Duration
5 days
LEARNING OUTCOME
Upon completion of the course, participants shall able to;
- Have good understanding of the basic and principle of optical fiber communication system
- Have good understanding of fiber cable specifications, properties and applications
- Have skills and ability to perform Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR) measurement
- Have skills and ability to perform optical fiber coupler characterization
- Have skills and ability to perform optical fiber cable termination to underground enclosure and termination box
MODULE OUTLINES
Lecture 1 Fiber Optic Communication Technology
- Introduction to the basic fiber optic communication system
- Explanation on properties of light and fiber
- Fiber Optic VS Copper
- Introduction to present and future technology in fiber optic communication system
- Basic introduction with calculated samples of power and bandwidth budget
Lecture 2 Fiber Optic Cables and Connectors
- Standards and general specification of different types of fiber
- Standards and general specification of different types of indoor and outdoor cables
- Introduction to optical fiber termination and connectorization
- Types of connectors
- Types of termination and jointing
- Termination hardware
- Jointing Equipment-Fusion splicer
Lecture 3 Fiber Optic Measurements and Test Gears
- Laser safety
- Performance Measurement
- Standard Loss Measurement and Testing
- Loss Test Set
- OTDR
- OSA
- Attenuator
- BER tester
Lecture 4 Optical Fiber Installation
- General Guidelines
- Connector Guidelines
- Installation Safety Guidelines
- Tools and Equipment Precautions
- Hardware
- Planning
- Documentation
- Fiber Optic Cable Pulling: Avoiding Disaster
- Faults in Installation
Hands On A1 Fiber Splicing
- Introduction ; General safety and guidelines
- Cable preparation for fusion splicing
- Handson: bare fiber splicing
Hands On A2 OTDR
- General safety and guidelines
- Demonstration of basic operation
- Single link point to point OTDR characterization
- Multiple link OTDR characterization
- Link mapping and documentation
- Determination of insertion loss
- Determination of isolation
- PON OTDR demonstration
Hands On A 3 Component Characterization
- Component function and application
- Perform the cable referencing and loss test
- Characterized the Optical Coupler
- Measuring Insertion Loss, excess loss and coupling ratio.
Hands On B Cable Temination
- General safety and guidelines
- Outdoor cable preparation
- Fiber cable termination using termination box and underground enclosure
Hands On C Fiber Optic Cable Link Testing
- General safety and guidelines
- Power budget and loss budget calculation
- Physical verification check
- Continuity Test
- Power loss link testing
- High loss location identification
- Troubleshooting cross-link mistake
- Documentations and reports
Exam
FOA’s CFOT Exam 1st Attempt
FOA’s CFOT Exam 2nd Attempt
Programme scope, delivery arrangements and suitability are confirmed during enquiry.