Lucid training: course list

Course List

We run both public and private courses. Public courses are run on advertised dates at Lucid or other locations. The more popular courses such as the City & Guilds 3667 communications cabling certificate can be booked on-line. Private courses can be run on agreed dates either at your own site or at Lucid as you wish.

The list of courses below gives a good indication of our capabilities. if you need a bespoke course we can develop it and deliver it to your specifications. Please call or email us for more information.

City & Guilds 3667 Communications Cabling Certificate

The City & Guilds 3667 communications cabling certificate 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...

Lucid offer the following single units: (for more details click 3667 in the title, to book on-line click )

City & Guilds 3667 unit 1Safety & Basic Principles, Home study + 1 afternoon at Lucid
City & Guilds 3667 unit 2 Internal Fibre (4-5 days)
City & Guilds 3667 unit 3 External Fibre (4-5 days)
City & Guilds 3667 unit 4 Internal Copper (4 days)

and the following combinations of units:

City & Guilds 3667 units 2 and 3, Internal & External Fibre (5 days)
City & Guilds 3667 units 1 and 4, Internal Copper (4 days)
City & Guilds 3667 units 1, 2 and 3, Basic Principles, Internal & External Fibre (5 days)
City & Guilds 3667 units 2, 3 and 4 Fibre and Copper (5+4 days)
City & Guilds 3667 units 1, 2, 3 and 4 Complete course (5+4 days)

Details of specific courses dates, prices and availability can be obtained by clicking on the cart icons.

Laser / LED / Lamp Safety

Our series of Laser Safety training courses fully covers the BS EN 60825-1 and -14 (2007) Laser Safety Standard. The courses are completely modular and can be run in sequence or as individual events. These courses are usually run to order but we do have occasional public courses.

Laser Safety (OCN Certified) (2 days)
Introduction to LED and Lamp safety (1 day)
· 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)

Core of Knowledge Course for Healthcare and Cosmetic Professionals

BMLA Approved Core of knowledge for medical / cosmetic laser / IPL operators (1/2 day)

Introductory Fibre / Coper Cabling Courses

Fibre Optics Introduction (3 days) OCN certificate
Fibre Optics Introduction (2 days, many versions available)
Introduction to Optical Fibre Technology and systems (1 day)
Introduction to Optical Fibre Testing (1 day)
Introduction to Structured Cabling (1 day)
Introduction to copper telecoms cabling (various)
Plastic Optical Fibres Overview

Practical Fibre Optic 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)
Umbilical Cable Splicing and Testing (5 days)

Advanced Fibre Optic Testing

Advanced OTDR Testing, OCN certified (3 days)
OTDR Emulation Software & Trace Analysis (1 day)
Advanced PMD & Chromatic Dispersion Testing, OCN Certified (3 days)
PMD & Chromatic Dispersion Evaluation and Interpretation
Advanced OSA Measurements (1 day)
Advanced OTDR Measurements (2 days)
DWDM Systems & Testing (2 days)
Advanced Component Testing (2 days)
Umbilical Cable Testing (5 days)

Advanced Fibre Optic Technology

Advanced Fibre Optics (3-4 days)
DWDM Systems & Technology (2 days)
CWDM Systems & Technology (1 day)
Polarisation Technology (2 days)
G.655 Fibre Networks (1 day)
Long Distance Fibre Network Design (3 days)
Raman Amplification (1 day)
Brillouin OTDR and Fibre Sensors

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 Measurement (1 day)
Advanced Photonics Component Testing (2 days)
Refractive Index Measurement Techniques (2 days)

Copper and Copper/Fibre Datacoms Courses

Introduction to Structured Cabling (1 day)
Test & Certification of Structured Cabling Systems (1-2 days)
Structured Cabling for Installers (2 days)
Advanced Structured Cabling
Datacoms Installation (Copper & Fibre)
Network Cabling Installation
Campus LAN Cabling Testing (Copper & Fibre)
Datacoms Network Design (Copper Gigabit and Fibre)
Introduction to Cat 6 and Cat 7 Installation and Testing

Course duration depends on customer requirements

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
Advanced Copper Cable Testing
Wireless LAN Training

Course duration depends on customer requirements.

Electrical Courses

City & Guilds 2377-100 Management of In-Service Inspection and Testing of Electrical Equipment (PAT testing) (1 day)
City & Guilds 2377-200 In-Service Inspection and Testing of Electrical Equipment (PAT testing) (2 days)
City & Guilds 2382 17th Edition Wiring Regulations (1-3days)
City & Guilds 2382 17th Edition Wiring Regulations (Exam only)

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