Program Overview

This course is designed for technicians responsible for the layout, installation and/or maintenance of fiber optic cabling systems. The course covers fiber optic theory, codes, standards, and other practices widely accepted in the fiber optics industry.

Students will have the opportunity for individual hands-on training while demonstrating individual installation skills, including fiber terminations, cable preparations, fusion splicing, OTDR, and optical loss testing. Students successfully completing the course will have met all requirements necessary to sit for the ETA Fiber Optics Installer Certification exam.

At a Glance

Extended Education
Approximately 30 hours
3 CEUs
$1850
EdAssist discounted rate: $1,665
Live Online Format

This course is taught with UMass Global’s LIVE ONLINE training format using a video communications software. Students receive the same high-quality training as found in a traditional classroom setting. Join us from anywhere with an internet connection.

LIVE ONLINE training includes:
  • Delivered in real time by an instructor
  • Full access to course presentations and documents
  • Live interaction with classmates and instructor using a collaborative learning platform
  • Play back recording of any class for later review
Upon successful mastery of this course, you will be able to:
  • Design a fiber optic system
  • Construct fiber and cable
  • Install end connectors
  • Distinguish the difference between multi-mode and single-mode
  • Define primary loss factors affecting fibers
  • Splice fibers with mechanical and fusion splices
  • Test end connectors with a power meter and light source
  • Test the spliced fibers with an OTDR
  • Understand optical time domain reflectometers (OTDRs)
  • Prepare for the ETA Fiber Optics Installer Certification exam

Tuition covers only the cost of the course. Nothing else is provided to the student.

This course is part of the Fiber Optics Communications Program

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