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 lead-in module and cable from project plan and identify 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 lead-in module, visually inspect for lead-in module damage and replace if necessary
- Install lead-in module in enclosure
- Follow work health and safety (WHS) and environmental requirements for given work, and identify and avoid other services
- Identify position in enclosure to secure module and install mounting bracket according to manufacturer’s specifications
- Splice lead-in module tail to distribution joint
- Attach lead-in module to mounting bracket and secure in position
- Install optical fibre lead-in cable to premises
- Unpack and prepare lead-in cable according to manufacturer’s specifications
- Haul optical fibre lead-in cable to premises, observing maximum strain on cable for underground installation
- Coil excess cable length within enclosure
- Install aerial lead-in using catenary and bearer wire to meet relevant height and minimum sag requirements
- Terminate lead-in cable at premises
- Access optical network termination (ONT) unit to expose lead-in cable to retrieve fibre and connector
- Clean ONT adapter and connector according to manufacturer’s specifications
- Mate fibre connector with ONT adapter, ensuring free of contaminants
- Route fibre cable within ONT and secure in position
- Test operation of lead-in at ONT for optical power levels at designated operating WDM optical wavelength
- Record connections, test results and park unused fibre leads for safety reasons according to organisational policy
- Clean up work site