NTS
Specialist/BICSI NTS Specialist Exam
The rapid increase in the use of networks and internetworks
for transporting data, voice, video and other emerging
applications, means that there is a growing demand
for design professionals with globally recognised
design skills. With today’s evolving technologies,
those who are able to demonstrate superiority and
proficiency in designing local area and internetworks
transport systems are considered extremely valuable
assets to their companies.
The BICSI NTS (Network Transport Systems) course is
available to current BICSI members who already possess
the RCDD designation. Achieving the NTS designation
demonstrates outstanding NTS design skills that give
significant competitive recognition. The duration
of this course is 6-days, including the exam.
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Duration
6 days
Who should attend?
Those with BICSI RCDD status
Prerequisites
Current BICSI RCDD designation and membership of BICSI
plus 2 years of documentable design, implementation
and/or administration experience with LAN systems
is required
Course objectives
Successful delegates achieve the BICSI NTS Specialist
status, an internationally recognized qualification
Qualifications
BICSI NTS Specialist
BTEC applied for, CableNet certificate
Related Training
BICSI RCDD
LAN Design & Implementation
Next Generation Cabling
Course Content (100% Theory)
Day 1
Course introduction & objectives
• Networking design fundamentals
• LAN components
• Operations & design
• Internetworking technologies used to link
networks
• Network cabling systems for building &
campus environments
Day 2
• Ethernet technologies up to & including
10 Gigabit Ethernet
• Telecommunications circuits T-Carrier, X.25,
ISDN, Frame Relay, xDSL, SONET, RPR
• Remote access technologies for distant users
• Wireless networking technologies, WPAN, WLAN,
WMAN, WWAN; Internet Protocol (IP)
Day 3
• Network security, firewalls, VPNs, authentication,
authorisation, accounting
• Network management, hardware & software,
users, traffic (QoS)
• Network storage, NAS, SAN, backups
• Network applications, VoIP, real-time video,
store-and-forward video Days 4, 5 & 6
The last three days of this course comprise, two days
of review & a one- day exam. One day between the
review & exam is allowed for private study &
revision
