ISE EXPO, owned and operated by Endeavor Business Media, and the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) announce the inaugural Hands-on Fiber Training to take place on August 28-29, 2023, at the Kansas City Convention Center in Kansas City, Missouri. Hands-on Fiber Training will provide attendees with the fundamental knowledge needed for working on fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) networks being deployed by MSOs, and provide in-person, hands-on experience with equipment to install, test and troubleshoot fiber optic networks. Participants who finish the program and final exam will earn an SCTE Broadband Fiber Installation Certificate Level I and Level II. Level III is Certified. All participants will be offered a discount on the SCTE Broadband Fiber Installation professional certification exam to get certified for three years.
Hands-on Classroom Activities Include:
- Fiber Scope and ISO/IES Cleaning
- Mechanical Fiber Microscopes
- Digital Fiber Microscopes
- VFLs and Vendor CPE
- Visual Fault Locator
- CPE, Cabinets, etc.
- Strip, Clean and Cleave
- Safety, Hand Stripping, Mini Cleaver
- Straight Splice
- All-in-One Splice & Connectorization
- All-in-One Splice
- SC/APC Connector
- Calculating Optical Power Budgets
- Optical Power Meter, OLS & OTDR
Registration is now open and limited to 50 participants and includes two days of classroom and hands-on activities, coffee and refreshment breaks, Welcome Reception food and beverage, Tuesday lunch, SCTE Broadband Fiber Installation Level I & II Certificate, one year access to online materials, discount on SCTE professional certification exam and discount on ISE EXPO full conference pass. Early-bird registration is valid through July 28, 2023 and saves attendees $250 on registration fees.
“We are excited to partner with SCTE to deliver an intimate, in-person Hands-on Fiber Training experience” said Janice Olivia, VP, Group Publisher, Lighting & Digital Infrastructure at Endeavor Business Media. “I cannot think of a more perfect place than ISE EXPO to jump-start your fiber career and make connections with leading decision-makers.”
