Premise Wiring Systems Technician 4 days

Objectives

As the follow-up course to Premise Wiring Installer (TR-PWSI), this course will give the most advanced level of understanding of how to assemble, wire, and test various commercial building cabling systems.

This course will allow students to:

• Understand the EIA/TIA standards for category 5e, 6, 6A and 7
• Understand the EIA/TIA standards for fiber optic cabling
• Know the performance specifications for the high performance Twisted Pair Media
• Understand Premise Wiring Test Equipment
• Understand distance limitations, attenuation, near-end crosstalk, wire mapping and how to test the performance of copper and fiber media
• Understand the logical and physical organization of premise systems, the products and test equipment needed to install and maintain them
• Demonstrate basic skills needed to assemble, wire, and test various cabling systems including new advanced cabling systems by participating in hands-on lab exercises including fusion splicing and OTDR testing.

Summary

The Premise Wiring Systems Technician training expands a student's installer training and encompasses a higher knowledge level of copper and fiber optic cabling used in commercial buildings and customer-owned outside plant environments (Campus).

This training incorporates hands-on labs including multi-vendor copper and fiber terminations, and expanded fiber optic splicing and testing labs. Students will learn skills which are applicable to all the functions required to safely and competently install copper and fiber communications cabling in the premise environment.

Course Type

Brief Course Synopsis

1. Lecture Topics Include:
   • Introduction - Course Objectives
   • The Telecommunications Standards
     • EIA/TIA 568B Series
     • EIA/TIA 569A
     • EIA/TIA 606A, EIA/TIA 607
     • The National Electric Code
   • The Topologies
     • Topologies (Physical)
     • Topologies (LAN Basics)
     • The Premise Wiring System
   • Cable Specifications
     • Media
     • Unshielded Twisted Pair
     • Screened Twisted Pair (ScTP)
     • Shielded Twisted Pair (STP)
     • Category 5e, 6, 7 and beyond
   • Cable Applications
     • Backbone, Horizontal, Work Area
     • Media Types (Cables)
     • Distance Limitations
   • Review/Questions
     • Media Terminations and Components
     • Copper and Fiber Optic
     • Connections
     • Patch Panels
     • Cable Management
   • Installation Practice
     • Horizontal Pathways
     • Backbone Pathways
     • Work Area
     • Fiber Optic Practices
     • Miscellaneous Practices
     • Grounding Basics
   • Testing and Equipment
     • Test Equipment
     • Electrical Parameters
     • Optical Parameters
     • Permanent Link Testing
     • Channel Testing
   • Specification Process
     • Reading Plans and Specs
   • Review/Questions
     • Copper Termination Labs
     • Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP)
     • Terminate a Patch Panel
     • Terminate an Outlet
     • Terminate a 110 block
     • Terminate a 66 block
     • Screened Twisted Pair (ScTP)
     • Terminate a patch panel
     • Terminate an Outlet
   • Copper Testing
     • Certificate Testing
     • Permanent Link Testing
     • Channel Testing
   • Fiber Termination Labs
     • Jacketed Simplex Multimode Fiber Assembly
     • Perform a Mechanical Splice
   • Fiber Testing
     • OLS Optical Loss Test Set
     • Test a Fiber Optic Link
   • Review/Questions
     • Fiber Optic Theory
     • Characteristics of Singlemode and Multimode
     • Manufacturing, Bandwidth and Linear effects
2. Hands-On Labs
   • Cable Preparation Labs
     • Sheath Removal on a Loose Tube Fiber Cable
     • Install a “Fanout kit” to a Loose Tube Cable
   • Splicing Fundamentals
     • Fusion Splicing (Overview)
     • Fusion Splicing Lab and Exercises
   • Fiber Testing and the OTDR
     • Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
   • Fiber Testing
     • Optical Time Domain Reflectometer
     • Test a Fiber Optic Link

Target Audience

The Premise Wiring Systems Technician training is designed for those who design, install or maintain copper and fiber optic Systems. This course is designed for experienced commercial building Installers, technicians, and communications Specialist involved in the communications, construction, maintenance and troubleshooting, utility, and service industries. This course is an excellent opportunity for currently certified installers and technicians, to gain practical field skills that can be immediately put to use on the job.

The following knowledge or experience level is desirable but not required:

• 2 year electrical or telecommunications voice\data experience
• Basic knowledge of fiber optic cable types
• Basic Knowledge of cabling pulling
• Basic knowledge of cable installation
• Basic knowledge of cable testing
• Basic knowledge fiber connector types
• 2 years of Commercial Building installation experience or equivalent
• Prior knowledge of basic testing equipment and procedures
• Be a FiberOptic.com certified installer or technician or other industry certification (equivalent)

Benefits

After taking this course, students will be considered experts who demonstrated a practical knowledge of copper and fiber optic theory, codes, standards and practices widely accepted in commercial buildings and customer-owned outside plants (campus environment).

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