ITS 2070 - C-Tech - Copper Based Systems

• Identify and describe the characteristics, application and configuration of various cable types and terminations.
• Identify and explain the safety precautions in terms of personal protection, workplace safety, and other hazards found on the job site. Students will also be familiarized with Fire Stopping and Grounding and Bonding processes and practices.
• Construct, test and troubleshoot 4 pair twisted pair cabling systems. Students use test equipment to test cabling systems for shorts, opens, transposals, split pairs and reversals and map pair to pin configurations.
• Terminate, punch down and test on 66 and 110 connecting blocks, and complete the construction of jacks. Students use the test bench and appropriate cable tester to test and troubleshoot cabling systems and map pair to pin configurations. Students also perform a Tone and Trace of a UTP cabling system.
• Identify, terminate and test coaxial cabling systems that are used in Networking and Telecommunications, and understand their application.
• Explain the role of codes and standards and Commercial cabling topologies. Students will be able to identify commercial cabling subsystems. Students will also be familiarized with cable labeling and equipment color code practices. They will be able to distinguish between mandatory and advisory language in codes and standards.
• Familiarization with the standards that apply to residential copper network cabling in accordance with the EIA/TIA 570 standard for both single residences and multi-tenant residences. Students will be familiarized with residential system components and topologies. Students will identify the different grades of residential cabling as set forth in residential standards, as well as structured cabling systems. Students will also calculate the cost of parts for a residential installation.
• Identify cable placement methods and procedures. Students will be able to identify the steps to a successful cable pull as well as the tools and devices required.
• Define cabling system performance parameters and have an understanding of Copper Based systems testing. Students will be familiarized with copper cabling troubleshooting methods and they will identify solutions to copper cabling faults.
• Familiarization with workings of Ethernets and Token Ring local area network systems, and review the OSI model. Students also examine the role of media conversion in a network. The standards and practices of wireless networks are also covered.