LAYER 1 TESTING AND TROUBLESHOOTING SERIES

LEVEL II LAYER 1 FIBER TESTING & TROUBLESHOOTING

Pre-Requisite: Fiber Basics or CFOT® Course Length: 17 hours

Certifications Earned: Fiber Optic Association (FOA) Certified Fiber Optic Specialist, Testing (CFOS/T)

FOA-Approved training for Certified Fiber Optic Specialist/Testing certification meets the following requirements:

• Classroom sessions covering all test equipment, methods and standards

• Inspecting and cleaning connectors correctly

• Training in both insertion loss testing and optical time domain

  reflectometry (OTDR testing)

• Include testing of both singlemode and multimode fibers

• Understanding of measurement errors in tests

• May include advanced test methods (SA, CD, PMD)

• Instructor verification of achievement of advanced skills in testing

• Course includes ~50% lab time

LEVEL III LAYER 1 FIBER TESTING & TROUBLESHOOTING

Pre-Requisite: Level II Layer 1 Fiber Testing & Troubleshooting

Course Length: 17 hours

Certifications Earned: Telecom Tech School Master Fiber Optic Technician-Layer 1 testing/troubleshooting

100% Hands-On training in Outside Plant Testing and Troubleshooting

• Course designed to test and certify technician’s ability to build a job to customer specifications

• Course includes ~100% lab and field time

• Reel/Bare Fiber Testing

• Scenario based training on simulated outside plant network

  • Testing fiber runs to customer specifications for new construction

  • Troubleshooting mis-spliced networks

  • Troubleshooting live network and issuing correct repair orders to splicer in the field.

• Instructors test and verify work to determine if passing grade is awarded