BICSI RCDD

Registered Communications Distribution Designer - the professional qualification for high achievers.

The demand for RCDD professionals is growing rapidly, as more and more projects require that bids are submitted by qualified RCDDs. The role of the RCDD is to design, control and manage the installation and maintenance of network systems. RCDDs are not inhibited by specific product criteria, they provide a long term view, combining innovative and advanced techniques with existing proven technology. RCDD status is recognised and mandated by many private and public organisations such as the TIA(Q) Scheme. To maintain RCDD status, professionals are required to renew their registration every three years and gain a minimum of 45 BICSI CECs. This involves a commitment to a continuing educational programme, through attendance at BICSI Conferences and study (the majority of CableNet courses have BICSI CECs assigned to them).

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Duration
11 days (split into 3 sections: 6-day study followed by a minimum of 100 hours of self-study during a 4-week period, returning or a 4-day review plus 1-day of non-tutored exam preparation, followed by a 1-day exam)

Who should attend?
Network designers, installers, IT managers, consultants, building specifiers and architects

Prerequisites
2 years distribution design experience, BICSI membership and the appropriate BICSI manual for private study is recommended – available from BICSI

Course objectives
Successful delegates become fully qualified BICSI RCDD professionals

Qualifications
BICSI RCDD status
Optional BTEC:
BTEC Advanced Professional Certificate in Communication Distribution Design
BTEC units towards:
BTEC Advanced Professional Diploma in Telecommunications Network Design
BICSI CECs: 42 Installation (Level 2 and Technician only) 70 RCDD
CableNet certificate

Related Training
LAN Design & Implementation
Wireless LAN Design & Installation
Wireless Design Speciality (BICSI)
NTS Specialist/BISCI NTS Speciality Exam
BICSI Outside Plant
Next Generation Cabling

Course Content (90% Theory, 10% Practical)

PART ONE

Design basics
Recommended design sequence, cabling infrastructure layout, terms & definitions,
overview of standards & codes

Designing telecommunications rooms
Determining type number & size according to usable floor space, specifying power,
lighting & floor loadings

Designing horizontal distribution systems
Pathway sizing & routing considerations. Design rules for under-floor duct, cellular floors, conduit, & access floors. Use of ceiling distribution including ceiling zones method. Application exercises; design of under-floor conduit system & comparison with overhead plenumrated method. Specifying copper & fibre optic cabling complete with documentation methods. Examples of cable management during installation & cross connection. Installation sequence for zoned systems

Designing backbone systems
Backbone design & planning, media selection options (copper versus fibre), colour codes, backbone pathways & spaces, sleeves, slots & conduits, planning & designing cable pull boxes, firestopping, campus backbone design

Designing equipment rooms
Electrical power requirements & distribution, environmental, space & structural requirements, electrical ground & bonding. Application exercise: equipment room sizing & location

Designing entrance rooms
Calculating total space requirements, types of terminations & hardware, electrical protection, network demarcation. Application exercise: entrance facility case study.

Designing building services entrances
Underground, buried & aerial

Final application exercise
Design a multi-building telecommunications infrastructure.


PART TWO

RCDD review
4-days dedicated to tutor-guided technical revision to consolidate the core chapters & prepare for final exam. These 4-days also cover exam techniques

RCDD exam
31/2 hour exam with 280 question