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Standardize your team on Tech+ with a structured CompTIA training path — virtual labs and team admin reporting included on every CBT Nuggets training subscription.

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Course
$125 USD
Exam cost
6
Core skills
IT operations team at help desk workstations with ticket queues and network diagrams
Difficulty
Difficulty: 3 of 5 (Moderate)
Moderate
Exam cost
$125 USD
Courses on path
1
Official source
Vendor cert page
Exam code
  • FC0-U71

Exam datasheet

Exam length
60 minutes
Questions
Maximum of 70
Passing score
650/900
Format
Multiple-choice questions, performance-based questions
Prerequisites
None
Recommended experience
No prior experience needed
Recertification
3 years
Hiring-market salary
$55,000 - $75,000
Certified professionals
100,000+
Testing centerExam blueprint

Public hiring-market data — not a CBT Nuggets guarantee.

Skills your team builds

Hardwaresoftwarenetworkingsecuritycloudand infrastructure

Training path

Your team's training path

One CBT Nuggets course covers the full Tech+ path. Your team can start today and have admin reporting visible from day one.

  1. Start here · primary course

    CompTIA Tech+

    This CompTIA Tech+ training helps IT beginners build essential skills. Learn to troubleshoot hardware, software, and networks, and manage devices, all while you prep for the Tech+ exam. Designed as the ideal starting point for IT careers, the Tech+ certification validates hands-on expertise in foundational IT concepts. Master IT fundamentals, security, and software development to land your first IT job. This CompTIA training is ideal for individuals or teams, and includes unlimited CompTIA Tech+ practice tests and virtual labs.

    James Conrad
    232 videos6 labs37h
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Every certification includes

Expert-led video training
Virtual labs
Certification practice exams
Per-team completion reporting

CompTIA career ladder

Where Tech+ sits in your team's CompTIA progression

The cert your team is on now, plus the levels above and below. Use this to map an engineer's next-step credential or to plan headcount coverage across tiers.

  1. Entry level

    2 certs

    A+

    Core 1: 220-1201, Core 2: 220 …

    Security+

    SY0-701

  2. Associate level

    5 certs

    AutoOps+

    AT0-001

    Data+

    DA0-002

    Network+

    N10-009

    Project+

    PK0-005

    Server+

    SK0-005

  3. Professional level

    7 certs

    Cloud+

    CV0-004

    CloudNetX

    CNX-001

    CySA+

    CS0-003

    DataAI

    DY0-001

    Pentest+

    PT0-003

    SecurityX

    CAS-005

    Tech+

    FC0-U71

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Customer outcome

Make FC0-U71 a coverage number your auditor can quote

Tech+ certified engineers are easy to count and easy to prove. CBT Nuggets bundles the prep into a single team playlist so leadership sees who's on the path, who finished, and who's exam-ready — without spreadsheets.

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1 path
from foundation to credential — assigned and tracked as one playlist

Coverage proof

Make FC0-U71 a number on your team capability sheet, not a single engineer’s certificate.

Standardizing your team on FC0-U71 gives leadership and auditors a coverage number they can quote — and gives CompTIA incident response a baseline of capability you can predict instead of hoping for.

Credential: Tech+

Exam
  • FC0-U71

Frequently asked questions about Tech+ training

Common questions IT directors ask when evaluating Tech+ training for their team.

How does Tech+ fit into our internal compliance and governance program?

Team reporting in CBT Nuggets documents assigned training, completion, and certification coverage for internal governance or external audit conversations. Pair the Tech+ path with your auditor's control crosswalk for the formal compliance mapping your specific framework requires.

What's the ROI of certifying our team on Tech+?

IT Directors typically frame Tech+ ROI in operational terms — faster troubleshooting, defensible role coverage, predictable onboarding velocity, and audit-ready training documentation. The metrics that matter aren't seat-time or completion percentages; they're mean time to resolve, time-to-productivity for new CompTIA hires, and certification coverage by role.

How does CBT Nuggets Tech+ training compare to Pluralsight, LinkedIn Learning, or Udemy Business?

CBT Nuggets Tech+ courses are built by named expert trainers (not crowd-sourced contributors), include hands-on virtual labs in many courses, and include certification practice exams mapped to the vendor's published exam objectives. Team admin reporting tracks assignment, completion, and exam-readiness per engineer — the surface managers actually use to manage team training programs. See /compare for the full feature comparison.

How do I assign and track Tech+ training for my team?

From the admin console, managers create a training playlist (one or more courses on the Tech+ path), assign it to specific engineers or role groups, and track completion + practice-exam scores per learner. Team-wide reporting rolls up to a single dashboard you can export for monthly leadership reviews or quarterly compliance reporting. No spreadsheet, no per-engineer license fiddling.

How long does it take to certify a team on Tech+?

Depends on the cert and the team's starting baseline. Entry-level CompTIA certs typically run 4–6 weeks per engineer from a cold start; associate-level certs run 8–12 weeks; professional/expert tracks can run 3–6 months. Most teams budget the full quarter for any associate-level certification so engineers have time to actually apply the lab work before the exam.

What if CompTIA updates the Tech+ exam objectives?

CBT Nuggets updates CompTIA course content as exam objectives refresh — typically within weeks of the vendor's release. When CompTIA restructures or renames a track (a common pattern), the assigned training paths stay aligned with the same team training plan; managers don't have to rebuild the playlist from scratch. The training stays current without anyone losing their certification status mid-stream.

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