Description
SPECIALIST FIBRE OPTIC COURSES – Advanced OTDR Testing
Course details…
Availability
Dates on request
Duration
1 Day
Who will benefit
The course is designed primarily for fibre optic installers and technicians who have a some understanding of fibre optic cabling testing and are seeking to advance their OTDR testing skills.
Course Content
- Overview of Fibre Optic systems, campus networks & fibre designs
- Health & Safety procedures
- Distance/loss measurements (fibre, bending, splicing & connectors)
- OTDR limitations & how to resolve various issues
- Measuring cable in different situations
- Launch conditions including saturation
- Ghosts
- Back Scatter Co Efficient
- Operating the OTDR – Automatic configurations
- Operating the OTDR – manual user settings including pulse widths, refractive index settings, reflectance detection, wavelength settings
- Trace and Event interpretation
- Documentation
Assessment
Although there is no formal assessment, delegates can take the optional examination.
All delegates will receive a certificate of attendance with successful delegates who pass the optional examination will receive a Total Comms Training certificate.
Price Breakdown
This course is subject to vat and is inclusive of all examination fees.
Other Info
Delegates who wish to attend this course should already have some understanding of fibre optic cabling systems. However, as the course will be aimed at an intermediate level, we do strongly recommend that prospective candidates are in possession of a successful City and Guilds 3667-02: 102 fibre optic(internal) 02 or City and Guilds 3667-02: 103 (external) certificates.
We also suggest that delegates should have some practical fibre optic installation experience.
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