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
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 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.
Student Assignment:
Read the references and take the quizzes (Test Your Comprehension)
Online FOA Reference:
Fiber Optic Installation
Prefab Cabling Systems
Safety Rules for Fiber Optic Installation
FOA Tech Bulletin: Installing Fiber Optic Cable Plants (PDF 0.2 MB)
Installing Cable - General
Guidelines
Book Chapter:
FOA Reference Guide to Outside Plant Fiber Optics, Chapter 10
Test Your Knowledge:
Online Quiz
Take the Quiz at the end of Chapter 7 and check your answers
Extra Credit Reading
Getting Training
Installation
Checklist - step by step installation planning
The Role of the Contractor
Planning the Installation
Tools
and Equipment
Cleaning Fiber Optic
Connections
Receiving cable and components
onsite
Installing a Swivel Pulling
Eye on Cable
How
To "Figure 8" Cable For Intermediate Pulls
Premises
Site Preparation
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