------------- College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years
Computer science
Network and system administration/administrator
Tasks
--------- Coordinate access and use of computer networks
Maintain, troubleshoot and administer the use of local area networks (LANs), wide area networks (WANs), mainframe networks and computer workstations and peripheral equipment
Monitor the performance of computer systems and networks
Evaluate and install computer hardware, networking software and operating system software
Provide problem-solving services to network users
Perform routine network start up and close down and maintain control records
Perform data backups and disaster recovery operations
Implement network traffic and security monitoring software, and optimize server performance