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Elements and Performance Criteria

Work within the constraints imposed by customer premises and ACMA regulatory environment
Manage remote power feed
- Identify and avoid the risks posed by contact with remote power feeding services when performing cabling activity
- Make site safe, identifying remote power feeding services that operate at above telecommunications network voltage (TNV) inside customer premises
Install and modify cable support, earthing and termination infrastructure
Install cables and earth wires
Terminate and test cables and earth wires
Inspect cable route to ensure correct separations
- Inspect separations along the entirety of the cable route and rectify separations that do not comply with regulations
- Install barriers to achieve separations where sufficient spatial separation cannot be met
Evaluate earthing needs for cable systems on customer premises
- Locate existing earthing systems in customer premises and analyse the earthing needs of cable systems in a range of building types
- Calculate the upper and lower limits of resistance for a variety of cable system earths using relevant cable characteristics
Label earthing systems
- Identify label requirements for all types of earthing systems
- Attach label to earthing systems according to industry regulations
Create or update cable plans and records
Monitor work activity
- Maintain close supervision of cablers not holding appropriate registration for the task to ensure installation and maintenance activity is strictly according to legislative requirements and industry standards for safety and network integrity including AS/ACIF S008:2006 and AS/CA TS009:2013

Required Skills

Required skills

communication skills to liaise with team members supervisors and customers on technical and operational matters

interpersonal skills related to work associates supervisors team members and clients

literacy skills to interpret

requirements of relevant legislation codes regulations and standards

technical documentation such as equipment manuals and specifications

numeracy skills to take and analyse measurements

planning and organising skills to organise and maintain equipment

problemsolving skills to solve equipment and logistics problems

safety awareness skills to

check environmental conditions are suitable for installation

make site safe and secure for cable installation

work systematically with required attention to detail without injury to self or others or damage to goods or equipment

taskmanagement skills to

apply work practices that avoid cable damage

conform to work specifications and relevant industry standards

technical skills to

check cable route for obstructions and make clear using suitable methods

handle cable according to manufacturer specifications so that conductors sheath and insulation are not damaged during installation

read and interpret drawings related to

cable coding system identifiers and distributor locations

outlet location

select cabling system to meet customer performance needs and conform to work specifications and relevant industry standards

terminate copper twisted pair including indoor external aerial and underground cabling

use diagnostic equipment

use hand and power tools

Required knowledge

ACMA cabling provider rules cabler registration rules regulations and standards

features and operating requirements of recognised cabling specific industry test equipment

information required to operate equipment according to a test specification

manufacturer requirements for safe operation of equipment

protection earthing

requirements of legislation codes of practice and other formal agreements that impact on the work activity

specific occupational health and safety OHS requirements relating to the activity and site conditions

test methods and performance requirements

typical issues and challenges that occur on site

Evidence Required

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria required skills and knowledge range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package

Overview of assessment

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

Evidence of the ability to

terminate systems at both distributor and outlet locations

install and terminate one jumperable distributor campus distributor or building distributor with a capacity of pair or greater

terminate one nonjumperable distributor LD and a patch panel

terminate at least one pair one pair and one Ethernet cable including accurate completion of installation records drawing alterations and compliance forms

place cables on support structures and building faces for both internal and external locations

secure methods for the above locations

demonstrate work practices that avoid cable damage

install the three common types of earthing system used in customer premises for cabling systems

read and interpret drawings related to cable layouts outlet location cable coding system and identifiers and distributor locations

conduct and interpret cable test results

interpret and apply requirements of relevant legislation codes regulations and standards

comply with all OHS requirements and work practices

meet ACMA knowledge test requirements

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Assessment must ensure

a site on which communications cabling activities may be carried out

use of cabling and field equipment currently used in industry

licensing requirements and other siterelated documentation

Methods of assessment

A range of assessment methods should be used to assess practical skills and knowledge The following examples are appropriate for this unit

direct observation of the candidate terminating

systems at both distributor and outlet locations

one jumperable distributor campus distributor or building distributor with a capacity of pair or greater

one nonjumperable distributor LD and a patch panel

at least one pair one pair and one Ethernet cable

review of completed documentation prepared by the candidate including accurate completion of installation records drawing alterations and compliance forms

oral or written questioning to assess required knowledge

Guidance information for assessment

Holistic assessment with other units relevant to the industry sector workplace and job role is recommended for example

ICTCBLB Install maintain and modify customer premises communications cabling ACMA Lift Rule

ICTCBL2138B Install, maintain and modify customer premises communications cabling: ACMA Lift Rule.

Aboriginal people and other people from a nonEnglish speaking background may have second language issues

Access must be provided to appropriate learning and assessment support when required

Assessment processes and techniques must be culturally appropriate and appropriate to the oral communication skill level and language and literacy capacity of the candidate and the work being performed

In all cases where practical assessment is used it will be combined with targeted questioning to assess required knowledge Questioning techniques should not require language literacy and numeracy skills beyond those required in this unit of competency

Where applicable physical resources should include equipment modified for people with special needs

Range Statement

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.

Open cabling work refers to:	aerial and underground cabling work on private and public property customer cabling that terminates directly at the network boundary on a socket, network termination device (NTD)or a distributor.
Regulatory environment refers to:	accredited registrars and registration ACMA Certified Components List (CCL) Communications Alliance labelling requirements Telecommunications Act 1997.
Cabling environment may refer to:	indoor environments, including concealed locations: ceilings and false ceilings internal wall space modular workstations under floor outdoor environments, including cable installations: aerial telecommunications cabling for restricted cabling work, which does not include installations on poles shared with low voltage (LV) or high voltage (HV) electrical power cables or terminations external walls underground cabling in an exclusive trench or shared trench with electrical LV cables and other utilities.
Cable type may include:	aerial coaxial copper twisted pair data cables: Category 5, 6, 6A, 7 or 7A external indoor optic fibre cable underground.
Cable identification refers to:	cable conductor identification codes: banded colour coded lettered numbered.
Termination systems may include:	jumperable distributor (campus distributor or building distributor) non-jumperable distributor (local distributor) and a patch panel.
Earthing and protection may include:	earthing of screened cable, barriers and cable trays for the reduction or elimination of interference from electromagnetic, radio frequency (RF) and power sources equipotential bonding conductors to multiple earth neutral (MEN) and use of earth stakes functional earths, including TRC and CES types to provide customer switching system facilities protective earth barriers for segregation, cable tray, duct and metal equipment enclosures protective earths for over-voltage and surge or spike suppression according to AS/CA TS009:2013.
Records may include:	building, cabling and equipment location plans labelling of: distributor pairs distributor verticals equipment closets NTD record cards patch panels rooms telecommunication outlets record books and cards: building distributors (BD) campus distributors (CD) floor distributors (FD) local distributors (LD) TCA forms (TCA1 andTCA2).
Relevant legislation, codes, regulations and standards may include:	accredited registrars and registration AS Communications Cabling Manual (CCM) – Open Australian Communications Industry Forum (ACIF) standards and codes ACMA technical standards AS/ACIF S008:2006 AS/CA TS009:2013 AS/NZS 3000:2007 cabling security codes and regulations CCL labelling overview of Telecommunications Act 1997.
Building infrastructure may include:	availability and suitability of existing cabling trays and fixing systems building hazards elevated working HV power restricted access.
Cabling may include:	aerial customer external customer indoor customer underground customer.
Strategies to manage other infrastructure may include:	appropriate separations correct use of cable trays and support systems fastening techniques.
Safety hazards may refer to:	access points that may contain: hazardous light or non-visible laser RF emission electrical supply and areas of earth potential rise (EPR) that require mandatory separation from communications cable hazardous conduit as according to AS 1345:1995 conduit colours associated with a hazardous service.
Cable support structures may include:	cable ducts may be closed or open cable trays may be: galvanised steel or PVC perforated with low or high side single or multi-channel line poles pits and pipes suspension catenary wire wall and island mounted patched and jumperable distributors: BD CD FD LD.
Termination may include:	Australian modular socket Ethernet connectors terminated at both ends of an Ethernet cable jumperable distributor (campus distributor or building distributor) with a capacity of 100 pair or greater Mode 3 alarm socket NTD non-jumperable distributor (local distributor) and a terminated patch panel United States modular socket.
Separations refer to:	correct separations between communications cable and other services: LV HV single core HV multi-core open terminations separations covered by AS/CA TS009:2013.
Installation details may include:	cable infrastructure cable location and type.
Cabling details may include:	interconnections pair locations pair numbering and labelling.