See if IT & Cyber are right for you 
No Cost to Start

Leverage Our No-Cost Pre-training. Build the basic skills, Get complete instructor-led CompTIA Security+ Certification training, and explore high-paying career paths.

JumpStart Your New Technical Career

Structured programs that take you from foundational skills to a professional IT and Cybersecurity career.
At RapidAscent, we believe these careers should be accessible to all, especially for those transitioning from military service. Our free JumpStart pre-training provides structured pathway designed to build foundational IT and Cybersecurity skills.

No Cost Foundations Pre-Training

JumpStart Pre-Training builds basic skills needed to start apprentice training—no prior experience required.

  • Discover if IT or Cybersecurity is right for you
  • Build basic skills in IT, Computers, and Networking
  • Explore your working style and different job roles
  • Find how math and communication apply to tasks

Duration: 6-8 hours, self-driven.

Complimentary CompTIA Sec+ Training

For active-duty transitioning service members and Veterans—learn from our expert instructors.

✅ Explore if cybersecurity is right for you

✅ Train on real systems, in real scenarios

✅ Earn your CompTIA Security+

✅ See if hands-on training is the next step

🔐 Active Duty: Apply with your .mil email

🪖 Veterans: Apply with a redacted DD214
Duration: 40 hours total over 10 weeks

No Cost Career Training & Events

RapidAscent offers regular employment workshop events, providing training and networking opportunities to help you enter technical jobs.

  • Take our career training workshops on resume writing, interviewing, salary negotiation, and more
  • Learn from hiring managers and recruiters
  • Network with corporate subject matter experts
  • Find the latest market trends in IT and Cybersecurity

Duration: 2-3 hours, evening, offered every 2-weeks

Our Tuition-based Apprentice Training Program

If you decide that IT or cybersecurity is right for you, apply to the Tuition-based apprentice program

  • Hands-on, real-world enterprise-level job training
  • Become fluent in tasks to interview confidently
  • Comprehensive IT and Cybersecurity training
  • Learn to interview, network, and brand yourself

Duration: 17-week Full Time or 23-week Part time