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Title
Install and maintain basic telecommunications outside plant and
equipment
Level
3
Credits
Purpose
25
This unit standard covers installation and maintenance of basic
telecommunications outside plant and equipment.
People credited with this unit standard are able to:
–
read, interpret, and mark up telecommunications outside
plant drawings;
–
joint underground telecommunications cables;
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terminate underground telecommunications cables;
–
install telecommunications aerial cable and drop wire;
–
test and fault-find telecommunications cables;
–
install telecommunications cabinets and building frames;
–
install pair gain devices; and
–
handover of telecommunications outside plant and
equipment to customer.
Classification
Telecommunications > Telecommunications - Service Delivery
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
This unit standard is
expiring
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This unit standard has been designed for learning and assessment on-job.
2
References
Building Act 2004;
Electricity Act 1992;
Electricity Regulations 1997;
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, and associated regulations;
Local Body regulations;
any applicable company safety and health procedures;
and their subsequent amendments and replacements.
3
Definitions
AM/FM – Automated Mapping and Facilities Management systems.
Basic telecommunications outside plant and equipment – the fundamental
components which make up telecommunications customer access networks, and
excludes the more complex equipment and complete or end-to-end systems.
Customers – they may be internal or external to the organisation and may include
end customers and clients of the organisation.
Industry practice – those practices, which competent practitioners within the industry
recognise as current industry best practice.
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Installation – it is assumed that the installer is supplied with design specifications
and/or detailed instructions regarding the installation. Installation excludes system
design or layout, contract negotiations, or commissioning and operational
configuration adjustments required in complex network installations.
MDF – Main Distribution Frame.
Outside plant – that portion of the telecommunications network which generally
extends from exchange switch to the point of entry at customers’ premises.
RLG – a particular system of reticulating underground cable pairs to customer
premises.
Specifications – any or all of: detailed job specifications, drawings, and instructions;
manufacturers’ specifications and instructions; and industry codes of practice relating
to the type of cabling system being installed.
4
All work assessed against this unit standard must comply with the requirements of
the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, relevant regulations, and applicable
site and company occupational safety and health procedures.
5
Underpinning knowledge for this unit standard is covered by Unit 17397,
Demonstrate knowledge of basic concepts of telecommunications, and Unit 17491,
Demonstrate basic knowledge of telecommunications outside plant and equipment.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Read, interpret, and mark up telecommunications outside plant drawings.
Range
outside plant drawings – underground network plans, cable distribution plans,
plans generated by an AM/FM system.
Evidence requirements
1.1
This unit standard is
Range
plant items expiring
and network entities may include but are not limited to
– cable distribution, interconnections, jointing details, cable types
Drawings are interpreted in terms of the plant items, network entities, and plant
locations they represent, in accordance with industry practice.
and sizes, details of jointing chambers, cabinets, closures, loading
details, RLG cabling, poles, MDF.
1.2
Existing and proposed items are clearly identified on the drawing in accordance
with industry practice.
1.3
Drawings are marked up to reflect changes in accordance with industry
practice.
Outcome 2
Joint underground telecommunications cables.
Range
large plastic sheathed cable, lead sheathed cable, plastic insulation, paper
insulation.
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Evidence requirements
2.1
Jointing materials and tools are drawn from stock or purchased in accordance
with job specifications and instructions, and assembled on site.
2.2
Site is prepared for jointing in accordance with job requirements and industry
practice.
2.3
Cables are stripped and prepared for jointing in accordance with specifications
and industry practice.
2.4
Conductors are identified and jointed in accordance with specifications and
industry practice.
Range
manual jointing, modular jointing with one type jointing tool.
2.5
Pair groups are wrapped, and screen continuity and earth bonding established
in accordance with specifications and industry practice.
2.6
Joint is closed, sealed, and, where appropriate, pressurised, in accordance with
specifications and industry practice.
2.7
Site is left safe and secure, and reinstated to customer’s expectations.
Outcome 3
Terminate underground telecommunications cables.
Range
terminations at – cabinets, plinths, terminal boxes, RLG, building frames, MDF.
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Site is prepared in accordance with job requirements and industry practice.
Evidence requirements
3.1
3.2
Materials are purchased or obtained from stock, and assembled on site in
accordance with company practice.
3.3
Cables are stripped and prepared for termination in accordance with
specifications and industry practice.
3.4
Conductors are identified and terminated in accordance with specifications and
industry practice.
3.5
Cable entries and cable ends are sealed, pairs insulated, and, where
appropriate, gas pressure connections are made, in accordance with
specifications and industry practice.
3.6
End-to-end testing confirms continuity and insulation resistance in accordance
with specifications and industry practice.
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Site is left safe and secure, and reinstated to customer’s expectations.
Outcome 4
Install telecommunications aerial cable and drop wire.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Materials are purchased or obtained from stock, and assembled on site in
accordance with company practice.
4.2
Permissions and/or permits for site access, and where appropriate, for joint use
of poles are confirmed.
4.3
Pole mounted hardware is installed in accordance with specifications and
industry practice.
4.4
Aerial cable is installed in accordance with specifications and industry practice.
4.5
Drop wires to customer premises are installed in accordance with specifications
and industry practice.
Outcome 5
Test and fault-find telecommunications cables.
Range
testing of cables (other than acceptance testing) and fault-finding may be
demonstrated during the installation process or subsequently on cables in
service.
Evidence requirements
5.1
5.2
This unit standard is
Acceptance tests for a cable
installation are completed in accordance with
expiring
specification and industry practice.
Testing establishes identity, and measures loop resistance and insulation
resistance of cable pairs.
5.3
Testing establishes the location of short circuit, and open-circuit faults, using
direct current instruments.
5.4
Short and open circuit faults are identified and located by logical interpretation
of test results, and rectified in accordance with industry practice.
Outcome 6
Install telecommunications cabinets and building frames.
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Evidence requirements
6.1
Materials are purchased or obtained from stock, and assembled on site in
accordance with company practice.
6.2
Inspection confirms that site preparation have been completed according to
specifications, and are suitable for placement of the cabinet or frame.
Range
site preparation may include but is not limited to – concrete
foundations, earthing, cable entry.
6.3
The cabinet or frame is installed in accordance with specifications and industry
practice.
6.4
Terminating hardware, and protective devices where fitted, are installed in
accordance with specifications and industry practice.
Outcome 7
Install pair gain devices.
Range
1+1, 0+2.
Evidence requirements
7.1
Materials are purchased or obtained from stock, and assembled on site in
accordance with company practice.
7.2
Pair gain system is mounted at customer’s house or distribution point in
accordance with specifications and industry practice.
This unit standard is
7.4
Testing confirms proper operation of the pair gain device.
expiring
Outcome 8
7.3
Cable pairs are joined to the pair gain system in accordance with specifications
and industry practice.
Handover of telecommunications outside plant and equipment to customer.
Evidence requirements
8.1
The plant and equipment is made available to the customer by the agreed date,
and, in cases where it impacts upon a network or larger system, plans for the
commissioning are agreed with the customer.
8.2
Handover documentation is completed in the agreed format, in accordance with
customer and company requirements.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
30 May 2000
31 December 2016
Revision
2
3 April 2001
31 December 2016
Rollover and
Revision
3
20 April 2006
Review
4
18 July 2013
31 December 2016
Rollover
5
17 April 2014
31 December 2016
Rollover
6
16 April 2015
31 December 2018
31 December 2016
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Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
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Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
This unit standard is
expiring
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