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"Fiber
U" is Back!
 The famous "Fiber U®" (Fiber University) fiber optic training has returned, now part of The Fiber Optic Association. The Fiber U self-study courses are being updated and expanded with modern online-learning technology! FOA is working with groups to bring back the Fiber U training conferences too. Fiber U began as a training conference run by Fotec, the fiber optic test equipment company started by Jim Hayes, now FOA President. Fiber U combined lectures by many highly knowledgeable instructors and had participating manufacturers to provide hands-on training on their equipment. During the 1990s, dozens of Fiber U conferences were held as a standalone conference and as part of major trade shows and meetings. Conferences had up to 250 students and 40 vendors, taking over complete hotels and filling conference areas - even parking lots - with training sessions. More on Fiber U Training Conferences. Photos from past Fiber U conferences. Lennie Lightwave has joined FOA too! Lennie has been called the most famous guy in fiber optics since Lennie Lightwave's Guide to Fiber Optics was published 20 years ago as a simple, easy to understand introduction to fiber optics. The web version of Lennie Lightwave's Guide to Fiber Optics was one of the first commercial web pages ever and introduced many people to fiber optic technology. Now Lennie's Guide and Uncle Ted's Guide to Communications Cabling, the premises cabling equivalent, are still two of the most popular sites for getting started in the fiber optics and premises cabling business. Online Self-Study Courses Unless you already have field experience, you can't get FOA CFOT® certified just by taking online courses because you can't develop hands-on skills on a computer! But you can prepare yourself for training at one of our hundreds of FOA-Approved schools around the world, refresh your knowledge from your own CFOT training or study for FOA exams if you are experienced in fiber optics and want to apply for direct certification. Below are links to online self-study programs and tutorials for those wanting to learn more about fiber optics. In the future, we'll be adding more self-study programs, video and online webinar lectures and other education resources the FOA will provide free to help everyone learn more about fiber optics. More on Fiber U Training Conferences |
Another ten part self-study program on outside plant fiber optics, the outdoor networks used by telcos, wireless operators, CATV companies, utilities, etc. This program uses the FOA Online Reference Guide to Fiber Optics, OSP Section or a copy of The FOA Reference Guide to Outside Plant Fiber Optics, available in printed or eBook form. Study the reference materials and test your comprehension. Additional reading is included for advanced study. Premises Cabling  This 8-part self-study program covers premises cabling, including copper (UTP and coax), fiber and wireless (or more precisely, cabling for wireless.) This program uses the FOA Online Reference Guide to Fiber Optics, Premises Cabling Section or a copy of the FOA Reference Guide to Premises Cabling, available in printed or eBook form. Study the reference materials and test your comprehension. Additional reading is included for advanced study. Understanding OTDRs A 4-part series on understanding one of the more important testing tools in fiber optics. OTDRs are valuable test tools but require more depth of understanding to use properly. This self-study program will review fiber optic testing, look at how OTDRs work and how their test data is analyzed. It also explains testing artifacts like "gainers" and "ghosts" that can be very confusing. This program uses the FOA Online Reference Guide to Fiber Optics, OSP Section or, for Lesson 1 only, a copy of The FOA Reference Guide to Outside Plant Fiber Optics, available in printed or eBook form. Part of this course is a free OTDR simulator you can download and run on your PC.
   Basic Fiber Optics - Premises Cabling - Outside Plant Fiber Optics We have created three new FOA books to be used in training for FOA certifications and as reference books for contractors, installers and end users of fiber optics. All three books are available in printed form from the FOA eStore or Amazon.com, or as eBooks on the Amazon Kindle or as Apple iBooks for the iPad/iPhone/iPod. Click on the books above for more information and ordering instructions. FOA iPad App - Self-Study in Fiber Optics  The FOA has just released its first APP for the iPad, a self-study version of the FOA Reference Guide to Fiber Optics.The FOA APP builds on the FOA basic fiber optic textbook to create an interactive learning environment. It builds on the iBook electronic version of the book to add a guide to use for self-study and real-time self-testing that provides feedback on what you have learned and correct answers to questions answered incorrectly. The FOA APP is priced at only $9.99, same as the iBook, so the self-study program is free. Download it from the Apple APP Store with your iPad or iTunes. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/foa-guide/id434354283?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4  The FOA is using YouTube to host a large number of instructional videos including a multipart lecture series on fiber optics. See the FOA Lecture Series and dozens of hands-on instructional videos and lectures about fiber optics and premises cabling on the FOA You Tube Channel - "thefoainc" 
Virtual Hands-On Tutorials Step-by-step review of common fiber optic processes: Cables Preparing Fiber Optic Cables for Pulling and Termination Termination Adhesive/polish connectors Anaerobic/polish connectors Hot Melt/polish connectors Prepolished/splice connectors Singlemode termination Splicing Mechanical splicing Fusion splicing (single fiber) Fusion splicing (ribbon splicing) Testing Insertion loss testing OTDR testing Study Guides For FOA Certification Exams If you have proper industry experience, you can apply for direct certification from the FOA. Here are study guides to help you prepare for the FOA certification exams. CFOT CFospT CPCT Learn more about fiber optics at the FOA Online Reference Guide to Fiber Optics: www.foaguide.org |
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