About
OP-455 is the course for troubleshooting and maintaining a fibre optic network - how to fault find, how to check that your network is working and working well and how to make improvements when it isn't
COURSE ITINERARY
FIBRE OPTIC BEST PRACTICE
Module 1.0 Health & Safety Understanding the risks of working with fibre including precautions to take and Risk Assessment Guidelines.
Module 1.1 Best Practice for successful installation and maintenance of fibre optic networks
TESTING
Module 7.0 Use a Visible Light Source to check continuity and fault find
Module 8.0 Insertion Loss Measurement with source and meter
Module 8.1 Power Meter Checking of network power levels
Module 8.3 Power level monitoring.
Module 9.0 OTDR Practical Measurement of a 4 fibre Optical Link
Module 9.1 Event measurement
Module 10.0 OTDR Testing of short fibre links with multiple connectors.
Module 11.0 OTDR Testing of cables with connectors, splices and bends
Module 11.1 OTDR Singlemode multi wavelength testing 1310/1550/
Module 15.2 Multi fibre Cable Troubleshooting includes Swapped ports, Bad splice, Bends, Bad Connector, fibre break
Module 15.3 Generating a full test report
Module 15.4 Fibre Identification - how to check fibres are connected correctly and how to trace fibres
CONNECTORS & TERMINATING
Module 17.0 Connector Inspection
Module 17.1 Video Microscope Inspection of optical fibre connectors
Module 18.0 Connector Cleaning
Module 19.1 Connector Terminating directly to cable -replacement of connectors without splicing
Training Notes Content:
(1) OPTICAL FIBRES AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS
(2) HEALTH & SAFETY
(3) CABLES & CONNECTORS
(4) TESTING
(5) OTDR BASICS
(6) OTDR SPECIFICATIONS AND CAPABILITIES
(7) USING THE OTDR
(8) CONNECTOR TERMINATION