Course Title: Place and secure cable

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term1 2011

Course Code: EEET6904C

Course Title: Place and secure cable

School: 130T Vocational Engineering

Campus: City Campus

Program: C2195 - Certificate II in Telecommunications Cabling

Course Contact: Kenneth falzon

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4716

Course Contact Email: Kenneth.falzon@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Nominal Hours: 60

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Pre-requisites and Co-requisites

No pre-requisite 

Course Description

This unit applies to all contexts for indoor and outdoor installation within a customer premises and applies to both customer premises cabling and customer premises equipment. This unit applies to all communications applications whether digital or analogue including telephony, data, video including digital broadcasting, computer networks including LANs and WANs, and multi media. This unit may be applied to domestic, commercial or industrial installations. Assessment by a TITAB registered assessor is recommended. The six unit competency set ICTTC005D, ICTTC006D, ICTTC008D, ICTTC012D, ICTTC017D and ICTTC022D that meets the Australian Communications and Media Authority’s (ACMA) requirements for Cabling Provider Registration (CPR), is generally used as part of a more specialised customer cabling qualification. This set is usually regarded as more suitable for new entrants where limited industry experience has been obtained and forms the major part of specialised qualifications such as ICT20308 Certificate II in Telecommunications Cabling. When these six units are delivered as a set within state/territory funding approved programs, the two benchmark CPR units (ICTTC136C and ICTTC137C) are not required.


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

ICTTC006D Place and secure cable

Element:

1. Identify cable route

Performance Criteria:

1.1-Identify existing support structure location and confirm access
1.2-Identify hazards to installation and for cable operation accurately
1.3-Cable route can maintain required clearances and segregations as required by relevant industry standards
1.4-Where no pre-existing support system exists, determine a cable route to comply with relevant industry standards
1.5-Confirm cable route with customer

Element:

2. Obtain tools and materials

Performance Criteria:

2.1-Check that all tools and equipment are in a safe working order and adjusted to manufacturers specifications
2.2-Confirm an inventory of tools and materials necessary to install and secure the cable in accordance with work specifications and schedules
2.3-All equipment and cables are suitable for installation and are approved under relevant industry standards
2.4-Locate tools and materials to ensure ready access during installation

Element:

3. Set up cable dispensers

Performance Criteria:

3.1-Set up feeders in locations to provide ease of access during hauling of cable
3.2-Determine feeder locations to minimise wastage of cable
3.3-Secure feeder locations to minimise safety risks during installation
3.4-Label hauling end of the cable with unique identifier prior to placement

Element:

4. Haul cable into terminating position

Performance Criteria:

4.1-Select and wear protective clothing and equipment to reduce risk of injury during cable placement
4.2-Handle cable in accordance with manufacturers specifications
4.3-Avoid all damage to cable to ensure operation capability is maintained at manufactured levels
4.4-Allow sufficient excess at cable ends to facilitate termination
4.5-Label outlet end of cable promptly with unique identifier to match identifier at originating location
4.6-Cable placement is within clearances required by industry standards, manufacturers and work specifications
4.7-Cable placement is neat, orderly and methodical
4.8-Conduct work with minimal disruption to on-going customer activity

Element:

5. Inspect cable route to ensure correct separations

Performance Criteria:

5.1-Check separations along the entirety of the cable route
5.2-Rectify separations which do not comply with regulations
5.3-Install barriers to achieve separations where spatial separation can't be met

Element:

6. Secure cable to support system where required

Performance Criteria:

6.1-Secure cable promptly in accordance with manufacturers and industry standards
6.2-Apply securing anchors to restrain cable movement to manufacturers specifications
6.3-Trim cable ties flush to ease future access and reduce risk to maintenance persons
6.4-Align and space cable ties to manufacturers specifications and industry standards

Element:

7. Create or update cable records and plans

Performance Criteria:

7.1-Update record sheets and cable plans promptly and accurately
7.2-Store record sheets and plans in accordance with customer and company requirements

Element:

8. Clean up work site

Performance Criteria:

8.1-Clean and adjust all tools and equipment and store in an accessible location
8.2-Remove installation waste and debris from work site and dispose of in accordance with environmental requirements to maintain safe work site conditions

Element:

9. Manage Remote Power Feed

Performance Criteria:

9.1-Identify the risks posed by contact with Remote Power Feeding services
9.2-Identify Remote Power Feeding services in a range of commonly encountered circumstances inside customer premises


Learning Outcomes



Details of Learning Activities

Practical and theory classes.


Teaching Schedule

Topics Delivered and Assessment Tasks

Week 1
1. Discuss Carriers cable Network to the TO (First socket) Boundary (eg M pairs, B pairs and O pair)
2. Discuss the TCA form
3. Show colour code for 2 Pair, 3 Pair and 4 Pair cable.
4. Show the 610 sockets and colour code.
5. Terminate 2 pair on 610 sockets.
6. Terminate 2 pair on 610 sockets in parallel with 610 sockets.

Week 2
1. Discuss building construction and safety
2. Show video on house construction
3. Practice Building construction and safety

Week 3
1. Discuss Mode 3 socket and use.
2. 611 sockets termination and colour code
3. Terminate 2 pair on 611 sockets.
4. Terminate 2 pair on 611 sockets in parallel with 610 sockets.
5. Discuss Terminating 2 exchange lines on 610 socket
6. Terminate 2 exchange lines on 610 socket (line 1 and line 2)
Building construction and safety test

Week 4
Test on Carriers cable Network to the TO (First socket) Boundary, 610 sockets, Mode 3 sockets, 2 exchange lines on 610 socket and colour code.

Week 5
1. Show the RJ45 sockets termination and colour code voice.
2. Terminate 2 pair on RJ45 socket.
3. Terminate 2 pair on RJ45 socket in parallel with RJ45 socket.
4. Terminate 2 pair on RJ45 socket.
5. Terminate 2 pair on RJ45 socket in parallel with 610 socket

Week 6
1. Run 2 pair on or in cable tray and conduit and catenary wire
2. Terminate 2 pair on RJ45 socket in parallel with RJ45 socket
3. Terminate 2 pair on RJ45 socket in parallel with 610 socket
4. Terminate 2 pair on RJ45 socket in parallel with RJ45 socket

Week 7
Test 2 pair practical 610 and RJ45, Run 2 pair on or in cable tray and conduit and catenary wire, Cable fishing in wall and complete TCA form

Week 8
1. Discuss cable construction Ohms Capacitance inductance
2. LFI Cross Talk
3. Discuss cable construction, Ohms Capacitance inductance.

Week 9
1. Discuss cable construction Ohms Capacitance inductance
2. LFI Cross Talk
3. Discuss cable construction, Ohms Capacitance inductance.

Week 10
1. Discuss cable construction Ohms Capacitance inductance
2. LFI Cross Talk
3. Practice Cable construction test.

Week 11
1. Discuss Coax construction and where used
2. Discuss Coax characteristic
3. Discuss amplifier, splitters and Attenuators characteristic.
4. Logon to computer to search for manufacture specification for Coax characteristic, Amplifier, splitters and Attenuators characteristic.
Cable construction test.

Week 12
1. Coax cabling floor plan design using information.
2. Use of Coax test instrument.
3. Coax termination and installation practice.
4. Coax installation as shown on diagram to standard.

Week 13
5. Coax termination test.
6. Test Coax with the Coax tester.
7. Practice Coax theory test

Week 14
1. Discuss LAN cabling 568A and 568B standard colours.
2. 568A and 568B construction practice.
3. Wire map test.
4. Use of Category test instrument and test result meaning
Coax theory test

Week 15
5. LAN cable installation as shown on diagram, onto cable tray from patch panel to RJ45 on wall.
6. Wire map testing of installation.
7. Using the Category test instrument on the installation.
8. Practice Theory test.

Week 16
1. Discuss LAN Patch cabling 568A and 568B using the power point and handout.
2. Straight Through, Cross over and Roll over.
3. LANs and WANs theory using the power point and handout.
Theory test

Week 17
1. LAN cabling floor plan design
2. Patch cabling 568A and 568B construction practice and test patch leads.
3. Using the Category test instrument Test the LAN cable installation as shown on diagram, onto cable tray from patch panel to RJ45 on wall using the patch cable made with test instruments.

Week 18
1. Optical Fibre cable construction Single mode and Multi mode.
2. Connectors, splicing.
3. Optical tester Kingfisher.
4. Budget loss calculation.
5. Optical cable budget loss design.


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References


Other Resources


Overview of Assessment

Written Examination
Practical Examination


Assessment Tasks

Assessment task 1: 15%
Assessment task 2: 15%

Assessment task 3 : 25%
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Assessment task 4 : 10%
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Assessment task 5 : 25%
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Assessment task 6 : 10%


Assessment Matrix

Competency National Code Competency Title Assessment Types
Tutorial/Practical Exercises Examination

Other Information

As this is a course of competency based delivery and assessments, the nominal hours of the enrolment include scheduled hours and student directed hours. Student directed hours may involve any combination of activities such as reading online resources, completing assessments, project work, individual student-teacher course-related consulting, organised industrial visiting, or other activities.

In this course a student’s directed hours are expected to be more than 50% of the nominal hours.

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