After attending the course, participants will be able to,

• Fusion Splicing techniques
• Mechanical Splicing techniques
• Optical Fibre cable loss factors
• OSP Splice enclosures
• Premises Patch/splice enclosures
• Work with various cleaving tools to find out which work best for which fibre type and why cleave quality is critical to splicing
• Splicing set up - Learn how to organize your work area and adjust the splicer for optical, mechanical, and environmental concerns
• How to manage your splice team - Who does what and why
• In-line fusion splicing of standard and NZDS fibres
• Pigtail splicing and splice tray preparation
• Measure your splice loss using the OTDR and understand the importance of splice monitoring
• Ribbon splicing and ribbon splice tray management
• Learn how to adjust your cleaving tools and maintain your fusion splicer
• Mechanical splicing for emergency restorations
• Documentation procedures when field splicing
• Mid-span slices
• Splitting loose-tubes in OSP for Fusion splicing

This 2-day Hands-On course provides Real-World Experience to fibre optic mechanical and fusion splicing. The course material covers a range of splicing applications and prepares each student to understand premise (ISP) and outside plant (OSP) splicing as well as maintenance skills used for fibre optic cabling. Each student will be involved in Hands-On labs to reinforce the course topics.

At the end of the course delegates will gain well knowledge on the splicing techniques of fiber optics as well as assembling the fiber and finally they will be certified Fiber Optic Technician.

Certified Fiber Optic Technician - Testing certification

Training is geared towards Field Supervisors and Technicians who need a good working knowledge of optical fibre splicing and require the ability to perform splicing of optical fibre cables and pigtails in premises and OSP environments. After completing this course, you will have the ease of mind that you will be able to perform all the necessary functions required for fusion and mechanical splicing of optical fibre cables.

• Principle of Communication Fibre Optics
• Safety with Fibre Optics
• Fibre Optic Cable Types
• Understanding Fusion Splicing
• Understanding Mechanical Splicing
• Fibre Optic Cable Loss Factors
• Splice Loss Factors
• LID Versus PAS Fusion Splicing
• Understanding OSP Splice Enclosures
• Understanding Premise Patch/Splice Enclosures
• Protecting a Fusion and/or Mechanical Splice
• Understanding Communication System Splice Loss Budgets
• Selecting the Right Fusion Splicer for Your Applications

• Multi-strand MM & SN premises fibre optic cable splicing (Fusion & Mechanical)
• Multi-strand SM OSP optical fibre cable splicing (Fusion & Mechanical)
• Simplex and Bare fibre cable splicing (Fusion & Mechanical)
• Splitting loose tubes in OSP cable for splicing (Fusion & Mechanical)
• Splicing using an OSP style cable splice enclosure (Fusion & Mechanical)
• ‘Live Fibre’ SM Mechanical splice
• ‘Live Fibre” SM Fusion splice
• Splicing Documentation