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Oil, Gas, Petrochem Specialized Installer - The Fiber School
TR-OGP
Certified Installer Course

Oil, Gas, Petrochem Specialized Installer

LEVEL 13 DAY COURSE +16 hours of online instruction
LEVEL 1

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course provides the practical understanding and skills required to properly design, install, and maintain fiber optics systems in petrochemical environments such as offshore drilling, pipeline, refineries, and process plants and other industrial plant processes. Students will use the latest fiber optic technology and equipment to learn how to splice, connectorize, test, and troubleshoot petrochemical based harsh environment optical fiber networks in order to increase efficiency, reliability, and on-the-job safety requirements as well as reduce overall production cost and facilities downtime. Course lectures must be taken online.

Upon successful completion of the required on-line lectures and exams, the student will then attend the TR-OGP Hands-on training sessions scheduled. The hands-on training session is required to complete the Fiber Optics for Petrochem Certification.

 

$2400

TR-OGP

Available Certifications

Students must pass exam to be certified.

ETA FOI Certification $155

ETA International - The Fiber School

 

OGP Course Completion

NETA Recognized
TR-OGP is approved for 8 CTDs

Questions?
Call 877.529.9114

Objectives
Lectures
Labs
Prerequisites

Objectives

Fiber Optics for Petrochem training will provide the student with the necessary knowledge and skills to:

  • Layout, install or maintain fiber optic cabling systems
  • Demonstrate a practical knowledge of fiber optic theory, codes, standards and installation practices
  • Demonstrate a practical knowledge of individual hands-on skills including:
    • Performing industry-standard fiber optic terminations
    • Preparing cables for inside and outside applications
    • Performing fusion splicing and splice tray preparation
    • Testing with the OTDR and optical loss test equipment

Lectures

  • Introduction to Fiber Optics:
    • Fundamentals
    • Theory
    • History
    • Performance Characteristics
    • System Components including Transmitters, Receivers
  • Fiber Optic Installation Practices:
    • Optical Networks
    • Techniques, Standards & Codes
    • Cable Types
    • Connectors
    • Splicing
    • Enclosures & Panels
    • Tools & Test Equipment
    • System Design & Loss Budgets: Equipment, Techniques & Applications
  • Fiber Optics for the Petrochemical Industry:
    • Harsh Environments Cables & Connectors
    • Fiber Optic Sensing Cables and Sensors
    • Fiber Coatings for Harsh Environments
    • Splicing in a Harsh Environment
    • Tethers & Umbilicals
    • SCADA Systems

TL-01B – OSP Loose Tube Armored Cable Preparation

  • Understand cable jacket markings.
  • Properly prepare an OSP cable for jacket removal.
  • Properly use a jacket stripper or ringing tool.
  • Strip off the jacket using the pull strings.
  • Strip off all inner binders using a seam ripper.
  • Handle the buffer without damaging the fiber within.

TL-01E – Buffer Tube Fan Out Kit (BTFO)

  • Set up and position an OSP cable in preparation for the BFTO assembly.
  • Strip off the buffer tube using a ring cut tool.
  • Clean the gel off all fibers within a buffer tube without damaging any of the fibers.
  • Properly insert the individual fibers into the BFTO furcation tube module.
  • Properly assembly and secure the completed BFTO housing onto the buffer tube.

 TL-02A – Fusion Splicing 

  • Properly prepare an inside plant cable for mounting into a splice tray.
  • Demonstrate the proper way to strip, clean, cleave, and fusion splice 900µm fiber.
  • Properly pre-trim the individual fibers into the splice tray before fusion splicing.
  • Properly set up and fusion splice the individual fibers together.
  • Properly wrap (form & dress) the individual fibers back into the tray.

TL-03A – Mechanical Splice Connector

  • Properly prepare a simplex cable for this connector termination method.
  • Properly use a precision cleaver for this termination method.
  • Successfully mate a cleaved cable end into a mechanical splice-on connector.
  • Test the assembly to TIA Tier 1 standard.

TL-03F – Splice-On Connector (Single Mode)

  • To understand how to adapt a fusion splicer for a generic fuse-on connector.
  • To demonstrate the ability to adapt fiber strip measurements to any fusion splicer.
  • To perform a visual inspection when completed and properly test to TIA Tier 1 standard.

TL-04A – Mechanical Splice

  • Perform a mechanical splice with < .3 dB of attenuation.
  • Explain the benefits of Index Matching Gel.
  • Use a precision cleaver to prepare fibers for splicing.
  • Calculate A-B and B-A loss.

TL-05A – Pigtail Fusion Splice

  • Perform a fusion splice with ≤ .1 dB of attenuation.
  • Use a precision cleaver to prepare fibers for splicing.
  • Calculate A-B and B-A loss.

TL-06A – Power Meter & Light Source Testing

  • Use a VFL (Visual Fault Locator).
  • Understand the functions of Light Source & Power Meters.
  • Properly calibrate or reference the instruments prior to testing.
  • Test fiber optic segments and record the results.
  • Know the purpose of and how to connect reference patch cords.
  • Make accurate loss measurements.
  • Perform Bi-Directional Testing.
  • Know storage and download capabilities for reporting.

TL-07A – Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR) Testing

  • Make a reliable connection from the OTDR to the Fiber Under Test. (FUT).
  • Use a USB optical probe to inspect the connectors.
  • Be familiar with launch or pulse suppressor boxes and cables.
  • Determine parameters to set up classic OTDR.
  • Interpret typical reflective events in an OTDR trace test.
  • Know parameters that help make more accurate location of breaks.
  • Use an OTDR in a real-time mode during cable installation and splicing.
  • Save and print OTDR trace reports.

TL-12A Wall Mount Segment Assembly (Pigtails) & Testing

  • Properly prepare a 12F distribution cable for installation to wall mount enclosures.
  • Properly perform one of the most basic splicers’ tasks, fusion splicing of “Pigtails”.
  • Demonstrate the proper way to strip, clean, cleave, and fusion splice 900µm fiber.
  • Properly wrap (form & dress) the fused fibers back into the splice holders.
  • Test the completed assembly to TIA Tier 1 standard.

TL20-A – Determining Power and Loss Budgets

  • The student will learn to evaluate a simple campus fiber segment.
  • The student will learn to determine if a fiber segment will perform properly.

Prerequisites: None

Knowledge or experience in the areas of Fiber Optic Advantages and Applications, Cables, Connectors and Terminations, Enclosures and Panels, and Test Equipment would be helpful, but is not required.

Target Audience

This course is excellent for anyone involved in the fiber optics for petrochemical environments and anyone who designs, installs, maintains, or tests fiber optic cabling systems.

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 Available Dates & Locations

On-Site
Training

Remember, if you have 5 or more students, we can bring our class to you at your own facility – saving you time and money!

Customized Training

Any of our courses can be customized to focus on your needs – like using specific equipment, or working in a particular situation.

Cancellation Policy

We reserve the right to cancel any course. A full refund will be provided unless the student elects to transfer to another course or time.

No refunds will be granted for student cancellation, but substitutions are permitted.