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Site conducted
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Accreditation Date
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Location
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Company
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Please select the engineers name (if not listed, select other and provide the name in the notes)
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Prepared By
Accreditation
Installing Blown Fibre Tube - violet (Gel Wrap To Customer)
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Correct PPE being worn for the task?
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Risk assessment completed and highlighted risks to the task to be completed?
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Working area made safe including tool items? (Guarding)
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Correct equipment available and defect free? (box Key, Roll bar, GDU)
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GDU available in good condition and defect free? Turned on and left to self-calibrate for required time
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Correct handling and lifting techniques used throughout?
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Correct process for access to underground structure used? (Breaking seal, initial lift and removal using roll bar)
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GDU used at points required during access and positioned to monitor air during works?
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Water test cup available and used if required?
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GDU used at top, bottom and duct mouths in joint box?
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GDU secured and positioned to monitor air during works
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Blown fibre tube installed through OR duct to Gel wrap location - loop formed round to tail from gel wrap
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Blown fibre tube cut using correct microduct cutters and cut flush including seated correctly in connector
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Joint box edge cleared to ensure lid sits flush in frame?
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Reverse process used to close joint box lid as per process?
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All equipment removed from site before guarding removed?
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All engineering waste removed from site?
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Behaviour - Task completed in a safe and quality manner?
Wall Box, External / Internal Cabling
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Equipment - Drill available and in good condition, fault and defect free?
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Drill kept on spin action at point of exit as to avoid blow out and damage to external wall?
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Demonstrates Drill kept on spin action unless hammer action needed?
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Drill held at a 5-degree angle downwards whilst drilling (Prevents moisture entering the property in the future)
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Demonstrates using the drill as required and using handles where provided?
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Correct drill bit selected for area to be drilled -12mm drill bit (Wood, metal, masonry) available and in good condition, fault and defect free?
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Metal location detector - understands the use of and demonstrates the use of in the area to be drilled?
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Correct drill bit selected for area to be drilled -10mm drill bit (Wood, metal, masonry) available and in good condition, fault and defect free?
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Demonstrates using the drill as required and using handles where provided?
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Drill held at a 5-degree angle downwards whilst drilling (Prevents moisture entering the property in the future)
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Demonstrates Drill kept on spin action unless hammer action needed?
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Drill kept on spin action at point of exit as to avoid blow out and damage to external wall?
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All, waste / brick dust cleared from site?
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Wall box secured to customer wall and level - 300mm away from OR capping (If acheiveable)
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External Cabling - Correct hammer selected for task?
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Correct cleat size selected for cable?
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Cable formed correctly out of wall box?
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Cleats separated to specification (150mm vertically – 220mm horizontally) on external wall?
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Drip loop installed at entry point to property. (external)?
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No damage caused to fibre cable from cleating cable?
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Hole sealed with appropriate silicone or chalk? Including internal / external gromet
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Internal Cabling: Cable formed to specification down to skirting board?
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Cable run along skirting board and up to ONT location?
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No kinks or bends in fibre patch lead?
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No excessive bends above specifications during cable installation? (internal and external)
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All engineering waste cleared from work area?
Duct Integrity Test and Blowing Fibre
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Tripod set up at lowest level?
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Air blown to ’pop’ indicator cap at SN to confirm correct BFT
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Duct Integrity Test - BFT cleaned / moisture removed using a damped sponge? Dart test completed?
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Fibre gun set to the correct feeding force of 2.5N
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Correct guide selected for fibre gun (7mm)
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Fibre catcher connected at SN to catch the blown fibre. (1.2 metres Hexatronic SN, 1.5 metres HellermannTyton SN)
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Distance measured from wall box to SN and correct fibre length selected?
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Fibre loaded correctly on to fibre gun as per specification?
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Air filter and valve assembly attached to fibre gun correctly?
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Feeding force of gun used and air applied once speed decreases?
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Metre reader on fibre gun used to confirm fibre has reached the fibre catcher at the SN?
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Blown fibre removed from gun to specification preventing damage to fibre? Excess fibre coiled to specification in wall box?
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Fibre removed from fibre catcher and protective sleeved installed?
Working At the Secondary Node
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Hands cleaned / wearing gloves to prevent contamination to fibre?
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Power metre held and in good condition, fault and defect free?
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One Click' cleaner available and in good condition - Understands the requirement to clean connectors?
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Demonstrates the wavelength readings @1310 and @1550
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Demonstrates readings to be with-in the required -15dBm to -25dBm
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Details / demonstrates actions if outside the recommended limits - (Re-check work, clean fibres)
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Cleans fibre before connecting to the ODF port?
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Air Blown Fibre Connector: All four components available and in good condition? (Back post/boot, Spring, Ferule guide, and connector body)
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Hands cleaned to prevent contamination on to completed connector
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Back post / boot and then spring installed over fibre cable. They can be slid on without removing the dust cap
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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)
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Using the provided tool to pair the ferule and ferule guide correctly. Ceramic part fits into slot with latched sides facing right and left.
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Compressed correctly to secure ferule guide and ferule
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Ferule guide connected into connector body - 2nd locating pin connected to grove inside connector body
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Back post pushed on to connector body. Two shoulders on back post connect on to windows either side of connector body
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Finished connector cleaned with 'one click' cleaner before testing / connecting to network
Customer: ONT, Testing
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ONT Secured to the wall and level
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One Click' used on test lead and ONT port before completing power level test?
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Demonstrates the wavelength readings @1310 and @1550
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Demonstrates readings to be with-in the required -15dBm to -25dBm
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Details / demonstrates actions if outside the recommended limits - (Re-check work, clean fibres)
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fibre patch lead cleaned before connecting to the ONT port?
Sign Off
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Additional Comments
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Assesor Name