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Evidence Guide: ICTOPN501 - Plan and configure dense wavelength division multiplexing systems

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ICTOPN501 - Plan and configure dense wavelength division multiplexing systems

What evidence can you provide to prove your understanding of each of the following citeria?

Prepare for DWDM planning activities

  1. Obtain relevant legislation, codes, regulations and standards for compliance when conducting work
  2. Scope the work by obtaining project plan from appropriate personnel and arrange for site access to comply with security arrangements
  3. Notify appropriate personnel of identified safety hazards at the worksite
Obtain relevant legislation, codes, regulations and standards for compliance when conducting work

Completed
Date:

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Scope the work by obtaining project plan from appropriate personnel and arrange for site access to comply with security arrangements

Completed
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Notify appropriate personnel of identified safety hazards at the worksite

Completed
Date:

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Plan DWDM installation activities and develop specifications

  1. Follow work health and safety (WHS) and environmental requirements for given work and identify and avoid other services
  2. Identify tools, safety equipment, plant and machinery for installation work activities
  3. Conduct physical inspections of proposed DWDM sites and verify backbone dark fibre is accessible and available according to cabling plan
  4. Verify proposed backbone and customer fibre cable routes to splicing cabinet and fibre patch panel, and identify barriers to cable installation
  5. Verify proposed power cabling route from distribution board and circuit breakers, and identify barriers to cable installation
  6. Modify cable plan if required and notify appropriate personnel
  7. Prepare fibre installation specifications and power cable and grounding specifications according to cabling plan and safe work practices and manufacturer’s instructions
  8. Verify proposed location of associated hardware racks, cabinets and ironwork, and confirm access to enterprise local area network (LAN)
Follow work health and safety (WHS) and environmental requirements for given work and identify and avoid other services

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Identify tools, safety equipment, plant and machinery for installation work activities

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Conduct physical inspections of proposed DWDM sites and verify backbone dark fibre is accessible and available according to cabling plan

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Verify proposed backbone and customer fibre cable routes to splicing cabinet and fibre patch panel, and identify barriers to cable installation

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Verify proposed power cabling route from distribution board and circuit breakers, and identify barriers to cable installation

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Modify cable plan if required and notify appropriate personnel

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prepare fibre installation specifications and power cable and grounding specifications according to cabling plan and safe work practices and manufacturer’s instructions

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Verify proposed location of associated hardware racks, cabinets and ironwork, and confirm access to enterprise local area network (LAN)

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prepare DWDM shelf configuration and specifications according to customer requirements

  1. Prepare a configuration document including configuration plans and specifications for the installation team
  2. Specify location of DWDM shelves or racks and the shelf interconnection fibre cabling layout according to cabling plan
  3. Specify individual DWDM units and circuit card types required to suit customer requirements
Prepare a configuration document including configuration plans and specifications for the installation team

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Specify location of DWDM shelves or racks and the shelf interconnection fibre cabling layout according to cabling plan

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Specify individual DWDM units and circuit card types required to suit customer requirements

Completed
Date:

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Plan preliminary optical tests

  1. Verify backbone fibres at patch panel and conduct bidirectional optical time domain reflectometer (OTDR) test and record measurement results and OTDR images
  2. Conduct bidirectional optical loss test set (OLTS) measurement of insertion loss on backbone fibres from patch panel to patch panel at adjacent sites and record measurement results
Verify backbone fibres at patch panel and conduct bidirectional optical time domain reflectometer (OTDR) test and record measurement results and OTDR images

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Conduct bidirectional optical loss test set (OLTS) measurement of insertion loss on backbone fibres from patch panel to patch panel at adjacent sites and record measurement results

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Complete documentation and obtain sign-off

  1. Provide results of optical measurements to design team
  2. Complete and provide updated specification documentation to installation team
  3. Submit documentation to appropriate person for approval and sign-off
Provide results of optical measurements to design team

Completed
Date:

Teacher:		 Evidence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Complete and provide updated specification documentation to installation team

Completed
Date:

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Submit documentation to appropriate person for approval and sign-off

Completed
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Assessed

Teacher: ___________________________________ Date: _________

Signature: ________________________________________________

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Instructions to Assessors

Evidence Guide

Element

Performance Criteria

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Prepare for DWDM planning activities

1.1 Obtain relevant legislation, codes, regulations and standards for compliance when conducting work

1.2 Scope the work by obtaining project plan from appropriate personnel and arrange for site access to comply with security arrangements

1.3 Notify appropriate personnel of identified safety hazards at the worksite

2. Plan DWDM installation activities and develop specifications

2.1 Follow work health and safety (WHS) and environmental requirements for given work and identify and avoid other services

2.2 Identify tools, safety equipment, plant and machinery for installation work activities

2.3 Conduct physical inspections of proposed DWDM sites and verify backbone dark fibre is accessible and available according to cabling plan

2.4 Verify proposed backbone and customer fibre cable routes to splicing cabinet and fibre patch panel, and identify barriers to cable installation

2.5 Verify proposed power cabling route from distribution board and circuit breakers, and identify barriers to cable installation

2.6 Modify cable plan if required and notify appropriate personnel

2.7 Prepare fibre installation specifications and power cable and grounding specifications according to cabling plan and safe work practices and manufacturer’s instructions

2.8 Verify proposed location of associated hardware racks, cabinets and ironwork, and confirm access to enterprise local area network (LAN)

3. Prepare DWDM shelf configuration and specifications according to customer requirements

3.1 Prepare a configuration document including configuration plans and specifications for the installation team

3.2 Specify location of DWDM shelves or racks and the shelf interconnection fibre cabling layout according to cabling plan

3.3 Specify individual DWDM units and circuit card types required to suit customer requirements

4. Plan preliminary optical tests

4.1 Verify backbone fibres at patch panel and conduct bidirectional optical time domain reflectometer (OTDR) test and record measurement results and OTDR images

4.2 Conduct bidirectional optical loss test set (OLTS) measurement of insertion loss on backbone fibres from patch panel to patch panel at adjacent sites and record measurement results

5. Complete documentation and obtain sign-off

5.1 Provide results of optical measurements to design team

5.2 Complete and provide updated specification documentation to installation team

5.3 Submit documentation to appropriate person for approval and sign-off

Required Skills and Knowledge

Element

Performance Criteria

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Prepare for DWDM planning activities

1.1 Obtain relevant legislation, codes, regulations and standards for compliance when conducting work

1.2 Scope the work by obtaining project plan from appropriate personnel and arrange for site access to comply with security arrangements

1.3 Notify appropriate personnel of identified safety hazards at the worksite

2. Plan DWDM installation activities and develop specifications

2.1 Follow work health and safety (WHS) and environmental requirements for given work and identify and avoid other services

2.2 Identify tools, safety equipment, plant and machinery for installation work activities

2.3 Conduct physical inspections of proposed DWDM sites and verify backbone dark fibre is accessible and available according to cabling plan

2.4 Verify proposed backbone and customer fibre cable routes to splicing cabinet and fibre patch panel, and identify barriers to cable installation

2.5 Verify proposed power cabling route from distribution board and circuit breakers, and identify barriers to cable installation

2.6 Modify cable plan if required and notify appropriate personnel

2.7 Prepare fibre installation specifications and power cable and grounding specifications according to cabling plan and safe work practices and manufacturer’s instructions

2.8 Verify proposed location of associated hardware racks, cabinets and ironwork, and confirm access to enterprise local area network (LAN)

3. Prepare DWDM shelf configuration and specifications according to customer requirements

3.1 Prepare a configuration document including configuration plans and specifications for the installation team

3.2 Specify location of DWDM shelves or racks and the shelf interconnection fibre cabling layout according to cabling plan

3.3 Specify individual DWDM units and circuit card types required to suit customer requirements

4. Plan preliminary optical tests

4.1 Verify backbone fibres at patch panel and conduct bidirectional optical time domain reflectometer (OTDR) test and record measurement results and OTDR images

4.2 Conduct bidirectional optical loss test set (OLTS) measurement of insertion loss on backbone fibres from patch panel to patch panel at adjacent sites and record measurement results

5. Complete documentation and obtain sign-off

5.1 Provide results of optical measurements to design team

5.2 Complete and provide updated specification documentation to installation team

5.3 Submit documentation to appropriate person for approval and sign-off

Evidence of ability to:

plan and develop all required dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) installation activities according to all work health and safety (WHS) and job specifications

prepare all DWDM shelf configurations and specifications

plan preliminary optical tests

complete project and acceptance documentations and submit for approval.

Note: If a specific volume or frequency is not stated, then evidence must be provided at least once.

To complete the unit requirements safely and effectively, the individual must:

explain configuration of DWDM shelf

summarise principles of DWDM operations

manage risk of electrostatic discharge

summarise features and operating requirements of the following test equipment:

hand-held optical power meter

optical spectrum analyser

optical time domain reflectometer (OTDR)

transmission test set

describe functions of an optical add drop multiplexer

explain the role of the following in planning and configuration of DWDM systems internet protocol (IP) addressing:

subnet mask

dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP)

default gateway

explain International Telecommunications Union (ITU) wavelength grid for DWDM

identify optical fibre connector types and discuss their characteristics

identify optical fibre types and discuss their characteristics

explain path protection and protection switching

summarise physical optical loopbacks and software loopbacks used to assist with testing DWDM systems

identify protocols used on optical DWDM systems

discuss the use of ring topologies and linear network topologies in DWDM system cable routes

explain specific work health and safety (WHS) requirements that impact safe inspection of optical connectors and safe measurement of optical power from laser transmission systems.