Broaden your knowledge and sharpen your skills for greater success with this five-day, 40-hour course tailored to the needs of cabling installers who want to stay abreast of the latest installation practices and standards.

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, Codes, and Methodologies

• ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-B, 569-B, 570-A, 606-A, 607-A
• ANSI/NECA/BICSI-568
• ANSI/TIA/EIA-526-7 and 14-A
• National Electrical Code®
• National Fire Protection Code
• BICSI TDMM and NDRM (overview)

IV. Plans and Specifications

• Blueprints
• Construction specifications>

V. Media Characteristics

• Twisted-pair (UTP, ScTP, <STP-A)
• 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

• AC/DC review
• Analog/digital signals
• Copper cable media
• Optical fiber media
• Cable bandwidth—Megahertz vs. Megabits per second

VIII. Grounding, Bonding, and Electrical Protection

• Installation
• Design

IX. Safety

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

X. Professionalism

• Customer relations
• Communications skills

XI. Preparation for Installation

• Performing a site survey
• 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, ScTP])
• Copper crimp termination
• Coaxial cable termination
• Optical fiber termination (epoxy, adhesive, or crimp)

XV. Splicing Cable (Overview)

• Copper
• Optical fiber

XVI. Cable Testing

• Copper cable testing and certification
• Optical fiber cable testing using a lightsource and power meter

XVII. Cable Troubleshooting

• Copper cables
• Optical fiber cables

XVIII. Retrofits and System Upgrades

• Identifying active circuits
• Performing cutovers
• Removal of abandoned cable

XIX. Miscellaneous Duties

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