CFOS/T : CERTIFIED FIBER OPTIC SPECIALIST (TESTING)
This is a specialist application certification is intended for high level technicians involved in the testing of fiber optic components, cable plants during and after installation and troubleshooting of fiber networks. The KSAs for CFOS/T cover fiber optic testing from concept to completion, including visual inspection and cleaning, visual tracing and fault location, optical power measurement, insertion loss testing and OTDR testing. The requirements also include a familiarity with fiber characterization for long distance high speed networks but that is covered in another specialist certification.
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The skill to be acquired in this course centered on: Installation, Termination, Splicing, and Testing & Documentation among other skills
Course Overview
Course Description
This is a specialist application certification is intended for high level technicians involved in the testing of fiber optic components, cable plants during and after installation and troubleshooting of fiber networks. The KSAs for CFOS/T cover fiber optic testing from concept to completion, including visual inspection and cleaning, visual tracing and fault location, optical power measurement, insertion loss testing and OTDR testing. The requirements also include a familiarity with fiber characterization for long distance high speed networks but that is covered in another specialist certification.
Course Prerequisite
CFOT
Course Content
- Continuity Testing
- Visual Fault Location
- Verify Splices
- Connector: Visual Inspection with Microscope
- Fiber Identifiers
- Fiber Optic Power Meters
- Measure dB
- dB to Watts
- Wavelength Sensitivity and Calibration
- Calibration
- Controls and Display
- Connector and Bare Fiber Adapters
- FOTP-95
- Insertion Loss Test
- Equipment Reference Cables
- FOTP-171 Insertion Loss Testing
- OFSTP-14 (MM) & OFSTP-7(SM)
- Difference with 3 Reference Methods, What If Connectors Are Not Mateable?
- The Fiber Optic Link Power Budget
- Measurement Uncertainty
- Troubleshooting
- Optical Reflectance Testing - FOTP-107
- Bandwidth & Dispersion
- Chromatic Dispersion
- Polarization Mode Dispersion (PMD)
- DWDM Testing
- Spectral Attenuation
- OTDRs Work With Backscattered Light
- OTDR Testing
- Information in The OTDR Display
- Reading OTDR Traces
- Fiber Attenuation and Distance
- Distance
- 2-Point Loss
- Connector or Splice Loss By : Least Squares
- TDR Launch Pulse
- OTDR Launch Cable
- OTDR Calibration
- Length Error: NVP or Index of Refraction
- Length Error: Fiber Is Longer Than Cable
- Missing Events: OTDR Resolution
- Loss Uncertainty In Multimode Fibers
- Unreadable OTDR Traces
- Confusing OTDR Ghosts
- OTDR Measurement Setup Parameters
- Approximate Settings
- Range
- Wavelength
- Pulse Width
- Averages
- NVP or Index of Refraction