Premise Telecom Installer
Courses:
CSBU Premise Telecom Installer Certificate Program Curriculum
Semester Curriculum for Telecommunications Installation and Maintenance Certificate
TEL 100 Telecom. Basic Electricity
TEL 105 Fiber Optics: OSP
TEL 106 Fiber Optics: LAN
TEL 108 Comdial Key Systems
TEL 200 LAN: Copper
OR
TEL 206 Installer Level I Cabling
TEL 201 Station Install and Repair
TEL 202 Cable Splicing
TEL 203 Cable Fault Location
TEL 205 Digital Cent. Of. Administration
Total Semester Hours Credit: 14
Course Description
TEL 100 Telecom Basic Electricity
This course covers DC and AC theory with specific emphasis on the specialized needs of telecommunications personnel. Emphasis is placed on electron theory, conductors, insulators, Ohm’s Law, capacitance, and inductance as it relates to small gauge, twisted-pair copper wire. Upon completion, students should be able to understand trouble symptoms and correct faults on the telephone physical plant network. This is a diploma or certificate-level course.
TEL 105 Fiber Optics: OSP
This course covers splicing and maintaining aerial or buried, single
mode, loose-tube buffered fiber optic cable. Emphasis is placed on
hands-on cleaving, fusion splicing, and maintaining aerial or buried,
single mode, loose-tube buffered fiber optic cable. Upon completion,
students should be able to locate faults and splice, test, and return
fibers to service. This is a diploma or certificate-level course.
TEL 106 Fiber Optics: LAN
This course covers installing, splicing, and maintaining fiber optic
cables, connectors, and patch panels in local area networks.
Emphasis is placed on installing ST type connectors and level meter
and OTDR testing of fiber optic local area networks. Upon
completion, students should be able to install and maintain fiber optic
local area networks. This is a diploma or certificate-level course.
TEL 108 Comdial Key Systems
This course covers programming and maintaining Comdial 616X and
816X Key Systems. Emphasis is placed on programming new
systems and moves and changes in working systems. Upon
completion, students should be able to install new systems,
complete the initial programming, and perform routine moves and
changes. This is a diploma or certificate-level course.
TEL 200 LAN: Copper
This course covers local area network protocols, transmission
methods, and installation and testing procedures. Emphasis is placed
on EIA/TIA standards relative to the installer/technician. Upon
completion, students should be able to install LAN copper cables,
wiring, and connectors within industry standards. This is a diploma
or certificate-level course.
TEL 201 Station I & R
This course covers the fundamentals of trouble-free telephone
installation from aerial and buried cable in homes and businesses.
Emphasis is placed on drop-wire attachments, station protection, and
wire runs, as well as methods for testing and checking stations for
customer satisfaction. Upon completion, students should be able to
correctly install, test, and repair telephone stations and wiring up to
entry into the cable plant. This is a diploma or certificate-level
course.
TEL 202 Cable Splicing
This course covers the cable color-code, splicing methods, and
closures used throughout the
telephone industry. Emphasis is placed on cable color-code,
engineering drawings, proper splicing methods, and cable closures.
Upon completion, students should be able to perform the basic
functions of a cable splicer and meet telephone industry standards.
This is a diploma or certificate-level course.
TEL 203 Cable Fault Location
This course covers identifying fault types and using test equipment to
locate the faults in aerial and underground cable. Emphasis is placed
on identifying fault types and correct uses of various types of test
equipment to precisely locate the fault. Upon completion, students
should be able to identify fault type, properly use test equipment, and
locate the fault within inches. This is a diploma or certificate-level
course.
TEL 205 Digital CO Administration
This course covers data modifications in DMS-10 digital central
office switches from remote or on-site locations. Emphasis is placed
on normal day-to-day data modification procedures to support
customer-originated service orders, including any required hardware
changes. Upon completion, students should be able to successfully
perform any software or hardware modifications involved in normal
daily operations of the DMS-10 digital switch. This is a diploma or
certificate-level course.
TEL 206 Installer Level 1 Cabling
This course covers structured premises cabling at the apprentice
level. Emphasis is placed on apprentice level knowledge of standards
and codes for telecommunications industry and proper structured
premises cabling techniques. Upon completion, students should be
able to pass the BICSI installer Level 1 certification examination and
install LAN systems.
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