I. THEORY (14 lessons)

• How to work safely.
• Basic concepts and units in optical communications.
• Cable optical communication system elements.
• Optical fiber – structure and operating wavelength range. Attenuation and dispersion.
• Optical fiber types according to ITU-T.
• Color codes.
• Optical power loss. Calculation of the optical line budget.
• Wavelength multiplexing (WDM) – CWDM and DWDM.
• Passive optical networks (PON) – types, topology, and a principle of operation.
• Designing of passive optical network and active equipment installation.
• Connecting optical fiber.
• Fiber optic splicing.
• Overview of optical measurement devices.
• Measuring optical power and optical line loss.
• Working with an optical reflectometer – the principle of operation, operating modes, basic settings, events analysis, and anomalies.

 II. HANDS-ON EXERCISE (17 lessons)

• Arc fusion splicers – a principle of operation and basic settings.
• Splicer and cleaver maintenance. Common problems and repairing.
• Cable preparation for installation.
• Installation of an optical cable into an optical splice closure, ODF, and wall-mountable box.
• Implementation of cable mid-span access.
• Arranging optical fibers in a splice tray.
• Measuring link loss with OLS and OPM.
• Measuring of optical line parameters with OTDR, events analysis.

 III. FINAL EXAM and COMMENTARY ON WRONG ANSWERS (1 lesson)