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BICSI Installer Level 2

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

Description:
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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

  • Copper & fibreoptic

Cable testing

  • Copper cable testing & certification, optical fibre cable testing using a light source & power meter

Cable troubleshooting overview

  • Copper & fibre optic cables

Retrofits & system upgrades

  • Overview identifying active circuits, overview performance cut overs, removal of abandoned cable

Entry Requirements:
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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

Assessment:
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  • ITS Installer, Level 2 (BICSI) status
  • Optional BTEC:
  • BTEC Advanced Award in Datacomms Installation & Testing
  • BTEC units towards:
  • BTEC Advanced Certificate in
  • Telecommunications Cable Installation
  • BICSI CECs: 12 ITS & 30 RCDD
  • CableNet certificate

Progression:
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  • BICSI ITS Technician
  • BICSI RCDD
  • Wireless LAN Design & Installation Design & Advanced
  • Testing of Copper Systems
  • Design & Advanced Testing of Fibre Systems
  • Voice Cabling & Key Systems
  • Fibre Optics in Internal Environments
  • Fibre Optics in External Environments
  • Project Management Techniques

Contact:
training@mayflex.com / 0121 326 2219

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