Lesson 10: OSP Fiber Optic Installation



 
Objectives: From this lesson you should learn:
What is involved in an OSP fiber optic installation
The role of the contractor and installer
How to prepare for the installation
What is involved in the installation process
How to verify the quality of the installation
Safety for fiber optic installations


Installing Fiber Optic Cable Plants
Your final lesson covers OSP fiber optic installation. After the process of designing fiber optic networks is completed, the next step is to install it. What do we mean by the “installation process?” Assuming the design is completed, we’re looking at the process of civil works construction then physically installing, splicing and terminating cables, installing all hardware  and completing the network, turning the design into an operating system.

This is a more complex process than it may seem at first. This lesson covers preparing for the installation, requirements for training and safety and then the actual installation process. We also add in the construction phase, preparing for the cable installation and actually installing aerial, underground or buried cables.


Student Assignment:
Either read the chapter in the textbook, the web page linked on the online reference or watch the videos and take the quiz (Test Your Comprehension)


Book Chapter:
            IMSA/FOA Reference Guide to Fiber Optics, Chapter 10


Online FOA Reference: Fiber Optic Installation 
 
FOA YouTube Video

FOA Lecture 2: Safety When Working With Fiber Optics  (Repeat from lesson 1)
FOA Lecture 8: Fiber Optic Installation  

Optional Reference - Download For Future Use
FOA OSP Fiber Optics Civil Works Guide  (PDF, 3.9MB)


Test Your Knowledge:

Online Quiz
Take the Quiz at the end of Chapter and check your answers  

You're finished - congratulations!



Get Your "Certificate of Completion" Now You Have Completed This Course
After you complete all lessons in the Fiber U Basic Fiber Optics online self-study course and think you are prepared, you should take the online exam linked below. When you pass the exam, you get a "Certificate of Completion" for this course. Download and print your certificate to bring to your instructor at the fiber optic class you will be attending.


Go here for directions to take the IMSA/FOA Fiber Optics Certificate of Completion Exam  





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