Unitek Education

THIEVES!!! On ²⁄₁₈ I called about a class, planned on taking it, gave them my credit card. They sent over the paperwork, but later that afternoon I decided to switch to a local company. I NEVER SIGNED THE PAPERWORK, yet they still processed the credit card payment. Now OVER 2 weeks later, after MULTIPLE emails and phone calls, they still have NOT REFUNDED my credit card.

I took the EMT Refresher here at Unitek. I needed to get my re-​cert and needed to get it quickly. Pretty straight forward, I called they signed me up and I got my text book. Their were 11 of other EMT Refresher students. The classroom was huge for the small class, but the more space the merrier.
Coffee was free and always available which was great to get through the three days of 8 hour lecture. The instructors were educated and very knowledgeable. Hands on portion was very straight forward, up to NREMT spec.
Looks, its three days for eight hours to get my recert. Done deal. They also have a 14 Day EMT Program which sounds crazy! But its close to how I got my EMT through the service.
Great Program I would highly recommend it to anyone who needs their EMT Re-​Certified.

I took the 14 day EMT boot camp. It was good but its such a fast pace course, if you are going in with zero medical experience or schooling, its gonna be a tough class. I was a firefighter so it was easy for mW but everyone else that had no background were struggling. So if your willing to cough up those few thousand dollars, take that into consideration
However it is very fast. The instructors were a lot of fun. I remember one crazy one who called himself Indian. Funny guys. And after class we’d go to the bar a block over almost nightly. So it is a lot of fun but be prepared

EMT 14 DAY BOOT CAMP.
It’s been a few months since my life was forever changed thanks to these guys at unitek. (specifically, Eric & Josh) The boot camp itself is set up pretty nice and the lectures are more like stories about what happens in the real world. That’s probably the number one thing that helped me the most in learning the materials. The scenarios along with Trauma Sundays and trauma lanes were great team building exercises that helped our group click. What I enjoyed the most however was listening to Eric’s stories! He paints great pictures of what being a provider is all about and has genuine compassion over the success of his students. I passed my NREMT exam thanks to these guys. It’s an expensive program, and it isn’t a free ticket either, but the instructors help groom you to be ready for the real world. I feel as though I received everything that I paid for. FOR AMERICA!

I was looking for a highly rated, hands-​on, instructor led Cisco training facility and I am extremely happy that I found Unitek!
I have been in the business for over 12 years and decided it was time to get on the certification path for CCNP-​Security (formerly the CCSP). I immediately established a solid rapport with Julie, one of the sales/​career path counselors who answered all my questions and was very patient as I went back and forth on dates and different ways to achieve my certification goals. So, I had a good feeling and good experience right from the start.
For my first stage of pursuit of the CCNP-​Security I needed my CCNA and Julie got me set up with dates that worked. I am from Massachusetts so that included 6 nights at a local hotel offering suites that were absolutely perfect (microwave, fridge, stove, couch, desk, …) and incredibly inexpensive. It offered hot Hors d’oeuvres and a few complimentary draft beers or wine after your 10 hour day in the classroom as a break before studying well into the evening. Nothing fancy but totally necessary and relaxing (and part of the room rate!)
All that stuff is just a bonus because the meat and potatoes is the quality of the instruction, the training facility and lab equipment. Here is how I rate Unitek in those areas:
Instructor: 5 stars
Facility: 5 Stars
Lab equipment: 4 Stars
So overall a 4 ½ (but Unilocal! does not have ½ stars yet!)
The instructor we had was a CCIE named Rahim. The classroom was almost full of people in the business but there were a few (as there always are) that offered the instructor a challenge. He was absolutely great at mixing in the white board with the book and the execution of the lab to make everyone really learn the material and kept a challenging pace but that made it engaging at the same time. A very good instructor. (I am also an MCSE+I and Rahim was probably the best instructor I have had to date)
The facility itself is set in between some hills and mountains so going outside for a breather was nice. Lunch every day was awesome and ranged from a full on BBQ spread with all the trimmings to roast chicken and veggies. A real meal. There were plenty of snacks and soda and water and other essentials to get little energy bursts to get through the 10 hours day. Great facility.
The lab equipment was good. The labs were all set up and everything matched the book — but we hit a few snags with a dead module in one of the core routers and some flapping/​flakiness on another. A couple of the switches did not have the encryption pack and so if you were inexperienced you could not follow the lab. I’d say 10% — 20% of the class was impacted in some way. But all in all everything worked, worked well and was all good.
I unreservedly recommend Unitek and will be returning to keep up pursuit of my CCNP-​Seciruty. The bottom line is I scored a 937 out of 1000 and without attending Unitek I would not have passed (needed an 824).