7 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD BECOME FIBER OPTIC CERTIFIED

The following are some of the reasons to be FIBER OPTIC certified.

• 1. Proof of Professionalism Fiber Education and Certification is a level of competence commonly accepted and valued by many telecoms industries. Telecoms Employers give preference in hiring applicants with FOA certification. They view this as proof that a new hire knows the procedures and technologies required.
• 2. Enhanced Job Opportunity One of the advantages of FOA Fiber certification is that it can be used as stand-alone qualification and it can be attached to your primary degrees/diplomas for enhancing job opportunity.
• 3. Career Advancement Fiber optic certification is a plus when an employer awards job advancements and promotions. Employers generally make assessment on both tech skills and certification before awarding promotions.
• 4. Training Requirement Fiber Certification may be required as a prerequisite to attending a vendor's training course, so employers will offer advanced training to those employees who are already certified.
• 5. Highly In-Demand Fiber optic Skills are The Most Valuable and Highly In-Demand profession around the world in the telecom industry. FOA qualifications are needed in almost every Telecom workplace for efficiency.
• 6. Job Security and Promotion: With fiber optic Skills, you can easily secure a job. Study shows that degree holders with certification have better chance of securing jobs even faster than those without certification. Companies operation today is I.T driven, so often they look for employees who are certified. They also give promotions easily to employees who are highly skilled with certification
• 7. Global Recognition FOA is globally respected and recognized for their fiber optic skills, the certification are also widely accepted and recognized.

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CERTIFIED FIBER OPTIC SPECIALIST IN TESTING (CFOST)

CFOST: CERTIFIED FIBER OPTIC SPECIALIST IN TESTING

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1. Introduction

• Continuity Testing
• Visual Fault Location
• Verify Splices
• Connector: Visual Inspection with Microscope
• Fiber Identifiers

2. Optical Power Testing

   

• Fiber Optic Power Meters

• Measure dB
• dB to Watts
• Wavelength Sensitivity and Calibration

• Calibration
• Controls and Display
• Connector and Bare Fiber Adapters
•  FOTP-95

3. Insertion Loss Testing

• Insertion Loss Test

• Equipment Reference Cables
• FOTP-171 Insertion Loss Testing
• OFSTP-14 (MM) & OFSTP-7(SM)

• Difference with 3 Reference Methods
   What If Connectors Are Not Mateable?

• The Fiber Optic Link Power Budget
•  Measurement Uncertainty
•  Troubleshooting

4. Reflectance (Optical Return Loss)

• Optical Reflectance Testing - FOTP-107
• Bandwidth & Dispersion
• Chromatic Dispersion
• Polarization Mode Dispersion (PMD)

• DWDM Testing
• Spectral Attenuation

5. Optical Time Domain Reflectometer

• OTDRs Work With Backscattered Light
• OTDR Testing
• Information in The OTDR Display
• Reading OTDR Traces
• Fiber Attenuation and Distance
  

• Distance
• 2-Point Loss
• Connector or Splice Loss By “Least Squares”

• TDR Launch Pulse
• OTDR Launch Cable

6. OTDR Measurement Uncertainty

• OTDR Calibration

• Length Error: NVP or Index of Refraction       
• Length Error: Fiber Is Longer Than Cable
• Missing Events: OTDR Resolution
• Loss Uncertainty In Multimode Fibers
• Unreadable OTDR Traces
• Confusing OTDR Ghosts

7. OTDR vs. Insertion Loss Testing

• OTDR Measurement Setup Parameters
• Approximate Settings
• Range
• Wavelength
• Pulse Width
• Averages
• NVP or Index of Refraction

8. Five Ways to Test Fiber Optics

Duration: 3 DAYS

Training Fee: N150,000 

CFOST Certification Fee :  $180

 

 

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CERTIFIED FIBER OPTIC SPECIALIST IN DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM

CFOS/DAS: CERTIFIED FIBER OPTIC SPECIALIST IN DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM

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1.0 Introduction

• Distributed Antenna System (DAS)
• Public Safety Mandates
• DAS and Small Cell Coverage
• Passive DAS
• DAS Today
• DAS Definitions

2. Wi-Fi

• Wi-Fi In LANs
• Cabling For DAS Or WiFi
• Compatibilty With Passive OLANs

3. Industry Cabling Standards

4. DAS Design Issues

• DAS Design
• Site Survey

5. Installation

• Fiber And Coax
• Fiber Optic Cable Plant Installation
• Cabling Options: Terminating Onsite Or Use Prefab Cabling

6. Testing the Cables

• Connector Handling
• Connector Inspection and Cleaning
• Microscope Inspection of Connector
• Connector Visual Inspection
• Microscope Inspection Results
• Actual Microscope Views\
• Areas Of Inspection
  

 

Lab Exercises

1. Lab Exercise – Connector Inspection and Cleaning

2. Lab Exercise – Termination

3. Lab: Visual Tracing And Fault Location

4. Lab Exercise – Visual Fault Loss In Fiber Optic Datalinks

• Insertion Loss Testing
• Insertion Loss Test Equipment And Fiber Optic Power Meters Measured in dB
• Insertion Loss Test Equipment Reference Cables
• Insertion Loss Test Equipment – Always Clean Your Reference Cables

5. Lab Exercises – Insertion Loss Testing OTDR Testing And Troubleshooting

• Testing Cable Plant Loss
• Testing Cable Plant Loss With LSA

Installation Problems

6. Lab Exercises – OTDR Testing

• OTDR Measurement Uncertainty
• OTDR Splice/Connector Loss Errors
• OTDR Resolution 

7. Lab Exercise - Optical Power Testing (Transmitter/Receiver Power)

• Fiber Optic Power Meters
•  Controls and Display

Duration: 3DAYS

Training Fee: N150,000 

CFOS/DAS Certification Fee :  $180

 

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CERTIFIED FIBER OPTIC SPECIALIST IN OSP ( CFOS/O )

OUTSIDE PLANT PROJECT

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1. Introduction

• Why Use Fiber Optics?

2. Fiber Optic Applications

• Telecom Technology
• Wavelength-Division Multiplexing
• Fiber to the Home (FTTH)
  • FTTH Economics
  • FTTH Architecture

• Fiber to the Curb or Node (FTTC/N)

• Passive Optical Network (PON)
• Optical Network Terminal

• FTTH products

• Prefabricated Cabling Systems
• Bend Insensitive Fiber

• Wireless Phone Usage
• Fiber Optics & Wireless Communications
• Super WiFi/White Space
• Antenna Connection (RFOG: CATV's FTTH Solution)

• Premises or Structured Cabling For Local Area Networks – LANs
• Passive Optical LAN (POL)
• Data Centers - Internet Servers
• Fiber other usage.

• Security Fiber Optics
• Video and Audio On Fiber
• Electrical Utilities
• Alternative Energy
• Data Links & Other Networks
• Other Applications of Fiber Optics

3. Fiber Optic Data Links

• Fiber Optic Sources
• Fiber Optic Detectors
• Fiber Amplifiers

4. Fiber Optic Link Power Budget

• Fiber Optic Link Parameters

5. Optical Fiber Technology

• Fiber Types

• Singlemode Fiber Types
• Multimode Fiber Types
• Choosing Singlemode Fiber
• Choosing Multimode Fiber
• OSP vs Premises Cables

• Fiber Attenuation - Glass Fibers
• Fiber Bandwidth

• Modal Dispersion
• Chromatic Dispersion
• Polarization Mode Dispersion (PMD)

6. Fiber Optic Cables

• Specifications for Fiber Optic Cable       
• Fiber Optic Cable Selection Criteria
• Cable Ratings and Markings
• Splice & Connector Loss 

• Fiber Optic Splices
• Fiber Optic Splices – Cleaving
• Fiber Optic Connectors
• Connector History
• Connector Inspection with Microscope

7. Testing

• Measuring Optical Power
• OTDR
• OTDR Measurement Errors
• Specialized Fiber Optic Testing
• Fiber Optic Link Power Budget

Fiber Optic Installations

• Outside Plant or Premises?
• Outside Plant or Premises?
• Cable Installation – Micro trenching
• OSP Aerial
• Submarine
• Fiber To The Home
• Fiber Optic Installations –Premises
• Premises Installation – Codes

8. Safety Rules

               

Training Fee: N150,000 

CFOS/O Certification Fee :  $180

 

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CERTIFIED FIBER OPTIC SPECIALIST IN OPTICAL-LAN (CFOS/L)

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CERTIFIED FIBER OPTIC SPECIALIST IN OPTICAL-LAN

1. Introduction

• Structured Cabling Today

2. Understanding Networks

• Local Area Networks – LANs

• LAN Architecture  (Bus - Ring - Star
• bus  topology
• ring  topology 
• star topology
• LAN History
• LAN Connections & Cabling
• Ethernet
• Legacy LANs: Token Ring & FDDI

• WiFi

• Since 1982: 12+ Generations Of Copper
• Since 1982: 4 Generations of Fiber

3. Networks Today

• Centralized Fiber – FTTD
• Fiber to the Home (FTTx)
• FTTH Options and LANs
• FTTH Architecture

• Fiber To The Office – FTTO
• PON To Multi-dwelling Units (MDU)
• Passive Optical LAN - POL

• Optical LANS - OLANs
• Common To OLANs
• Comparing OLANs: FTTO or POL

• Economics of OLANs

4. Structured Cabling vs. OLAN

• NT – Optical Network Terminal
• ONT (triple play, voice/data/video)
• Technical Info On PONs/POLs
  • BPON
  • GPON
  • EPON    
    

• PON System Specification
• PON Architecture       

• Wavelength Provisioning
• Understanding PON Splitters
• Splitter Power Ratios
• Bend-Insensitive Fiber
• New Cables with BI Fiber
• Connectors – Low Reflectance
• Fusion Splice-On Connectors
• Prefabricated Cabling Systems

5. OLAN Network Design

• The Design Process : Part 1, Planning

• OLAN PON Architecture Options
• Pathways and Spaces
• Splitter Location and Packaging

• The Design Process:  Part 2, Component Selection
• The Design Process:   Part 3, Design Review

• Optical Power and Loss Budgets
• Loss Budget Example

• The Design Process:  Part 4,Testing Plan
• The Design Process- :  Part 5, Estimating
• The Design Process- :  Part 6. Writing Specifications

6. OLAN Installation
7. OLAN Testing

• End-To-End Testing
• Testing OLAN Links
• Testing Splitters
• Link Testing
• OTDR Testing Issues for OLANs
  
  
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• PON Testing Issues         
• OTDR Testing From OLT

• OTDRTrace: Downstream

PON Testing Issues:    OTDR Testing From ONT Upstream

PON Testing Issues: OTDR Testing From Subscriber

• OTDR Trace: Upstream

• Testing   Network Equipment

8. OLAN Safety

Duration: 3DAYS

Training Fee: N150,000 

CFOST Certification Fee :  $180

 

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CERTIFIED FIBER OPTIC SPECIALIST IN FTTA (Fiber To The Antenna)

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                           CFOS/A     FIBER TO THE ANTENNA

1. Introduction

• Why Fiber to the Antenna
• New Generation Cell Towers
• Getting Signal To/From the Tower
• Traditional Tower System
• Today’s Tower System
• Next Generation Tower System
• Top of Tower Systems

2. Fiber Optic Cable For Towers

• Tower Cable
• Fiber terminations
• Prefab Cables with Outlet Boxes

3. Installation Issues

• Installing the Cable on a Tower
• Rooftop or Building Installations
• Rooftop Antennas
• Rooftop Installations
• Small Cells

4. Distributed Antenna System (DAS)

• Cabling Options: Terminating Onsite
• Testing the Cable 

5. Connector Inspection and Cleaning

• Dry fiber optic cleaning tools
• Connector Handling
• Microscope Inspection of Connector
• Connector Visual Inspection  Video
• Areas of Inspection
• Visual Fault Location

6. Loss In Fiber Optic Datalinks

• Insertion Loss Testing On FTTA Cable\
• Insertion Loss Test Equipment And Fiber Optic Power Meters Measure dB
• Setting “0dB” Reference
• The Fiber Optic Loss Budget
• Troubleshooting

7. Optical time domain reflectometer testing

• OTDR Splice/Connector Loss Errors
• OTDR Trace for FTTA Loss Up and Down
• Fiber Optic Power Meters Controls And Display
• OTDR Measurement Uncertainty
• OTDR Splice/Connector Loss Errors
• Testing FTTA Cables With OTDR

Lab Exercise 1 – Connector Inspection And Cleaning

Lab Exercise 2: Visual Tracing and Fault Location

Lab Exercise 3 – Insertion Loss Testing

Lab Exercise 4 - Optical Power

Duration: 3DAYS

Training Fee: N150,000 

CFOS/A Certification Fee :  $180