Course Outline:
1. Optical Fibers: advantages, structure, and types of optical fibers.
2. Types of fiber optic networks: urban telecommunications rings, customer access rings, basic subscriber loop architecture, FTTH networks.
3. Interpreting diagrams.
4. Network cable installations: aerial installations, underground installations, stapled installations.
5. Fiber optic network components: cables, splice boxes, splices, distribution cabinets, connectors.
6. Fiber optic cable structure: classic structure, ribbon structure, single-fiber cables, drop and indoor cables, self-supporting aerial cables.
7. Identifying fibers within the cable: color codes for multimode fiber cables, color codes for single-mode fiber cables, ribbon structure cables.
8. Identifying optical cables.
9. Cable nomenclature.
10. Splice boxes: most common types of boxes, installation, cross-section changes, and segregation.
11. Distribution cabinets: most common types, installation, and new subscriber connection operations.
12. Fiber optic splicing: types of splices, fusion splicers, materials, and tools.
13. Splicing processes: preparing cable ends, installing cable in the splice box, performing splices, and closing the splice box.
14. Repairing fiber optic cable faults: general information, fault location, temporary repairs, and permanent repairs.
15. Measuring instruments: fiber identifiers, power meters and light sources, and optical time-domain reflectometers (OTDRs).
Practical exercises:
a) Cable preparation.
b) Assembly of splice boxes.
c) Splicing.
d) Fault location.
Fibercom announces an extraordinary 2013 call for its Specialized Course in Fiber Optics
Fibercom is pleased to announce an extraordinary session of its Specialized Fiber Optic Course on December 16, 17, and 18 due to the high demand for the course originally scheduled for November. These sessions will be held at Fibercom's headquarters in Zaragoza.
