Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare for FTTx planning tasks
- 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 the worksite
- 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
- Identify and select plant and machinery for installation work activities
- Plan FTTx activities and develop specifications
- Follow work health and safety (WHS) and environmental requirements for given work and identify and avoid other services
- Inspect proposed cable route visually according to cable plan and identify barriers to the cable installation
- Modify cable plan, if required, and notify appropriate personnel
- Prepare installation activities for FTTx provisioning according to project plan
- Prepare installation specifications according to safe work practices and manufacturer’s instructions to include optical fibre cable size, distribution area (DA), distribution joint including lead-in multiport serving area (DLMSA), enclosures, location of optical network terminations (ONT), location and type of fibre distribution hub (FDH) and optical splitter provisioning
- Verify cable length from customer access network fibre centre to end-user ONT is within 20 km operating limit
- Consult with appropriate personnel to confirm project scope, installation requirements and installation specifications according to project plan
- Complete documentation and obtain sign-off