BICSI Installer Level 2

Course Supplier: CNET Telephone Number: 0121 326 2219 Cost: £1,275

Description:

This course provides an opportunity for cable installers to sharpen skills, broaden knowledge of data cabling and learn about new innovations, trends and emerging technologies. Held over six consecutive days the training covers both theory and practical skills vital to any installer’s on-going industry knowledge.

Minimum of 2 years recent, verifiable telecommunications cabling experience. Purchasing the Information Transport Systems Installation Manual for private study is recommended – these are available from BICSI

Structured premises cabling systems

Entrance facilities, backbone, horizontal, work areas, equipment rooms, telecomms rooms, crossconnects, main, intermediate

Plans & specifications overview

Blueprints, construction specifications

Media characteristics

Twisted pair (UTP, ScTP), colour codes, categories of cables, coaxial, optical fibre cables (single & multimode)

Connectors

UTP, STP-A, ScTP, coaxial, optical fibre, connector pin configurations, colour codes

Transmission characteristics

AC/DC review, analogue/digital signals, copper cable media, optical fibre media, cable bandwidth (megahertz vs. megabits per second)

Grounding, bonding & electrical protection

Basic design & installation

Defining LANS

Characteristics, components, benefits, LAN design, LAN cabling systems

Safety

OSHA, common safety practices, personal protective equipment, hazardous Environments

Professionalism

Customer relations, communications skills, professional appearance

Preparation for installation

Building closets, installing grounding infrastructure, installing support system infrastructure, preparing work area outlet locations

Laying cable

Laying backbone & horizontal twisted pair cable, laying optical fibre cable

Firestopping

Responsibilities, systems, new & existing penetrations

Cable termination

Termination of UTP, ScTP, Co-ax plus an overview of: pretermination functions (forming, dressing, fanning & labelling), termination hardware used includes Krone LSA high band, BIX, 66 blocks & the fibre connectors

Splicing cable overview