WORK PROCESS SCHEDULE
TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNICIAN
O*NET/SOC CODE: 49-2022.03 RAPIDS CODE: 0618
Description: Installs, operates, inspects, maintains, repairs and services radios, televisions, videos, recording voice, sound, nurse calls, emergency calls, microwave and visual production and reproduction apparatus, equipment and appliances used for domestic, commercial, educational and entertainment purposes. Performs all installation and erection of equipment, apparatus or appliance, cables and/or wire, emergency power (batteries) and all directly related work which becomes an integral part of the telecommunication and/or telecommunication related systems repair and service maintenance work of telecommunications systems and devices including, but not limited to, Private Branch Exchanges (PBX-PABX), Key equipment and associated devices, PCM, T1, and/or telephone related systems, customer-owned or employer owned. Performs the installation, repair, maintenance and operation of hold-up alarms, burglar alarms, surveillance systems, CCTV, CATV, card access, and/or any local area network system associated with computer installation.
ON-THE-JOB TRAINING:
APPROXIMATE HOURS
I TELEPHONIC
2000
A. Main Distribution Systems and Equipment Room Construction
1. Switch installation and termination
2. Multiplexing equipment and interconnections
3. Public network interface
4. Interconnecting related systems equipment
5. IDF terminations
B. Intermediate Distribution Cabling
1. Twisted pair
2. Coaxial
3. Fiber optics
4. Shielded twisted pair
5. Combination
C. Intermediate Distribution Termination Locations
1. Patch panels
2. Cross wiring fields
3. Local area network apparatus and interconnect
D. Voice Equipment
1. Station cable terminations
2. Telephone instrument cross wiring
3. Set installation
4. Set trouble shooting and repair
E. Grounding, Filtering and General Signal Integrity Assurance
II DATA
2000
A. CPU Installation and Termination
B. Multiplexing Equipment Installation
C. Patch Panel Interconnect
D. Installation of Specialized Equipment
1. Repeaters
2. Amplifiers
3. Filters
4. UPS
E. Cable Installation and Termination
1. Baluns
2. Connectors
3. Mechanical splices
F. Hardware Installation and Connection
1. Modems
2. CRT
3. Printers
4. Keyboards
G. Device Cable Interconnection
III ELECTRONICS
2000
A. Distribution Equipment Testing and Turnover Procedures
1. Schematics
2. Card distribution
3. PC Board settings
4. PC board construction and repair
B. Cable
1. Identification
2. Patch board configuration
3. Continuity checks
C. Signal Verification
1. Probe
2. Meters
3. Instruments
D. CPU and Related Equipment Upgrades
IV CATV/ALARMS
2000
A. TV Transmission
1. Cable
2. Satellite
3. Microwave
B. Interior Wiring
1. Cable
a. Amplifiers, spliters, multiplexers
2. Closed circuit
a. Transmitters, receivers
b. Amplifiers, spliter, multiplexers
c. Camera mounting
d. Field of view definitions
e. Video recording systems
f. Interconnection of components
C. Alarms (Fire and Premise)
1. Panel installation
2. UPS
3. Module and card installation
4. Zone wiring
5. Sensing device installation
6. Audio-visual alarm devices
7. Annunciation boards and circuitry
8. Central station interconnect
9. Card access
D. Public Address
TOTAL HOURS
8000
RELATED INSTRUCTION
1st Year:
Electronics 1
Data 1
Telephony
CATV
2nd Year:
Electronics 2
Data 2
Telephony 2
Job Information
3rd Year:
Electronics 3
Data 3
Telephony 3
Security Alarm
4th Year:
Electronics 4
Data 4
Telephony 4
Fire Alarm
ELECTRONICS
Electrical Theory and Related Math
Electronic Theory and Related Math
Electronic Circuitry Design
Electronic Components
Electronic Test Equipment
Electronic Logic Fundamentals
Job Information and Tools
TELEPHONE
Introduction to telephone Equipment
Telephone Installation practice
Telephone systems Design
Grounding, Shielding and Filtering of Telephone Systems
Integration of Related Information Systems
DATA
Basic Data and Electronic Communications
System Conversion Technics
Data Codes and Interfaces
Networks and Multiple Systems
Advanced Transmission Forms
Modems and Modulations
Protocols and Hardware
TELEVISION AND ALARMS
Introduction to TV Systems
TV Signals and Transmission
Closed Circuit TV
Cable TV
Cable Systems
Alarm Fundamentals
Fire Alarms
Burglar Alarms
Card Access
Public Address
Each course listed represents 38 hours of classroom related instruction, or 152 hours per year.
