Telecommunications Fiber Optic Engineering Technician - Technical Diploma
The Telecommunications Fiber Optic Engineering Technician Tech Diploma focuses on the design, theories, and hands-on installation of fiber optic and broadband networks. Find your own calling in the telecom industry by learning fiber optic splicing, fiber optic installation, fiber optic testing, project data collection with survey grade equipment in the field, computer aided drafting, and telecommunications project engineering and design principles. Experiencing both design and hands-on practices ensures a well-rounded education to succeed in all aspects of this extremely in-demand industry. Students can progress towards the Telecommunications Engineering Technician Associate degree.
Program Costs & Financial Aid
Tuition: $6,411, Books: $153, Supplies: $0
This program is fully eligible for financial aid.
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Program Outcomes
- Learn utility system safety terminology, definitions, and practices. Define safety responsibility, rules and regulations.
- Develop the knowledge, skills, process, and understanding of basic surveying principles, instruments in the field, making computations, and generating computerized maps.
- Demonstrate experience consistent with projects in industry. Students will learn how to field buried cable projects to aerial projects and also learn industry equipment that operates on these projects.
- Apply different methods of data collection and data management for Telecommunications projects.
- Carry out data transfer from field collection and creating a product using AutoCAD that a utility crew would use to place the communications facility.
- Apply skills to splice, test, and troubleshoot a fiber optic network in real-world scenarios from the main distribution node to the end node.
- Discuss the differences between analog and data transmissions.
- Ability to design and maintain industrial communications systems while applying underlying principles behind today's industrial communications systems.
- Analyze telecommunications policy and regulations and their impacts on the telecommunication markets with an emphasis on policies in developing countries and emerging markets but combines other multidisciplinary aspects related to technology, economics, and law.
- Carry out fiber optic network designs, project estimating, and project management to culminate the students knowledge of previous classes and fully understand how to deliver a successful fiber optic project from beginning to end.
Curriculum
Students following the study plan below will complete the Telecom Fiber Optic Engineering Technician technical diploma in the number of semesters shown.
First Semester
8 Week 1
8 Week 2
Second Semester
8 Week 1
8 Week 2
Course Descriptions
Students gain skills that lead to success in college, employment, and life. Students should take this course in their first semester. (Pre-requisite: None.)
Course Typically Offered: Summer Fall SpringTopics include solving linear equations; graphing; percent; proportions; measurement systems; computational geometry; and right triangle trigonometry. Emphasis will be on the application of skills to technical problems. (Prerequisite: Next Gen Arithmetic score greater/equal to 250 AND Rdg score greater/equal to 250; OR ACT Math score greater/equal to 15 AND ACT Rdg score greater/equal to 16; OR preparatory courses-contact an academic advisor 920-498-5444)
Course Typically Offered: Summer Fall SpringDevelops the knowledge, skills, process, and understanding of AutoCAD by working with templates; creating and manipulating layers; basic drawing, editing, and inquiry commands; and blocks, attributes, and plotting.
Course Typically Offered:Provides the opportunity for the learner to develop the knowledge, skills, process, and understanding of basic surveying principles, instruments in the field, making computations, and generating computerized maps. (Co-Requisite: 10-607-112, AutoCAD for Civil Engineering)
Course Typically Offered:Prepares students for the different methods of data collection and data management for Telecommunications projects. (Co-Requisite: 10-607-112, AutoCAD for Civil Engineering)
Course Typically Offered:Learn utility system safety terminology, definitions, and practices. Define safety responsibility, rules and regulations. Demonstrate safe work procedures on a simulated energized system using testing tools.
Course Typically Offered: FallDevelops the knowledge, skills, process, and understanding of working with survey data, points, alignments, surfaces, and profile in Civil 3D. (Pre-Requisite: 10-607-112, AutoCAD for Civil Engineering.)
Course Typically Offered:Creates an experience consistent with projects in industry. Students will learn how to field buried cable projects to aerial projects and also learn industry equipment that operates on these projects. (Pre-Requisite: 10-607-112, AutoCAD for Civil Engineering. Co-Requisite: 10-607-114, Civil 3D-Intro)
Course Typically Offered:Focuses on taking the data from field collection and creating the product that a utility crew would use to place the communications facility. Learners will develop plan sets consistent with industry standards. (Pre-Requisite: 10-607-112, AutoCAD for Civil Engineering. Co-Requisite: 10-607-114, Civil 3D-Intro)
Course Typically Offered:Starts from the basics and gives the learner the tools to design and maintain industrial communications systems. You'll learn the underlying principles behind today's industrial communications systems.
Course Typically Offered:Develops the knowledge and understanding of Analog and Digital signals with respect to communications.
Course Typically Offered:Prepares students for the differing telecommunications networks that are utilized in the industry.
Course Typically Offered:Introduces the concepts of AC and DC power and basic circuits. Using a multimeter, students learn about voltage, current, and resistance in both AC and DC circuits.
Course Typically Offered: Summer Fall SpringProvides students with tools to analyze telecommunications policy and regulations and their impacts on the telecommunication markets. We first review telecommunications industry/organizational structure and concepts of telecommunication technologies. We then discuss key elements of information and communication (ICT) policy and discuss ICT policies and national broadband plans from selected countries. Finally we discuss impact of policy on current and emerging topics such as broadband, VoIP and cognitive radio. The course has an emphasis on policies in developing countries and emerging markets but combines other multidisciplinary aspects related to technology, economics, law.
Course Typically Offered:Introduces how power systems work differently in the telecommunications industry.
Course Typically Offered:Covers Microprocessor logic, instruction, and clocked sequential circuits; memory devices; data acquisition, manipulation and transfer circuitry; machine and assembly languages; and microprocessor support devices. (Co-Requisite: 10-451-203, Fiber Optic Splicing & Testing Procedures)
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