At the end of this practical workshop, participants would have:
Practical hands-on experience in jointing, splicing and testing fibre optics systems
A solid knowledge of fibre optics communications systems
State of the art fibre optics technology and installations practices
Correct procedures for cable installations and termination
How to design and install your own fully operational fibre optics systems
New approaches to troubleshooting including how to use an OTDR

Instrumentation and control engineers and technicians, Telecommunications engineers and technicians, Maintenance engineers and technicians, process control engineer, project engineers, Electrical engineers, consulting engineers, systems engineers, project managers, electricians.

This interactive Training will be highly interactive, with opportunities to advance your opinions and ideas and will include;

• Lectures
• Workshop & Work Presentation
• Case Studies and Practical Exercise
• Videos and General Discussions

• INTRODUCTION TO FIBRE OPTICS SYSTEMS
• Introduction
• Workshop outline
• Historical background to fibre optics
• Comparison of fibre optics and copper systems
• Data communications
• Communications channel
• Transmission modes
• Electromagnetic spectrum
• Revisiting copper
• Other types of fibres
• Fundamentals principles of operations
• Light transmission nature of glass
• Numerical aperture
• Model propagation in fibre
• Multimode/ single mode/step index/ graded index
• Bandwidth of fibres
• Modal and chromatic dispersion
• Absorption/scatter/ bending/ radiation/mismatches
• Other types of fibres
• Construction of Fibre optics cables
• Cable objective, Tensile ratings, structural elements & Strengthening members
• Housing- loose tube/ slotted core/ tight buffers
• Sheaths and moisture barriers
• Classes of cables- aerial/ underground/ subaqueous/ indoor
• Connecting fibre
• Optical connection issues
• Fibre end preparation
• Splicing fibres- fusion/mechanical
• Connectors & Optical couplers
• Optical drivers and detectors
• Light emitting diodes & Lasers
• Transmitters modulus
• Safety considerations
• PIN photodiodes & Receiver modules
• Optical amplifiers
• Installing fibre optics cables
• Preparation- site survey and design
• Installation rules and procedures
• Bending radius, cable tension/ cable reels
• Cable trays/ conduits/ lubricants
• Indoor cable installation
• Outdoor cable installation/ environmental conditions
• Splicing trays/ organizers/ termination
• Cabinets/ patch panels/ distribution panels/ breakout boxes
• Practical sessions
• Fibre optics system design
• Initial design considerations
• Future capacity/ reliability/ operating wavelength
• Repeaters and amplifiers
• Design loss calculations / link loss budgets
• Design bandwidth calculations
• Testing fibre optics systems
• Concepts of optical measurements
• Continuity testing
• Insertion loss testing
• Optical time domain reflectometry (OTDR)
• Bit Error Rate (BER) testing
• Eye diagram
• Laboratory fibre tests

Practical Sessions (a complete day)

• Technologies that use optical fibres
• SDH
• WDM
• New trends in fibre optics systems and components

Practical hands-on experience in jointing, splicing and testing fibre optics systems          

A solid knowledge of fibre optics communications systems   

State of the art fibre optics technology and installations practices     

Correct procedures for cable installations and termination     

How to design and install your own fully operational fibre optics systems 

New approaches to troubleshooting including how to use an OTDR

CDGA attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 75% of the total course duration.