The SCTE Training Courses

Introduction

The SCTE Training Courses have been updated and revised to meet the needs of Cable Telecommunications in the 21st Century. Suitable for both Home Study and Instructor-led use, they represent the best and most comprehensive training courses available currently at a modest cost.

There are three levels of these progressive courses, Installation Technician, Service and Maintenance Technician, and Network Technician. They are designed to follow in sequence, steadily building up knowledge in a logical manner.

And now, the SCTE is pleased to announce that its Training Courses for technicians have been accredited by e.skills UK as providing the underpinning knowledge for a National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) at Levels 2 & 3 for all LINKS and CATV units.

Training Courses Modules

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Module 1
Installation Technician

Modules 2 to 6
Service & Maintenance Technician

Modules 7 to 11
Network Technican

Prices & How to Order

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The SCTE and UKONLINETRAINING have concluded an agreement whereby the SCTE Training courses will be made available to the on-line training organisation based at Lisburn, Northern Ireland. Students will be able to complete their assessment papers and have immediate access to their results on-line. As part of the agreement, SCTE students will also be able to access the on-line facility at www.uktrainingonline.com

Module 1, Installation Technician.

This is an introductory course, and can be regarded as self-contained if the student wishes to go no further. It is also the first module of the overall progressive course. At the end of the module the student is assessed by an examination and a minimum 60% mark is required for a pass. The SCTE "Certificate of Competence" is granted for a pass in this module.

Course Content.

INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW OF SYSTEMS.

Aims of the Course - About the CATV Industry - Overview of a system with CATV and Telephony.

COMMUNICATION THEORY

Basic electrical theory - CATV, Telephony and Communications - Modulation - Point to Point and Point to Multipoint Communication - The CATV Spectrum - Frequency Division Multiplex - Digital Transmission - Principles of Telephony.

SIGNAL PROCESSING.

Signal Sources - The Need for Processing - Elements of a Headend.

SIGNAL DISTRIBUTION.

Co-axial Cable - Amplifiers - Taps and Splitters - Junction Box - System Outlets - NTE - Architectures - Fibre Optic Transmission.

THE INSTALLERS AND THEIR TOOLS.

Job Description - Tools of the Trade - Safety - Customer Relations.

SURVEY OF THE INSTALLATION.

The customer's house - Distribution cabinet or U/G Chamber - Inside the house - Preferred routes.

INSTALLATION.

Cables - Connectors - Cable attachment - Drop cable installation - Connection of telephony cable.

INSIDE THE HOME.

Entry holes - Internal JB, Isolator and Telephony sockets - Analogue Installations - Digital Installations Set-Top Box Diagnostics.

TROUBLESHOOTING

Signal level measurement - Impairments to signal quality - Fault-finding on telephony services.

Annex on SLMs, SA9083 Tester, and The Butt Set.

SAFETY MANUAL.

Protecting yourself - Vehicle and driving - Protecting the Public - Tools - Presence of Gas - Safety at the customer's house - Industrial premises - Cabling in roof spaces - Respect for electricity - Use of Ladders - Roof work - Lifting and carrying - Fire - Fire extinguishers - Other fire fighting aids - Lasers and Fibre Optic safety aspects - Reporting Accidents.

Annex on the IG5 Gas Indicator. Return to the top of the page.

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Modules 2 to 6, Service Technician

Entrants to the Service Technician's course must have completed successfully module 1. The five modules are supplied in a ring-binder which can accommodate Module 1 also. A pass mark of 60% or more gains the student the SCTE "Service Technician" Certificate, this mark being an average of those gained over the five modules of the course.

Course Content.

PART ONE: SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE.

Measurements - Restoring the service - Fault-finding on telephony Services - Repairs and Replacements - Preventive Maintenance - Status Monitoring - Reliability.

PART TWO: MEASUREMENTS AND TEST EQUIPMENT.

Multimeters - Signal Level Meters - Time Domain Reflectometers - EMC Measurements - Return path Measurements.

Annexes on Swires TVA2000-Q and Promax 8+.

PART THREE: NETWORK DESIGN.

Digital transmission: Sampling, quantisation, encoding, compression, MPEG-2, QAM, Transcoding, Transmultiplexing.

Transmission lines theory: The Infinite Line, Characteristic Impedance, Line Constants, EMC, Twisted pair cables, Trunk and feeder cables.

CATV Equipment: Power Supplies, Power Inserter, Amplifiers, Noise and Distortion, Non-linear distortion.

Network Architecture: Primary distribution, Secondary distribution, Final distribution, Return path, Cable Modems.

Fibre Optic Transmission: Optical transmitter, Fibre Optic cable, Optical couplers, Optical receivers.

PART FOUR: REVISION OF ELECTRICAL THEORY.

Theory of electricity, magnetism and electromagnetism, e.m.f. and p.d., resistance and resistors, units of current and voltage and resistance, Ohm's Law, Kirchoff's Laws, energy and power, electric circuits, electrostatics, a.c. theory, a.c. circuits, transformers, networks, attenuators, filters and equalisers.

PART FIVE: REVISION OF MATHEMATICS.

Arithmetic: Arithmetical operations, brackets, powers, the deciBel, roots, fractions, decimals, calculators and computers.

Algebra: Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, indices, fundamental laws, expressions, formulae and equations.

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Modules 7 to 11, Network Technician

Provided the student has successfully completed the previous six modules, the Network Technician's course may now be attempted. The five modules are supplied in a ring binder which can accommodate modules 1 to 6 as well, and a SCTE 'Network Technician Cerificate' will be granted to students achieving an average pass mark of 60% or more over the five modules of the course.

Course Content.

PART ONE: SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE.

Commissioning the System, Standards, and EMC.

PART TWO: MEASUREMENTS AND TEST EQUIPMENT.

Spectrum Analysers, Metallic and Optical T.D.R., EMC Measurements, Optical Instruments, Reverse Path Test Equipment.

PART THREE: NETWORK DESIGN.

Digital transmission techniques, Compression, MPEG-2, BER and MER, PDH, SDH, and ATM.

PART FOUR: REVISION OF ELECTRICAL THEORY.

The topics of previous modules subjected to more in-depth treatment, active electronic devices.

PART FIVE: REVISION OF MATHEMATICS.

The mathematics involved in previous modules given a more in-depth treatment, Calculus, Vectors, Complex Numbers, Trigonometry.

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Prices and How to Order

	Module 1: Installation Technician.	£50 per course.
	Modules 2 to 6: Service Technician.	£75 per course.
	Modules 7 to 11: Network Technician.	£90 per course.

You can now pay for your training courses online. Please, go to the online payments section.

For more information please email the SCTE office or telephone +44 (0)20 8902 8998