Dec 21, 2024  
Course/Program Inventory 
    
Course/Program Inventory

TUO 2010 - Basic Telecommunication and Maintenance



Clock Hours: 64

Delivery Mode
on-ground

Course Description:
This course will introduce the student to the basics of telecommunication, construction, and maintenance.

Student Learning Outcomes:
Students will be able to demonstrate knowledge of:

 

  1. Engineering specifications of water and wastewater construction standards
  2. Pipes (sizes, shapes configurations, and specific uses)
  3. Advantages and disadvantages of various materials
  4. Joining or fusing pipe
    1. Handbooks from pipe manufacturers
    2. PVC
    3. Ductile iron
    4. Polyethylene
    5. Storm sewer
  5. Methods of Installation
    1. Trenching & shoring
    2. Fusion
    3. Cured-in-place pipe (CIPP)
  6. Hydrostatic Testing
  7. Gas Testing (Manholes)
  8. Pipe bedding, backfill and compaction of trench
  9. Asphalt paving and patching
    1. TDOT Requirements
  10. Concrete work
  11. Horizontal & directional drills
  12. Use of tracer wire and warning tape
  13. Pock excavation
  14. Site and traffic control