Elements and Performance Criteria
- Set up and prepare for installation
- Obtain relevant legislation, codes, regulations and standards for compliance when conducting work
- Scope work by obtaining project plan from appropriate personnel and arrange for site access to comply with security arrangements
- Notify appropriate personnel of identified safety hazards at worksite
- Determine type of FDH enclosure and optical splitter module from project plan, and identify splitter installation requirements using work instructions
- Obtain tools and safety equipment and material to perform tasks safely and efficiently
- Select and use required protective equipment and make site safe and secure for installation work
- Obtain splitter module, visually inspect for splitter module damage and replace if necessary
- Install splitter module in FDH
- Follow work health and safety (WHS) and environmental requirements, and identify and avoid other services
- Open enclosure and assess suitability of FDH according to project plan
- Locate next available slot in splitter module area of FDH for installation
- Insert splitter module and secure according to manufacturer’s specifications
- Inspect installed splitter module and surrounding area for completeness of job
- Prepare and connect splitter input fibres to feeder cable
- Locate feeder port to be connected and remove protective cover in preparation
- Use optical power meter to verify feeder port is not active
- Clean adaptor and mated connector according to manufacturer’s specifications, and route splitter input fibre to correct feeder port
- Remove dust cap and clean end face according to manufacturer’s specifications to prevent possible damage from mating contaminated connectors
- Connect input fibre to feeder port and record connection according to organisational policy
- Connect output fibres and test splitter
- Determine output fibre to be connected and required adapter in distribution field
- Clean adapter and fibre end-face according to manufacturer’s specifications
- Route output fibre and connect with adapter in distribution field
- Test operation of optical splitter for optical power levels at operating wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) optical wavelengths
- Record connections, test results and park unused fibre leads for safety reasons according to organisational policy
- Clean up work site