Fibre Technician (5 Year contract)

SUMMARY:
A well-established business is seeking to appoint Fibre Technician for a 5 year contract

POSITION INFO:
QUALIFICATION:

• National Diploma in Engineering (preferably electrical/electronic Engineering) (NQF6)
• FOA Certified Fibre Optics Technician or equivalent
• Valid drivers license

• 5+ years Fibre Optic splicing experience (preference given to those with additional optical fibre practice at a responsible level).
• Experience in using Fibre Optic testing/troubleshooting equipment; OTDR, Max Tester as well as Optical link loss test tools
• Experience in Cable preparation, working with loose tube and tight buffer fibre optic cables
• Experience in preparation and assembly of different Patch Panels Fibre optic fusion splicing of SMF, MMF and NZDSF
• Optical Fibre testing/troubleshooting equipment: OLS, OTDR, PM, Max Tester.

• Assembling different types of patch panels and joints.
• Understanding and identifying different types of fibre optic connectors.
• Perform OTDR tests
• Evaluate OTDR traces
• Perform Optical Power loss testing
• Perform tasks using plans and diagrams
• Fusion splicing of SMF, MMF and NZDSF
• Working with both loose tube and tight buffer fibre cables
• Test report writing, Interpretation and presentation of test results
• Construction and maintenance of fibre optic links.
• Interpreting optical test results
• Interpretation of fibre optic splicing diagrams and documents
• Understand and identify the different types of optical connectors.