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Fiber Optic (Kamloops)
Local 993Fri Sep 17, 2021 to Sun Sep 19, 2021
08:30 am
Class Size – Min: 5, Max: 8
IBEW Local 993 Hall (Kamloops)
Certified Fiber Optic Technician – is the FOA certification for general fiber optics applications. CFOTs have appropriate knowledge, skills and abilities in fiber optics that can be applied to almost any job – design, installation, operation – for almost any application – outside plant, premises, manufacturing, etc.
Course Objectives
To explain and/or demonstrate the following:
- Types of Fiber and Cables
- Fiber and Cable construction best practices
- Information Transmission
- Light Propagation through Fiber
- Singlemode and multimode applications
- Types of patch cords and connectors
- Numerical Aperture
- Attenuation
- Bandwidth
- Joining Fibers with Connectors & Splices
- Cleaving and proper fiber handling and preparation
- Fiber Microscopic Inspection
- Types of Connectors and Splices
- Fiber Optic Test Equipment
- Types of applications for fiber optics
NOTE: This is a BLENDED course with both online and face-to-face course work. There is approximately 20h of online pre-work/reading required to attend this three (3) day course with the final day being the exam.
Instructor Tips:
- GO TO EACH Lesson link below, read the FOA online reference, and take the online quiz and watch the FOA videos, including optional videos.
- Print-out your quizzes as this will be a great review for you for the certification test.
- The fellow who narrates the videos talks really slow, so playing it at 125% or 150% speed might be something you will want to consider.
- Please expect to spend at least 20 hours on these lessons.
The following lessons must be completed prior to the course dates.
Online lessons: Read and watch the materials linked on each lesson plan and take the quiz.
- Lesson 1: Introduction, Overview, Standards, Safety
- Lesson 2: Fiber Optic Jargon – The Language of Fiber Optics
- Lesson 3: Fiber Optic Communications
- Lesson 4: Fiber Optic Transmission Systems and Components
- Lesson 5: Optical Fiber
- Lesson 6: Fiber Optic Cables
- Lesson 7: Termination and Splicing
- Lesson 8: Fiber Optic Testing
- Lesson 9: Fiber Optic Network Design
- Lesson 10: Fiber Optic Network Installation
At the end of lesson 10 the option is given to for a certificate of completion for $20. DON’T do it. This is the CFOT course, at the end everyone will write the CFOT exam which is part of this course.
As this course is a blended format, a vast majority of the concepts are expected to be completed online prior to your arrival. Please make sure you have written and passed all the quizzes.
- Long Sleeve Shirt
- Pen and Paper
- Student should read and complete the attached Infor package prior to taking course. Pre-reading for this course will be distributed approximately one-month in advance and is estimated to require approximately 20 hours to complete. WJETS is pleased to have the ability to resume in-person training with the recommended communicable disease prevention protocols in place during Phase 3 of British Columbia’s Restart Plan. In registering for this course you, the participant, agree to advise your Training Coordinator and stay home in the event that any of the following statements apply: o You are unwell or have been in contact with anyone unwell within the past 14 days; o you, or anyone with whom you are in close contact have travelled internationally over the past 14 days; o you have (or have provided care/had close contact with a person who has) a confirmed (or presumptive, i.e. probable) case of COVID-19 or any other communicable disease within the last 14 days; o you have not been following all Public Health Orders and restrictions currently in place; and/or o you are not willing to follow the guidelines set by WJETS to keep members, staff and instructors safe.
Location: IBEW Local 993 Hall
The IBEW Local 993 Hall has a large fenced yard around the back of the building.
Course File Downloads
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