Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare to install radio communications base station equipment
- Assess available installation options against customer requirements and relevant legislation, codes, regulations and standards
- Arrange access to the site according to required procedure
- Confirm equipment locations
- Confirm base station equipment listings and manufacturer's and enterprise documents against the installation brief
- Review installation briefs in consultation with the designers or manufacturers
- Adjust tools and equipment to manufacturer's specification
- Install equipment and terminate voice and data cables, power cables and radio frequency (RF) cables
- Observe anti-static precautions when handling circuit cards and conduct all work in a manner which is safe to self, fellow workers and the public at large
- Install racks, frames, and shelves as required for data and voice frequency (VF) interface equipment, transmitter and receiver
- Position equipment and install according to manufacturer's specifications and design detail
- Label equipment, distribution frames and blocks according to enterprise policy
- Strip cables and terminate conductors according to manufacturer's specifications
- Clean optical fibre connectors using appropriate cleaning techniques
- Connect network termination unit (NTU) cables to data and VF interface unit via distribution frame
- Connect data and VF cables to radio equipment
- Connect digital and analog alarm inputs and outputs to supervisory, control and data acquisition (SCADA) controller
- Connect power cables to rectifier, battery rack, circuit breakers, and equipment according to manufacturer's and enterprise documents
- Use computer or handheld device to program internal software in the data and VF interface equipment, and transmitter and receiver
- Interconnect multicouplingequipment to antenna feedline and transmitter and receiver units.
- Mount lightning protection equipment and earth wire according to specification
- Connect receiver and transmitter multicoupling equipment to antenna feedline
- Finalise installation and complete preliminary tests and administrative tasks
- Complete preliminary tests to verify transmitter and receiver operation prior to commissioning
- Complete installation report, test results and administrative tasks and forward to the appropriate person according to enterprise policy
- Dispose of packaging according to accepted environmental conditions
- Notify appropriate person that base station is ready for commissioning and integration