Program:

• 12 weeks Training (Morning and Afternoon)

Locations:

• 10 Kodiak Crescent, Unit #100, Toronto ON, M3J 3G5 Main Campus
• 64 Saltsman Drive Cambridge, ON N3H 4R7 in the CLAC Training Facility

APPROVED CISCO NETWORKING ACADEMY

Network Cabling focuses on cabling issues related to data and voice connections and provides an understanding of the industry and its worldwide standards, types of media and cabling, physical and logical networks as well as signal transmission.

Students will develop skills in reading network design documentation, part list set up and purchase, pulling and mounting cable, cable management, choosing wiring closets and patch panel installation and termination as well as installation of jacks and cable testing. They are employed by telephone and other telecommunications transmission services establishments.

Students who complete our structured Pre-Apprenticeship course will receive theory instruction, together with the hands-on training methodology taught by highly trained instructors, in the following areas:

• Explain which cables and wiring devices are appropriate for various situations
• Telephone network wiring methods
• How to establish a staging area from which to pull cables while observing proper safety procedures
• Able to mark a cable box or reel to determine the remaining length
• Able to mark each cable in a cable pull
• Fish cable through a wall or conduit to a work area outlet
• Install a wallboard adapter or telecommunications outlet box as required by customer specifications
• Dress cable in cable trays and apply wire management procedures as required
• Identify the common components of a building grounding and bonding system
• Terminate a 25-pair cable between two 110 blocks
• Terminate a group of Category 5e cables between two 110 blocks
• Terminate a Category 5e cable into an RJ-45 (8P8C) jack
• Terminate a Category 5e cable into an RJ-45 (8P8C) plug for shielded twisted-pair
• Installation & termination methods for coax cable
• Demonstrate how to properly terminate coax cable using a Type F connector
• Interpret blueprints, cut sheets, and work orders
• Explain best practices for labeling
• Demonstrate how to test a cable using basic test equipment
• Safety Protection: WHMIS, Fall Protection, Confined Spaces Hazard Awareness, Lock out & Tag Safety, Scissor Lift Training and Scaffold Erecting and Dismantling.

Employability Skills Include: Resume Writing, Interview, Customer Service, Communications and Timesheet Skills Training.

Training may qualify for up to 4 Credits towards completion of the Ontario Secondary School Diploma.

Successful candidates who complete the Network Cabling Pre-Apprenticeship Program will have the skills to succeed in the following areas of the industry:

• Network Cabling Specialist Technician
• Fibre Optics
• Computer IT Technician
• CATV Technician
• RCDD (Registration Communications Distribution Designer)
• Telecommunication Contractor
• Estimating
• Production Distribution
• Manufacturing (Sales)
• Management/Supervisor