yup these guys are right now in England there are many lower levels of certificate to IT ITC and all sorts, MCSE is the worth and CISCO and network pothologies, them kinds of things.
MSCE is waht you really want nowdays, but you need to build to them
CLAIT is good grounding version 1 2 3 --- 3 is new envolves emails DPT and such.
hardest part is the gaps MUST BE X not X+ a bit and all silly things.
Codes must be shoolboy ways, and are not real life or flexable,, they are teaching not solutions.
i will add. ALL EDUCATION IS VITAL and so important, i do not have any education to talk of, something i regret, my path is intresting and exceiting almost glamerouse, but take it from me i know, education or mix with bad guys against education and professional education...
i would choose education ANYDAY, this i promise...
education pays and wins the day crime does not.. i should know.