Trainings

The Training aligns to achieving the FOA certification for specialist skills based fiber optics certifications. This is a specialist certification covering fiber optic testing intended for technicians involved in the design, installation, testing, troubleshooting or maintenance of fiber networks.

The Course has been structured as a specialist skills based certification, not aligned to any specific job function.

After completing this course, you should be able to:

• Understand all necessary test equipment, methods and standards.
• Undertake Standard practices on Inspecting and cleaning connectors correctly.
• Be proficient in both insertion loss testing and optical time domain reflectometry (OTDR testing).
• Test both single mode and multimode fibers.
• Have understanding of measurement errors in tests.
• Perform Microscope inspection of connectors.
• Perform VFL testing of hundreds of links.
• Perform OTDR tests on hundreds of links (with sample test reports and traces).

Assumes the technician has the basic knowledge of a CFOT or equivalent.

It is strongly suggested that students have complete understanding of fundamental fiber testing, troubleshooting or maintenance of fiber networks.