Elements and Performance Criteria
- Work within the constraints imposed by customer premises and ACMA regulatory environment
- Prepare for restricted cabling work within the regulatory environment, cabling environment, cable type, cable identification, termination systems, earthing and protection, records and relevant legislation, codes, regulations and standards
- Identify building infrastructure which places critical constraints on cabling
- Develop strategies to manage other infrastructure in relation to cabling
- Notify appropriate personnel of safety hazards at the cabling work site
- Manage remote power feed
- Install cables and protective earth wires
- Install cables according to manufacturer's application specifications, including tension and bending stress requirements
- Identify and avoid sources of possible damage to cable, including hot pipes, sharp edges and cable burn
- Allow sufficient excess at cable ends to facilitate termination
- Place and secure cable to maintain safety and interference segregation according to legislative and industry standards
- Install cable ties with correct tension to prevent cable sheath damage or transmission impairment and trimmed flush to prevent risk of personal damage
- Install underground cables to minimum depth of cover and segregation from hazardous electrical and other services according to AS/ACIF S009:200
- Install underground cables excluding blown fibre tube systems to incorporate a blocking agent within the cable to prevent the ingress of water
- Install aerial cables to minimum clearance, segregation from hazardous electrical and other services and minimum height requirements according to AS/ACIF S009:2006
- Install over-voltage protection devices according to AS/ACIF S009:2006 to all cable pairs, where required, to suppress voltage surges and protect from earth potential rise (EPR) hazards and protectively earth the devices
- Protect earth wire insulation against damage and segregate protective earths according to relevant legislative and industry standards
- Terminate and test cables and earth wires
- Remove cable sheath to allow for correct termination length and without damage to underlying conductors and their insulation
- Install NTD terminating modules according to manufacturer's specifications and cable pairs neatly and sequentially fanned for termination
- Terminate conductors according to recommended colour code sequence using appropriate termination tools in the manufacturer's specified manner
- Earth cable shield, if applicable, to manufacturer's specifications, relevant industry codes of practice and AS/ACIF S009:2006
- Conduct visual inspection to confirm termination colour code sequence has been followed prior to end-to-end testing of wire and pair termination integrity
- Terminate earth wires with connectors recommended by manufacturers according to accepted industry codes of practice and AS/ACIF S009:2006
- Maintain earth wire continuity throughout and observe interface requirements with electrical systems
- Test earthing installation for continuity, insulation resistance and conductive resistance according to accepted industry standards including AS/ACIF S009:2006
- Confirm compatibility of alterations with existing systems and test new work both in isolation and when integrated with existing systems
- Inspect cable route to ensure correct separations
- Create records
- Monitor work activity