticed people on here claiming that they had received them. I am hoping that because I completed both A+ TTT, I did not miss out on the vouchers due to my job change.

I would appreciate any advice or help on this.

Thanks

From now on ward this is where i will be posting Birthday Celebrant

I already watched the entire series of SecurityX CAS-005 on demand. When will I get the voucher?

Would there be a certificate after completing the TTT security+ sessions?

Today, I visited the CompTIA Store to purchase the Network+ Instructor Guide eBook, but I found that this product is no longer available in the store. I noticed a new product, CompTIA Network+ CertMaster Study, priced the same as the original eBook, and it’s the same for other courses as well. Can someone explain this to me? If I want the official slides for instructors, which are typically included in the Instructor Guide eBook, where can I purchase or access them now?

Role Description

This is a full-time on-site role for Lead Trainers at Averroes Academy Riyadh. The Lead Trainers will be responsible for developing and promoting the training programs, hiring the necessary training staff, planning and organizing training sessions, and evaluating the effectiveness of training programs. The Lead Trainers will also be required to work closely with other staff to ensure the highest quality of training and education is provided to the students.

Qualifications

• CompTIA Certified Trainer is mandatory requirement. Knowledge of CompTIA Portal is a requirement
• Residing in Riyadh or able to relocate to Riyadh.
• Experience in developing and delivering training programs/short courses in physical attendance classes (CompTIA only)
• Strong organizational and planning skills
• Ability to evaluate the students
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work collaboratively with other educators and trainers
• TVTC experience is a plus
• Past performance and clientelle history will be also be considered
• Selection of candidate is subject to training history in the related field

Send your CV to [email protected] with the subject "Application for CompTIA Lead Trainer"

We're looking for experienced trainers/mentors to join our team and teach a variety of CompTIA IT / Cyber / Cloud / PMP / CSM / Azure certification courses, including:

• CompTIA A+
• Network+
• Security+
• Cloud+
• PenTest+
• CySA+
• PMP
• ITIL
• Scrum
• Azure

About Us
We are a well-established post-secondary tech training school located in Tampa, FL. Our mission is to empower students to achieve their tech career goals. With consistent cohorts throughout the year, we provide a supportive and flexible teaching environment providing consistent teaching gigs throughout the year. This assignment would be contract work, part time. Active certification maintained through CEU's works or certified in the latest version of the above certifications. No degree required. No clearance is necessary but would be a bonus. Local trainers would be ideal and training is remote. We are in FL so Eastern Standard Time. Language would be English.

What We're Looking For

• Experienced Instructors: Prior hands on experience in the field as well as teaching, training, and mentoring experience in all of the above.
• Certifications: Must hold current certifications in what you will be teaching.
• Flexibility: Local trainers are preferred but delivery is remote for the right candidate and can work around your schedule as we have day and evening cohorts
• Engaging Educators: Trainers who can inspire and guide students, ensuring strong engagement and high pass rates as well as job placement rates.
• Looking for our trainers to be part of our team for the long haul. I will always try to keep the gigs coming!
• If you can bring your ideas to the table to make processes better, classes engagine and outcomes for students more successful, let's talk.

Why Join Us?

• Flexible Scheduling: Work around your other gigs or commitments.
• Competitive Pay: Starting at $30/hour with opportunities for increases/bonuses based on performance, student engagement, after class attention to student needs, pass rates and job placement rates. Time can be spent assisting the school in process improvements, new ideas to attract new students and provide successful outcomes for all.
• Future Growth Opportunities: We’re expanding our course offerings in 2025 to include ITIL, Scrum, and PMP, Azure and end of 2025 looking at adding AWS, CISM, CISSP, CASP. If you’re certified in these areas, we’d love to chat!

Next Steps
If you’re interested in being part of our team or would like to learn more, please reply.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Question, in TestOut when a student was taking a quiz, they were not allowed to open another TestOut tab without kicking them out of the exam. I realized today that while students were taking a quiz, one student had 4 CompTIA tabs open. 1 to launch the exam, 1 to take the exam and the other 2 the student was scrolling through the curriculum, looking up answers.

Does CompTIA have the functionality to not allow them to open other CompTIA tabs while taking an exam?

G'day everyone!

I bought the Sybex Wiley study guide for Linux+ v8 (XK0-006), because that's the book my students will also be using.

I was looking forward to the authors' take on a few of the new objectives, most importantly 4.5 on the responsible use of AI and LLM.

The book's preface promises that objective 4.5 is discussed in a chapter, plus the header page for that same chapter says it's in there. But no. Absolutely zero mention of AI, LLM and related topics. It's not in the index, it's not in the table of contents, not a word is breathed about the whole objective 4.5

I've submitted an erratum form to Sybex Wiley, who have "forwarded it to second line"... but it's gone dead silent since then.

I also noticed that this new version of the book no longer has Christine Bresnahan on the cover; it's now only mr Blum. I wonder why.

Hello CompTIA Community,

My name is Paul Pearson the president of a non profit in Northern VA called Eduruna that is dedicated using students and technology to strengthen communities. We create exciting ways to help students succeed in school and prepare for the future.

We are currently seeking a CompTIA certified instructor to volunteer as a mentor and advisor to our board. This is a fantastic opportunity to share your expertise, inspire students, and help guide our organization’s mission. All mentoring is done online through our discord server.

If you’re interested or would like more information, please reach out to me at [email protected]