Delivery: Online
Estimated Length: 4 seat hours
Price: $270
Course Type: Fiber-only
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The NCTI® Fiber-Optic Fundamentals III: Splicing and Termination course delves into optical termination components and techniques, focusing on the hardware and methods for connecting, securing, and optimizing fiber-optic links. Proper termination is crucial for minimizing insertion loss, reflectance, and signal degradation, ensuring long-term durability and reliable signal transmission.
Why Focus on Splicing and Termination?
Technicians must master various optical connectors, adapters, splices, pre-terminated pigtails, and fiber distribution panels. Proficiency in termination methods—mechanical and fusion splicing, polishing, and connectorization—is essential for minimizing insertion loss and reflectance, directly impacting network efficiency.
What You’ll Learn:
- Selection of appropriate termination components
- Execution of high-quality terminations
- Testing connections for optimal performance
By the end of this course, you’ll have the skills to perform professional-grade terminations, troubleshoot common issues, and maintain fiber-optic integrity in diverse network environments.
Delivery Options:
The course is delivered online. Lesson and final exams are taken online.
Completion Time:
The estimated completion time for this course is 4 hours. The maximum allotted time is four months from enrollment.
Recommended Prerequisite:
Fiber-Optic Fundamentals II: Tools and Testing
Next Course Recommendation:
Fiber-Optic Fundamentals IV: Architectures
Course Benefits
- receive an industry-recognized NCTI certificate of graduation
Ideal For:
This course is perfect for those with a basic understanding of fiber-optic technology who want to deepen their knowledge of installing, maintaining, and troubleshooting fiber-optic termination systems.
Upon completing this course, students will be able to:
- Identify the fiber-optic cable types, including ribbon fiber, and describe their applications.
- Describe the optical fiber standardized color code and the elements and coating diameters of indoor and outdoor SMF cables.
- Identify optical connector components and describe their proper cleaning techniques.
- Explain the impact of optical return loss and reflectance in an optical network.
- Identify the patch panels in fiber-optic network installations and describe the fiber-optic cable outside-to-inside transition characteristics.
- Explain how to prepare optical fibers for splicing into a patch panel.
- Explain the use of optical terminators and attenuators.
- Describe the different types of optical splitters, packages, and split ratios.
- Describe pigtails used for optical fiber terminators and how to prepare pigtail splices for patch and distribution panels.
- Describe the major components of a telecom facility’s primary power source and “five nines.”
- Explain the application and operation of centralized power nodes and distributed power systems.
- Describe how to identify the voltage port on an optical node and the redundancy power configurations for optical nodes with alternating and direct current powering.
- Explain the DC power supply functions in an optical node and the use of power in FTTx networks.
Course Outline:
1. Optical Termination Components
Optical cabling standards and terminations, optical connectors, facility terminations, and optical interface devices
2. Fiber-Optic Node Powering
Optical network powering, outside plant power distribution, and node equipment