BICSI ITS Technician

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

Description:

Expand your knowledge and get ahead in the telecommunications industry by attending this 6-day programme, the most advanced phase of BICSI Telecommunications Cabling Installation Training Programme. With the emphasis on the role and tasks of the experienced installation technician, this course looks at the techniques, standards, equipment and test methods that a technician requires to effectively supervise the correct installation and testing of telecommunications systems.

Structured premises cabling systems

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

Plans & specifications overview

Blueprints, construction specifications

Media characteristics

Emerging technologies, overview of twisted pair (UTP, ScTP, STPA), 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, cable bandwidth (megahertz vs. megabits per second), digital signaling

Grounding, bonding & electrical protection

Installation, design & testing

Defining LANS

Characteristics, physical & logical typologies, Ethernet (thicknet, thinnet, 10BaseT, 100Base-T, token ring)

Components of LAN

OSI model, LAN hardware & software

Safety

Hazardous environments, personal protective equipment, safety practices

Professionalism

Professionalism

Laying cable

Laying backbone & horizontal twisted pair cable, laying optical fibre cable Firestopping - Responsibilities, systems, new & existing penetrations

Cable termination

Termination of UTP, ScTP & fibre optic plus an overview of: pretermination functions (forming, dressing, fanning & labelling), termination hardware used includes Krone LSA high band, BIX, 66 blocks & the Universal Data Connector

Splicing cable overview

Copper & fibreoptic

Cable testing

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

Cable troubleshooting overview

Copper & fibre optic cables

Retrofits & system upgrades

Identifying active circuits, performing cut overs

Entry Requirements:

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

Assessment: