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Certification renewal is for three years."}}],"ceterms:requires":[{"@type":"ceterms:ConditionProfile","ceterms:name":{"en-US":"Certified Fiber Optic Specialist/Outside Plant Installation"},"ceterms:assertedBy":["https://credentialengineregistry.org/resources/ce-ab0c002b-54f5-405f-8625-9a83c47fc5b6"],"ceterms:description":{"en-US":"The CFOT certification is required.\n\nAll applicants must pass the Certified Fiber Optic Specialist/Outside Plant Installation (CFOS/OSP) Certification Exam to earn credential."},"ceterms:subjectWebpage":"http://www.thefoa.org/adv-cert.htm#OSP","ceterms:targetAssessment":["https://credentialengineregistry.org/resources/ce-d271c901-d803-4cfc-a40e-deb3c799cd98"],"ceterms:targetCredential":["https://credentialengineregistry.org/resources/ce-ddf1c24d-5062-4faf-9e33-eac35ec2a6ab"],"ceterms:audienceLevelType":[{"@type":"ceterms:CredentialAlignmentObject","ceterms:framework":"https://credreg.net/ctdl/terms/AudienceLevel","ceterms:targetNode":"audLevel:AdvancedLevel","ceterms:frameworkName":{"en-US":"Audience Level"},"ceterms:targetNodeName":{"en-US":"Advanced Level"},"ceterms:targetNodeDescription":{"en-US":"Intended for those with significant experience or expertise where developmental expectations are staged for assessing knowledge, skills, or competencies beyond the novice and intermediate levels."}}]}],"ceterms:offeredBy":["https://credentialengineregistry.org/resources/ce-ab0c002b-54f5-405f-8625-9a83c47fc5b6"],"ceterms:renewedBy":["https://credentialengineregistry.org/resources/ce-ab0c002b-54f5-405f-8625-9a83c47fc5b6"],"ceterms:revokedBy":["https://credentialengineregistry.org/resources/ce-ab0c002b-54f5-405f-8625-9a83c47fc5b6"],"ceterms:inLanguage":["en"],"ceterms:recommends":[{"@type":"ceterms:ConditionProfile","ceterms:name":{"en-US":"Certified Fiber Optic Specialist/Outside Plant Installation (Skills-Based)"},"ceterms:assertedBy":["https://credentialengineregistry.org/resources/ce-ab0c002b-54f5-405f-8625-9a83c47fc5b6"],"ceterms:description":{"en-US":"For preparation for the CFOS/O course, you should take the Fiber U, \"Outside Plant Fiber Optic\"s self-study course or read the FOA textbook."},"ceterms:subjectWebpage":"https://fiberu.org/OSP/index.html","ceterms:audienceLevelType":[{"@type":"ceterms:CredentialAlignmentObject","ceterms:framework":"https://credreg.net/ctdl/terms/AudienceLevel","ceterms:targetNode":"audLevel:AdvancedLevel","ceterms:frameworkName":{"en-US":"Audience Level"},"ceterms:targetNodeName":{"en-US":"Advanced Level"},"ceterms:targetNodeDescription":{"en-US":"Intended for those with significant experience or expertise where developmental expectations are staged for assessing knowledge, skills, or competencies beyond the novice and intermediate levels."}}]}],"ceterms:revocation":[{"@type":"ceterms:RevocationProfile","ceterms:description":{"en-US":"Employers often contact the FOA to confirm the status of a job applicant. Certification requires actively working in the field.  If the person’s certification is not current, we confirm when they got their certification, when it expired, and that if expired, we consider them inactive. FOA certifications must be renewed every three years."},"ceterms:revocationCriteria":"http://www.thefoa.org/Certs.htm#Renewals","ceterms:revocationCriteriaDescription":{"en-US":"The FOA follows international standards for certification that require that we verify the relevant professional/work status of everyone we certify.  You are either:\n\n1.  Active - you have remained in the fiber optic industry and have renewed your certification every one, two or three years.  We will confirm your status to anyone who inquires about your credentials.\n\n2.  Inactive -  If you have not renewed your certification in 3 years, we will inform anyone who asks that you took an FOA exam in the past but your certification is considered inactive -  your current professional/work status in the areas in which you were certified is unknown. \n\nTo re-establish your FOA certifications, you start by sending in your resume.  We will either arrange for you to re-take the CFOT exam online or if you are not working in the fiber optic field, we will work with you to sign up for a CFOT review class."}}],"ceterms:description":{"en-US":"CFOS/O - Certified Fiber Optic Specialist, Outside Plant - is the FOA certification for technicians installing outside plant (OSP) fiber optic cable plants and communications systems. It expands on the CFOT KSAs to include OSP construction and installation of aerial and underground cable plants. The skills focus includes installing and cable preparation of OSP cables, fusion splicing for concatenation and termination and testing with a focus on OTDRs."},"ceterms:alternateName":{"en-US":["CFOS/O"]},"ceterms:subjectWebpage":"http://www.thefoa.org/adv-cert.htm#OSP","ceterms:processStandards":"http://www.thefoa.org/KSAs.html#cfos/o","ceterms:audienceLevelType":[{"@type":"ceterms:CredentialAlignmentObject","ceterms:framework":"https://credreg.net/ctdl/terms/AudienceLevel","ceterms:targetNode":"audLevel:AdvancedLevel","ceterms:frameworkName":{"en-US":"Audience Level"},"ceterms:targetNodeName":{"en-US":"Advanced Level"},"ceterms:targetNodeDescription":{"en-US":"Intended for those with significant experience or expertise where developmental expectations are staged for assessing knowledge, skills, or competencies beyond the novice and intermediate levels."}}],"ceterms:availabilityListing":["http://www.thefoa.org/foa_aprv.htm"],"ceterms:credentialStatusType":{"@type":"ceterms:CredentialAlignmentObject","ceterms:framework":"https://credreg.net/ctdl/terms/CredentialStatus","ceterms:targetNode":"credentialStat:Active","ceterms:frameworkName":{"en-US":"Credential Status"},"ceterms:targetNodeName":{"en-US":"Active"},"ceterms:targetNodeDescription":{"en-US":"Awards of the credential are ongoing."}},"ceterms:usesVerificationService":["https://credentialengineregistry.org/resources/ce-75a7d270-784d-4dff-9070-6bc8034e14ca"],"ceterms:processStandardsDescription":{"en-US":"KSAs for CFOS/O - Outside Plant Specialist Certification:\nOutside plant specialists have the full knowledge of a CFOT and are required to have the CFOT certification. In addition, the OSP specialist will have knowledge of OSP components, construction for underground or aerial cable plants and installation of various types of OSP cables. They are expected to have knowledge and skills of OSP installation techniques like fusion splicing and OTDR testing.\n\nKnowledge:\n• Fiber Optic Jargon\n     - Fiber optic terms\n     - Metric System\n• Fiber Optic Communications Systems\n     - How communications systems use light to transfer information\n     - OSP Systems: Telco including wireless antennas, CATV, Utility, Municipal networks, etc.\n     - Components and their functions in a datalink\n          - Sources: LED, Laser (FP, DFB, VCSEL)\n          - Detectors (photodiode, APD; Si, Ge, InGaAs)\n     - What determines how well a datalink transmits data\n•Optical Fiber\n     - Types of optical fiber\n          - SI MM , GI MM, SM\n     - Basic specifications that affect transmission\n          - Attenuation, dispersion\n     - Choosing the appropriate fiber for the system\n• Fiber Optic Cable\n     - Types of cables and their applications\n          - Tight buffer (simplex, zipcord, distribution, breakout)\n          - Loose tube (loose tube, ribbon)\n          - Specialty (OPGW, ADSS, underwater, air blown, flat saw-groove cable and conduit)\n     - Relevant specifications for applications\n          - Water blocking, pulling strength, armoring, etc.\n     - Choosing the proper cable for application\n     - Conduit, innerduct, cable pullers, pulling eyes, lubricants, etc.\n• Termination and Splicing\n     - Uses\n     - Relevant performance\n          - Loss, reflectance, strength\n     - Splicing processes\n          - Mechanical\n          - Fusion\n          - Mass (ribbon) fusion\n     - Hardware, closures\n     - Fitting splices in trays, trays in closures, sealing, pressure testing\n     - Installing on Poles,\n     - Installing and racking cable\n     - Termination\n     - Connector types\n          - ST, SC, LC, MTP, etc.\n     - Termination processes\n          - Spliced-on pigtails\n          - Adhesive (epoxy, anaerobic, HotMelt)\n          - Prepolished splice\n          - Prefab systems\n     - Hardware\n• Testing\n     - Microscope inspection\n     - Visual tracing and fault location\n     - Fiber identification\n     - Insertion loss testing\n     - OTDR testing, setup for long cables\n     - Long haul SM testing for  CD and PMD\n• Fiber Optic Network Design\n     - Evaluating communications system requirements\n     - Aerial, direct buried, pulled in conduit, submarine and other installations\n     - Designing the proper cable plant\n     - Layout\n     - Choosing components\n     - Loss budgets\n     - Documentation\n• Fiber Optic Network Construction\n     - Techniques for construction\n          - Outside plant (OSP), underground or aerial\n          - Premises\n• Fiber Optic Installation\n     - Evaluating needs based on cable plant design\n     - Planning for the installation\n          - Safety\n          - Eye Safety\n          - Tool safety\n          - Chemical safety\n          - Disposal of materials\n     - Basic knowledge of Codes, standards, and Regulations\n     - Installation tools and equipment: cable pullers, plows, bucket trucks, splicing trailers, directional boring, etc. \n     - Performing the installation\n     - Documenting the cable plant\n\n Skills:\n• General Installation\n     - Using ladders, bucket trucks, etc.\n     - Climbing poles and towers for aerial installation\n• Fiber Optic Cable\n     - Attaching pulling eye and rope to a cable by strength members\n     - Pulling cable\n     - Preparing cable for splicing or termination (stripping cable and fiber)\n• Splicing\n     - Preparing cable for splicing\n     - Mechanical splicing\n     - Fusion splicing\n     - Fitting splices in trays, trays in closures, sealing\n• Termination\n     - Identifying connectors\n     - Preparing cables for termination\n     - Breakout kits on loose tube cable\n     - Installing connectors\n     - Inspecting connectors\n• Grounding\n     - Cables with metallic armor\n     - Enclosures\n     - Hardware on poles, etc\n     - Distribution buildings\n\n• Testing\n     - Microscope inspection\n     - Visual tracing and fault location\n     - Insertion loss testing\n     - OTDR testing and troubleshooting\n     - PMD Testing\n     - CD Testing\n\n Abilities:\n• Reading and math at approximately a 10th grade level\n• Good eyesight with color rendition\n• Good hand-eye coordination\n• Be able to use hand and power tools\n• Analytical skills\n• Follow directions\n• Patience\n• Work in adverse conditions"}}