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  • Accreditation Date

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Accreditation

Installing Blown Fibre Tube - violet (Gel Wrap To Customer)

  • Correct PPE being worn for the task?

  • Risk assessment completed and highlighted risks to the task to be completed?

  • Working area made safe including tool items? (Guarding)

  • Correct equipment available and defect free? (box Key, Roll bar, GDU)

  • GDU available in good condition and defect free? Turned on and left to self-calibrate for required time

  • Correct handling and lifting techniques used throughout?

  • Correct process for access to underground structure used? (Breaking seal, initial lift and removal using roll bar)

  • GDU used at points required during access and positioned to monitor air during works?

  • Water test cup available and used if required?

  • GDU used at top, bottom and duct mouths in joint box?

  • GDU secured and positioned to monitor air during works

  • Blown fibre tube installed through OR duct to Gel wrap location - loop formed round to tail from gel wrap

  • Blown fibre tube cut using correct microduct cutters and cut flush including seated correctly in connector

  • Joint box edge cleared to ensure lid sits flush in frame?

  • Reverse process used to close joint box lid as per process?

  • All equipment removed from site before guarding removed?

  • All engineering waste removed from site?

  • Behaviour - Task completed in a safe and quality manner?

Wall Box, External / Internal Cabling

  • Equipment - Drill available and in good condition, fault and defect free?

  • Drill kept on spin action at point of exit as to avoid blow out and damage to external wall?

  • Demonstrates Drill kept on spin action unless hammer action needed?

  • Drill held at a 5-degree angle downwards whilst drilling (Prevents moisture entering the property in the future)

  • Demonstrates using the drill as required and using handles where provided?

  • Correct drill bit selected for area to be drilled -12mm drill bit (Wood, metal, masonry) available and in good condition, fault and defect free?

  • Metal location detector - understands the use of and demonstrates the use of in the area to be drilled?

  • Correct drill bit selected for area to be drilled -10mm drill bit (Wood, metal, masonry) available and in good condition, fault and defect free?

  • Demonstrates using the drill as required and using handles where provided?

  • Drill held at a 5-degree angle downwards whilst drilling (Prevents moisture entering the property in the future)

  • Demonstrates Drill kept on spin action unless hammer action needed?

  • Drill kept on spin action at point of exit as to avoid blow out and damage to external wall?

  • All, waste / brick dust cleared from site?

  • Wall box secured to customer wall and level - 300mm away from OR capping (If acheiveable)

  • External Cabling - Correct hammer selected for task?

  • Correct cleat size selected for cable?

  • Cable formed correctly out of wall box?

  • Cleats separated to specification (150mm vertically – 220mm horizontally) on external wall?

  • Drip loop installed at entry point to property. (external)?

  • No damage caused to fibre cable from cleating cable?

  • Hole sealed with appropriate silicone or chalk? Including internal / external gromet

  • Internal Cabling: Cable formed to specification down to skirting board?

  • Cable run along skirting board and up to ONT location?

  • No kinks or bends in fibre patch lead?

  • No excessive bends above specifications during cable installation? (internal and external)

  • All engineering waste cleared from work area?

Duct Integrity Test and Blowing Fibre

  • Tripod set up at lowest level?

  • Air blown to ’pop’ indicator cap at SN to confirm correct BFT

  • Duct Integrity Test - BFT cleaned / moisture removed using a damped sponge? Dart test completed?

  • Fibre gun set to the correct feeding force of 2.5N

  • Correct guide selected for fibre gun (7mm)

  • Fibre catcher connected at SN to catch the blown fibre. (1.2 metres Hexatronic SN, 1.5 metres HellermannTyton SN)

  • Distance measured from wall box to SN and correct fibre length selected?

  • Fibre loaded correctly on to fibre gun as per specification?

  • Air filter and valve assembly attached to fibre gun correctly?

  • Feeding force of gun used and air applied once speed decreases?

  • Metre reader on fibre gun used to confirm fibre has reached the fibre catcher at the SN?

  • Blown fibre removed from gun to specification preventing damage to fibre? Excess fibre coiled to specification in wall box?

  • Fibre removed from fibre catcher and protective sleeved installed?

Working At the Secondary Node

  • Hands cleaned / wearing gloves to prevent contamination to fibre?

  • Power metre held and in good condition, fault and defect free?

  • One Click' cleaner available and in good condition - Understands the requirement to clean connectors?

  • Demonstrates the wavelength readings @1310 and @1550

  • Demonstrates readings to be with-in the required -15dBm to -25dBm

  • Details / demonstrates actions if outside the recommended limits - (Re-check work, clean fibres)

  • Cleans fibre before connecting to the ODF port?

  • Air Blown Fibre Connector: All four components available and in good condition? (Back post/boot, Spring, Ferule guide, and connector body)

  • Hands cleaned to prevent contamination on to completed connector

  • Back post / boot and then spring installed over fibre cable. They can be slid on without removing the dust cap

  • Ferule guide pushed onto the ferule. Dust cap needs to be removed to do this. Locating pins sit in grove correctly. (You can only push so far by hand)

  • Using the provided tool to pair the ferule and ferule guide correctly. Ceramic part fits into slot with latched sides facing right and left.

  • Compressed correctly to secure ferule guide and ferule

  • Ferule guide connected into connector body - 2nd locating pin connected to grove inside connector body

  • Back post pushed on to connector body. Two shoulders on back post connect on to windows either side of connector body

  • Finished connector cleaned with 'one click' cleaner before testing / connecting to network

Customer: ONT, Testing

  • ONT Secured to the wall and level

  • One Click' used on test lead and ONT port before completing power level test?

  • Demonstrates the wavelength readings @1310 and @1550

  • Demonstrates readings to be with-in the required -15dBm to -25dBm

  • Details / demonstrates actions if outside the recommended limits - (Re-check work, clean fibres)

  • fibre patch lead cleaned before connecting to the ONT port?

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