To provide theoretical and practical training in all aspects of installation work for both individual home installations and reception/relay systems, allowing students to enter the growing communications industry on either an employed or self-employed basis.
This 2 week course gives theoretical and practical experience on the subjects listed below:
Television signals:
Units of measurement
Radio waves
Polarisation
The frequency spectrum
Signal measurements
Types of TV display
Digital interconnections
Cable losses.
Installation techniques:
Ladder safety
Cable routing
Drilling and fixing
Earthing.
Types of display:
High definition standards
Flat panel displays
Display interconnections.
Terrestrial TV reception:
Digital UHF signals
Principles of aerials
Aerial selection
Aerial erection
Aerial measurements
Elimination of interference.
Satellite TV reception:
Satellite locations
Dishes and LNBs
Satellite receivers
Satellite measurements
Advanced receiving systems
Types of encryption.
Sky satellite reception:
Sky hardware
Receiver menus
Receiver programming
Adding extra programmes
Telephone connections
Troubleshooting.
Broadband data systems:
Data principles
Digital compression
The internet
Router/modem configuration
Internet access by satellite.
Signal distribution:
Within the home
Multi-dwelling units
Data networks
Principles of fibre optics
Troubleshooting.
Candidates sit the Confederation of Aerial Industries (CAI) assessment test that is accredited prior learning towards an NVQ2 qualification, and a CSS skills card exam.
The course is a mix of theory and practice and is suitable for students with no experience who wish the enter the telecommunications industry and for those who have experience but want to know more about the theoretical and some practical aspects of signal reception and installation. Students on the course who achieve a distinction in the CAI exam have their names published in “Feedback” the trade journal of the CAI along with the areas they are settling down in.
Cable Element
Candidates may choose to undertake by open learning whilst on the course the SCTE (Society of Cable Television Engineers) Module 1 exam for cable installers. Successful students receive an SCTE certificate recognised by the cable industry and fulfil the underpinning knowledge requirements of NVQ Level 2.
Right Management reserves the right to cancel and/or amend course dates, times, contents and venues as listed on this website. Every effort will be made to give the Service leaver as much notice as possible and a reasonable course alternative or alternatives may be suggested, if possible. If this is not possible or the alternative(s) is/are not acceptable to the Service leaver, Right Management, who deliver all non-contract courses listed, may refund in full the total amount paid to date for non-contract funded courses, or, in the case of MOD Contract Funded courses, in agreement with the MOD, the Service leavers IRTC grant will not be notionally reduced.