Delivery: Online
Estimated Length: 4 seat hours
Price: $395
Course Type: Fiber-only
Enhance your skills in fiber-optic network maintenance with the NCTI® Fiber-Optic Maintenance I: Outside Plant course. This comprehensive course equips you with the knowledge and hands-on skills needed to ensure the reliability and performance of fiber-optic networks in the field. Learn industry standards, documentation practices, and maintenance planning to effectively troubleshoot and maintain outside plant networks.
Key Learning Objectives:
– Understand industry standards and documentation for efficient network maintenance.
– Identify common trouble spots in equipment rooms, aerial, and underground segments.
– Master connector cleaning, inspection techniques, and the use of specialized test equipment like OTDRs, VFLs, and power meters.
– Diagnose and restore faults in passive optical networks (PON) and optical distribution networks.
Who Should Enroll:
Ideal for entry-level technicians, field installers, and students pursuing a career in fiber-optic communications. This course is also perfect for those transitioning from copper-based systems or other telecom roles, providing essential tools, standards, and best practices for maintaining fiber-optic infrastructure in the outside plant environment.
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.
Prerequesite Courses
None
Next Course Recommendation:
Fiber-Optic Maintenance II: Outside Plant Activation
Course Benefits
- receive an industry-recognized NCTI certificate of graduation
Upon completing this course, students will be able to:
- Identify the main organizations that set fiber-optic industry standards and describe their common guidelines.
- Describe the maintenance plan and network documentation, as well as what they include to help with network efficiency and simplify troubleshooting.
- Identify common fiber-optic network problem areas, including equipment rooms, aerial and underground segments, and other critical locations.
- Describe types of fiber-optic cable damage that may occur during installation and explain how to check for and address post-installation damage.
- Describe the basic operation of fiber-optic networks, outline the six-step troubleshooting process, and identify standard test equipment and its uses.
- Identify the key components, tools, and specialized equipment necessary to troubleshoot fiber-optic network outages effectively.
- Explain the role of system documentation and the importance of verifying test results during fiber-optic troubleshooting.
- Identify and describe specialized tools and equipment for troubleshooting fiber-optic networks, including VFLs, OPMs, OLTS, ORL test sets, and OTDRs.
- Explain proper methods for cleaning and inspecting fiber-optic connectors and using basic testing tools to detect and diagnose faults.
- Describe the structure of a PON fiber-optic network, identify common problems, and explain where they typically occur.
- Explain the tools, measurements, and steps used to locate, diagnose, and restore faults in the optical distribution network, and verify successful resolution.
Course Outline:
Fiber-Optic Network Maintenance
Optical network awareness, optical network failure identification, and fiber-optic troubleshooting
Troubleshooting Fiber Outages
Troubleshooting fiber outage elements, equipment requirements, and PON fiber outage troubleshooting
Equip yourself with the expertise to excel in fiber-optic network maintenance. Enroll today and become a leader in ensuring network reliability and performance!