Fibre to the Home (FTTH)

This comprehensive 3-day course has been designed for new entrants into the communication sector however is also relevant to fibre engineers, maintenance personnel and those already working with fibre optic cabling within the internal cabling environment and wishing to enter the FTTH market.

Delegates learn, through extensive theoretical study and actual hands-on practical exercises, how to set up and install FTTH. Covering cabling distances, hazards associated with blown fibre, distribution and the termination of external grade cables into external enclosures and street cabinets.

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Duration
3 days

Who should attend?
Those wanting to start a career in FTTH or those already working in the fibre environment and wishing to extend their skills and knowledge

Prerequisites
No previous experience is necessary

Course objectives
Delegates will have gained the knowledge, skills and understand the terminology involved when dealing with fibre optic cable installing for FTTH

Qualifications
BTEC applied for, CableNet certificate

Related Training
Design & Advanced Testing of Fibre Systems
Design & Advanced Testing of Copper Systems
Fibre Optics in External Environments
Fibre Optics in Internal Environments
Testing & Commissioning Fibre Optics in Telecommunications Networks
Digital Broadband & Telephone Installation

Course Content (40% Theory, 60% Practical)

Introduction
• Subject overview
• Advantages of singlemode fibre optic links

Brief theory of light
• Optical windows
• Infra red light
• dBs

Optical fibre transmission theory
• Overview of singlemode fibre parameters
• Brief insight into multimode fibre parameters

Optical fibre cables
• Primary coated fibre
• External grade fibre
• Blown fibre

Connectors
Pigtail splicing versus direct termination

Fibre safety in an external environment
• General safety procedures for working with fibre in an external environment
• Laser & fibre safety
• Overview of Road & Street Works Act

Optical fibre practical
• Blown fibre overview & set-up
• Blown fibre termination methods
• Fusion splicing into optical distributions frames
• Fusion splicing into external enclosures
• Splicing on pigtails in the home

OTDR testing procedures
• Operational overview of optical time domain reflectometer