Telecommunications Fiber Optic Design - Certificate
The Telecom Fiber Optic Design Certificate provides our students a fast track towards a broadband network design career. The emphasis of this program will include project data collection with survey grade equipment in the field, computer aided drafting, telecommunications project engineering and design principles.
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Program Costs & Financial Aid
Tuition: $3,019, Books: $87, Supplies: $0
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Program Outcomes
- Demonstrate the fundamental aspects of fall protection and rescue theory and practical application to tower safety practices for a competent worker.
- Apply the basic principles of overhead tower construction including safe work habits, protective equipment and tower climbing techniques.
- Apply the fundamentals of cable accessories and carrier installation standards for a broad cross section of wireless construction.
- Identify the basic fundamental elements of wireless technology relevant to tower installation including wireless networks, application, service and a basic technical overview of spectrum principles.
- Apply the basic principles of electricity and safety standards in the Telecommunications industry.
- Demonstrate an ability to climb towers and work comfortably at heights.
- Demonstrate an ability to function effectively as a member of a technical team.
Curriculum
The Telecom Fiber Optic Design Certificate provides our students a fast track towards a broadband network design career. The emphasis of this program will include project data collection with survey grade equipment in the field, computer aided drafting, telecommunications project engineering and design principles.
First Semester
8 Week 1
8 Week 2
Second Semester
8 Week 1
8 Week 2
Course Descriptions
Develops the knowledge, skills, process, and understanding of AutoCAD by working with templates; creating and manipulating layers; basic drawing, editing, and inquiry commands; and blocks, attributes, and plotting.
Course Typically Offered:Provides the opportunity for the learner to develop the knowledge, skills, process, and understanding of basic surveying principles, instruments in the field, making computations, and generating computerized maps. (Co-Requisite: 10-607-112, AutoCAD for Civil Engineering)
Course Typically Offered:Prepares students for the different methods of data collection and data management for Telecommunications projects. (Co-Requisite: 10-607-112, AutoCAD for Civil Engineering)
Course Typically Offered:Learn utility system safety terminology, definitions, and practices. Define safety responsibility, rules and regulations. Demonstrate safe work procedures on a simulated energized system using testing tools.
Course Typically Offered: FallDevelops the knowledge, skills, process, and understanding of working with survey data, points, alignments, surfaces, and profile in Civil 3D. (Pre-Requisite: 10-607-112, AutoCAD for Civil Engineering.)
Course Typically Offered:Creates an experience consistent with projects in industry. Students will learn how to field buried cable projects to aerial projects and also learn industry equipment that operates on these projects. (Pre-Requisite: 10-607-112, AutoCAD for Civil Engineering. Co-Requisite: 10-607-114, Civil 3D-Intro)
Course Typically Offered:Focuses on taking the data from field collection and creating the product that a utility crew would use to place the communications facility. Learners will develop plan sets consistent with industry standards. (Pre-Requisite: 10-607-112, AutoCAD for Civil Engineering. Co-Requisite: 10-607-114, Civil 3D-Intro)
Course Typically Offered:Starts from the basics and gives the learner the tools to design and maintain industrial communications systems. You'll learn the underlying principles behind today's industrial communications systems.
Course Typically Offered:Develops the knowledge and understanding of Analog and Digital signals with respect to communications.
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