Operations Center Technical Support I

Course Overview

This course teaches key technical skills and the knowledge required to allow network operations center personnel to quickly identify customer and network issues, isolate network difficulties and provide troubleshooting solutions. Specifically, Operations Center Technical Support I focuses on maintaining network reliability for digital video, telephony and high-speed data services. The course also provides a basic explanation of computer software and protocols, network topologies and the Open Systems Interconnection(OSI) reference model. 

The estimated completion time for this course is 22 hours. The maximum allotted time is four months from enrollment.
explain how communication signals travel over various mediums in a network

identify and characterize broadband cable services

describe the basics of digital video services

describe the basics of cable modems

explain how to effectively and efficiently troubleshoot cable services

convert decimal and binary numbers

explain the composition and basic functionality of an integrated circuit

examine data over cable service interface specification (DOCSIS) through version 3.1

describe twisted and untwisted-pair cables, connectors and their applications

explain voice services from traditional telephony to voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) services with PacketCable over a managed network

characterize home media networks, including WiFi and multimedia over coax alliance (MoCA) technologies

identify the functions of computer hardware and software inside and outside of a network using Windows, OS X, Linux and Unix operating systems

describe protocols used by computers to communicate over networks
use this course to help prepare for SCTE’s Broadband Premises Installer certification

receive credit toward NCTI Customer Care Master Representative certification

receive credit toward NCTI Master Dispatcher certification

receive an industry-recognized NCTI certificate of graduation

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