System Technician
Course Overview
The NCTI® System Technician course provides foundational information that can help accelerate a broadband cable technician’s career path advancement. One of the courses included in NCTI’s Master Technician certification, the System Technician course, is intended to elevate the student’s understanding of how hybrid fiber/coax (HFC) network equipment operates down to the component level. The student will study principles of amplitude, frequency, and phase modulation, which remain integral in modern digital modulation schemes. The course covers the basic circuits that are within most equipment being serviced in today’s broadband cable networks, power supply, and amplifiers. Amplifier operations in broadband cable network applications is first described before a detailed explanation of how to align HFC distribution amplifiers is presented. Proactive Network Maintenance (PNM), a feature of DOCSIS 3.1, is explained along with the basics of spectrum analyzers and network sweeping. The course also includes a description of the equipment and techniques used for underground construction. The value of this foundational information becomes apparent when the broadband cable technician successfully troubleshoots and resolves escalated problems.
- Price: $955.00
- Seat time: 26h
- Course number: eb0412_05_JN
- Dynamic language translation available
- Category: Technical and Safety
The estimated completion time for this course is 26 hours. The maximum allotted time is four months from enrollment.
Course Objectives
list the dimensional elements of a carrier wave and how they can be modified with information during the modulation process
identify the functional blocks of a receiver and explain their operation
describe the operation and applications for bipolar junction and field effect transistors in basic circuit configurations
describe operational amplifiers and some of the more common circuit applications where they are used
describe several discrete amplifier circuits and applications used in broadband cable equipment
explain and identify what parameters are to be considered and can be adjusted for optimal operation of an RF amplifier in a broadband cable network
explain the operation of several types of oscillators, including crystal oscillators and multivibrators
describe distribution amplifiers, their application, and alignment
explain how DOCSIS modems can enable proactive network maintenance for more reliable network operations
describe how to use a spectrum analyzer for various measurements in a hybrid fiber/coax network
explain what is meant by sweeping a broadband cable network, the test equipment, and how the forward and return paths are swept
describe how underground broadband cable networks are built using trenching and directional boring methods
identify the functional blocks of a receiver and explain their operation
describe the operation and applications for bipolar junction and field effect transistors in basic circuit configurations
describe operational amplifiers and some of the more common circuit applications where they are used
describe several discrete amplifier circuits and applications used in broadband cable equipment
explain and identify what parameters are to be considered and can be adjusted for optimal operation of an RF amplifier in a broadband cable network
explain the operation of several types of oscillators, including crystal oscillators and multivibrators
describe distribution amplifiers, their application, and alignment
explain how DOCSIS modems can enable proactive network maintenance for more reliable network operations
describe how to use a spectrum analyzer for various measurements in a hybrid fiber/coax network
explain what is meant by sweeping a broadband cable network, the test equipment, and how the forward and return paths are swept
describe how underground broadband cable networks are built using trenching and directional boring methods
Course Benefits
earn four hours of college credit
receive an industry-recognized NCTI certificate of graduation
receive credit toward NCTI Master Technician certification
receive an industry-recognized NCTI certificate of graduation
receive credit toward NCTI Master Technician certification
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