Gain the knowledge and skills you need to build a successful career

Get a head start on your competition with BICSI's comprehensive orientation to the telecommunications industry. This intensive five-day course is designed to provide entry level telecommunications cabling installers with the background, knowledge, and basic skills needed to function effectively on the job.

Course Overview

I. Industry Orientation

II. Structured Premises Cabling Systems

• Entrance facilities, backbone, horizontal, work areas
• Equipment rooms, telecommunications rooms
• Cross-connects-main, intermediate, horizontal

III. Standards

• ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-B 569-A, 570-A, 606-A, 607-A
• ANSI/NECA/BICSI-568
• ANSI/TIA/EIA-526-7 and 14A
• National Eletrical Code

IV. Plans and Specifications (Overview)

• Blueprints
• Construction specifications
• V. Media Characteristics (Overview)
• Twisted-pair (UTP, ScTP)
• Color code
• Categories of cables (3-6)
• Coaxial
• Optical fiber cables (singlemode and multimode)

VI. Connectors

• UTP, ScTP, coaxial, optical fiber
• Connector pin configurations
• Color codes

VII. Transmission Characteristics (Basic)

• AC/DC review
• Analog/digital signals
• Copper cable media
• Optical fiber media

VIII. Grounding, Bonding, and Electrical Protection

• Basic design
• Installation

IX. Safety

• OSHA
• Common safety practices
• Personal protective equipment
• Hazardous environments

X. Professionalism (Overview)

• Customer relations
• Communications skills
• Professional appearance

XI. Preparation for Installation

• Building telecommunications rooms
• Installing grounding infrastructure
• Installing support system infrastructure
• Preparing work area outlet locations

XII. Pulling Cable

• Pulling backbone and horizontal twisted-pair cable
• Pulling optical fiber cable
• XIII. Firestopping
• Responsibilities
• Systems
• New and existing penetrations

XIV. Cable Termination

• Pre-termination functions (forming, dressing, fanning, and labeling cables)
• Copper cable termination (UTP [Krone, BIX, 110, 66])
• Copper crimp termination
• Coaxial cable termination

XV. Splicing Cable (Overview)

• Copper
• Optical fiber

XVI. Cable Testing

• Copper cable testing using entry level testers (VOM and continuity testers)
• Overview of optical fiber testing

XVII. Cable Troubleshooting (Overview)

• Copper cables
• Optical fiber cables
• XVIII. Retrofits and System Upgrades
• Overview identifying active circuits
• Overview performing cutovers
• Removal of abandoned cable

XIX. Miscellaneous Duties (Overview)

• Administrative tasks
• Documenting test results
• Documenting as-builts
• Coping with changing technologies

Credits
30 RCDD hours
30, Residential Installer

Who Should Attend
Anyone wishing to pursue a career in telecommunications cabling distribution. Installer Level 1, level training is designed for individuals with little or no telecommunications cabling installation experience.

Prerequisites
Eighth grade math and reading skills are required, and basic electricity/physics courses are recommended.