| Aim of Module | To enable students to install a basic cabling system for use with telecommunication and computer systems. |
| Credits | 7 |
| Student Learning hours | 70 |
| Content Revised | new 2000 |
| Prescription Expiry Date | Nov 2007 |
| Topics | Highest Skill Level | Suggested Assessment Percentage | |
| 1 Cabling Systems | C | 15 | |
| 2 Installation Facilities | C | 10 | |
| 3 Installation Documentation | C | 5 | |
| 4 Systems Hardware | C | 20 | |
| 5 Cable Installation | A | 50 | |
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| LEARNING OUTCOMES The Student Will | ||
| C | 1 | Describe typical cabling system features. |
| C | 2 | Explain telecommunication pathways requirements. |
| C | 3 | Describe basic installation documentation requirements. |
| C | 4 | Describe the various hardware components of a cabling system. |
| A | 5 | Practice correct cabling installation techniques. |
| 1 | Cabling Systems |
| > | A description of the structured building cabling systems for telephone and computer LAN networks installed according to New Zealand Standard AS/NZ 3080:1996 will include: | |
| - Star structure | ||
| - Distributors | ||
| - Backbones | ||
| - Telecommunication closets | ||
| - Equipment rooms | ||
| - Horizontal cabling | ||
| - Telecommunications outlets | ||
| - Work areas | ||
| - The standard system cable lengths | ||
| 2 | Installation Facilities |
| > | An explanation of the telecommunications pathways and spaces for commercial buildings according to Australian Standard AS 3084:1993 will include: | |
| - Intra-building elements | ||
| - Horizontal pathways | ||
| - Backbone pathways | ||
| - Entrance facilities | ||
| 3 | Installation Documentation |
| > | A description of the basic requirements for identification of cabling and pathway system components and recording of installation particulars according to Standard AS/NZ 3085.1 :1995 will include: | |
| - The use of identifiers | ||
| - The use of labels | ||
| - The requirements for keeping of records | ||
| - The use of indoor and outdoor infrastructure diagrams | ||
| 4 | Systems Hardware |
| > | A description of the various types of cabling and hardware used in a systems network will include: | |
| - UTP | ||
| - STP | ||
| - Coaxial cable | ||
| - Optical fibre | ||
| - The IBM cabling system or any other current system | ||
| - Telecommunications plugs and sockets | ||
| - Data plugs and sockets | ||
| - Patch-cords | ||
| - Patch panels and Baluns | ||
| - Terminations | ||
| 5 | Cable Installation |
| > | Practicing correct cable system installation techniques will include factors which affect system integrity such as: | |
| - Stress | ||
| - Crush | ||
| - Length | ||
| - Termination | ||
| - Markings and colour codes | ||
| > | The requirements for minimising electrical interference (noise) including: | |
| - Shielding | ||
| - Grounding | ||
| - Earthing | ||
| - Cable separation | ||
| > | Correct wiring of system connectors, such as: | |
| - Three-wire telephone cable | ||
| - Two-wire telephone cable | ||
| - UTP cable | ||
| - STP cable and co-axial cable | ||
| > | Requirements for testing such as: | |
| - Acceptance testing | ||
| - Trouble shooting | ||
| - Compliance testing | ||