Course List
We have many more training courses and course modules than we could ever hope to list. If it is communications cabling or laser safety, then the chances are we can deliver the course that is right for you and second-to-none in terms of training quality. Please call us or email for more information.
Introductory Courses
- Fibre Optics Introduction (3 days) OCN certificate
- Fibre Optics Introduction (2 days, many versions available)
- One-day Introduction to Optical Fibre Technology and systems
- Introduction to Optical Fibre Testing (1-day)
- Introduction to Structured Cabling (1-day)
- Introduction to copper telecoms cabling (various)
City & Guilds
The City & Guilds 3666 communications cabling course is aimed primarily at new installers or testers, but is also suitable for on-site supervisors, and people who already have some practical experience but need the official C&G qualification. More details...
- City & Guilds 3666-02 Internal Fibre (5 days)
- City & Guilds 3666-03 External Fibre (5 days)
- City & Guilds 3666-04 Internal Copper (5 days)
- City & Guilds 3666-01 Safety & Basic Principles (3 days)
- City & Guilds 3666 Combined Unit 02 and 03, Internal & External Fibre (5 days 9.00 – 18.30)
- City & Guilds 3666-01 Safety & Basic Principles, Home study + 1 day (11.00 -16.00) at Lucid
Practical Skills (Installation)
- Ribbon Splicing (1 day)
- Fibre Optic Cable Installation (2 days)
- Optical Fibre Jointing & Splicing (2 day)
- Highways cable installation & Testing (5 days if combined with C&G 3666 unit 3 external fibre)
- Submarine Optical Fibre Installation (1 day), long distance telecoms
- Subsea Optical Fibre Installation (1 day), short distance private networks
- Introduction to OTDR Testing (1 day)
Photonics
A series of introductory and advanced courses developed for laboratory based engineers and researchers in the photonics industry, but also suitable for managers and sales/marketing staff.
- Practical Fibre Handling (1 day)
- Photonics Components (1 day)
- Photonics Applications (1 day)
- Introduction to Dispersion Testing (1 day)
- Optical Power & Loss Testing (1 day)
- Optical Wavelength Measurements (1 day)
- Advanced Photonics Component Testing (2 days)
Advanced Testing
- Advanced OTDR Testing, OCN certified (3 days)
- OTDR Emulation S/W & Trace Analysis (1 day)
- Advanced PMD & Chromatic Dispersion Testing, OCN Certified (3 days)
- Advanced OSA Measurements (1 day)
- Advanced OTDR Measurements (2 days)
- DWDM Systems & Testing (2 days)
Advanced Fibre Optic Technology
- Advanced Fibre Optics (4 days)
- DWDM Systems & Technology (2 days)
- CWDM Systems & Technology
- Polarisation Technology (2 days)
- G.655 Fibre Networks (1 day)
Copper and Copper/Fibre datacoms courses
- Introduction to Structured Cabling
- Test & Certification of Structured Cabling Systems
- Structured Cabling for Installers
- Advanced Structured Cabling
- Datacoms Installation (Copper & Fibre)
- Network Cabling Installation
- Campus LAN Cabling Testing (Copper & Fibre)
Telecoms copper cabling
- Introduction to Telecoms Copper Cabling
- Telecoms Cabling Design & Planning
- D-side Copper Cable Jointing
- D-side Copper Cable Testing
- E-side Copper Cable Jointing
Course duration depends on customer requirements.
Laser Safety
Our series of Laser Safety training courses fully covers the BS EN 60825-1(2001) Laser Safety Standard.
The courses are completely modular and can be run in sequence or as individual events
- Laser Safety Introduction OCN Certified (2 days)
- Introduction to Laser Safety in Fibre Optics (1 day)
- Introduction to Laser Safety, general (1 day)
- Laser Safety Management & Implementation (1 day, requires intro course)
- Laser Safety Advanced Workshop (1 day, requires intro course)
- Laser Safety Advanced Principles (1 day)
For laser safety courses designed for medical, dental and cosmetic clinics, such as the laser and IPL 'Core of Knowledge' training course, please visit our sister company at www.lucidtraining.co.uk. Lucid Training can also help with more generic health and safety courses and qualifications.
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