BICSI ITS Technician
5 Day Course
Technology Segment: Data and LAN Courses
(NQF Level 4)
Cost Exclude VAT £1,360
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BICSI ITS Technician Course Overview
Join the elite group of BICSI Technicians recognised the world over as highly skilled installation technicians & managers.
Expand your knowledge and get ahead in the telecommunications industry by attending this 5-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. Industry orientation
Structured premises cabling systems
- Entrance facilities, backbone, horizontal, work areas, equipment rooms, telecomms rooms, crossconnects, main, intermediate, horizontal cabling
Standards, code & methodologies
Plans & specifications overview
- Blueprints, construction specifications
- 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
- Customer relations, communications skills, professional appearance Preparation for installation – Space & pathway design, developing a job plan plus overview of performing a site plan, building closets, installing grounding & support infrastructure, preparing work area outlet locations
Laying cable
- Laying backbone & horizontal twisted pair cable, laying optical fibre cable Firestopping - Responsibilities, systems, new & existing penetrations
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
Who should attend
Experienced telecommunications cable installers