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This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to install indoor and outdoor aerial and underground cable lead-ins. It involves digital reception installation, broadband and customer installations.
The brief may be for a new metallic or optical cable installation, or an upgrade of cable capacity for an existing network or subsystem, or cabling infrastructure for convergence to Next Generation Networks (NGN).
Technical staff who haul underground or fix aerial cable lead-in apply the skills and knowledge in this unit. They may make use of tension meters and hauling equipment.
The unit can be applied to new installations and upgrades of telecommunications cabling projects in domestic, commercial and industrial installations.
Users should confirm licensing requirements with the relevant federal, state or territory authority.
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This unit contains employability skills.
Evidence of the ability to: install at least one type of aerial cable and one type of underground cable, including placing and securing cables on support structures and building faces for both internal and external locations to industry standards; applying related WHS requirements and work practices haul, secure and seal cable identify safe support structures from pole status markings and visual inspection terminate cables at the customer and network ends of aerial and underground installations document installation and test results and provide report to client comply with all related WHS requirements and work practices. | |
Assessment must ensure: sites where aerial and underground cable lead-ins may be conducted use of equipment and personal protective equipment currently used in industry use of testing equipment currently used in industry relevant regulatory and equipment documentation that impacts on work activities. | |
A range of assessment methods should be used to assess practical skills and knowledge. The following examples are appropriate for this unit: review of a hands-on project completed by the candidate review of an oral and written report with completed documentation direct observation of the candidate terminating cables. | |
Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector, workplace and job role is recommended, e.g. ICTCBL2008B Terminate metallic conductor customer cable. Aboriginal people and other people from a non-English speaking background may have second language issues. Access must be provided to appropriate learning and assessment support when required. Assessment processes and techniques must be culturally appropriate, and appropriate to the oral communication skill level, and language and literacy capacity of the candidate and the work being performed. In all cases where practical assessment is used it will be combined with targeted questioning to assess required knowledge. Questioning techniques should not require language, literacy and numeracy skills beyond those required in this unit of competency. Where applicable, physical resources should include equipment modified for people with special needs. |
Australian Communications Industry Forum (ACIF) standards and codes AS Communications Cabling Manual (CCM) Volume 1 AS/NZS 3000:2007 AS/NZS 3080:2003 AS/NZS 3084:2003 AS/NZS 3085.1:2004 AS/NZS IEC 61935.1:2006 AS/NZS IEC 61935.2:2006 AS/NZS ISO/IEC 14763.3:2007 AS/NZS ISO/IEC 15018:2005 AS/NZS ISO/IEC 24702:2007 cabling security codes and regulations ISO Draft 11801 (International) regulated or industry codes of practice, including appropriate Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) technical standards technical standards AS/ACIF S008:2006 and AS/ACIF S009:2006. | |
construction manager project manager site manager site supervisor. | |
electrical supply and areas of earth potential rise (EPR) that require mandatory separation from communications cable and limitations on work optical cable at all access points that may contain a hazardous light risks associated with remote power feeding services. | |
coaxial metallic cable optical fibre. | |
earmuffs gloves: leather plastic rubber head protection kneepads masks protective suits safety boots safety glasses. | |
mechanical or hand tools, such as: augers cable tensioner cherry pickers drills fixing brackets hammers height measuring devices ladders scissor lifts spanners. | |
aerial safety belts and lines personal protective equipment site hazard identification and control equipment: flashing lights guards traffic signs warning signs and tapes witches hats. | |
checking for condemned pole status markings checking for visible signs of decay or stress using industry-accepted testing methods. | |
clamps hooks pig rings riser pipes screw hooks. | |
building distributor (BD), campus distributor (CD), floor distributor (FD) record books and local distributor (LD) record cards building, cabling and equipment location plans computerised plans databases labelling of: distributor pairs distributor verticals equipment closets patch panels rooms telecommunication outlets telecommunications administration centre (TAC) or NTD cards conforming to AS/ACIF S009:2006 telecommunications cabling advice (TCA) forms: cable drawings cable plans record books record cards TCA1 (sign-off form) TCA2. |
Telecommunications - Cabling
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