Become a FOA Certified
Fiber Optic Instructor
- NOTE: All current FOA
Instructors are required to have their CFOS/I certification by
the December 31, 2007. New instructors, including those joining
the FOA in 2007, have one year after completing their CFOT to
take the CFOS/I exam.
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- Instructor Certification
Testing Goes Online
- We have put the CFOS/I training
and exam online. Directions are below.
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- Remember the CFOS/I Instructor
Certification is free. All
you need to do is study the materials and take the test online
on your computer at any time.
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- Instructor Training and Certification
- The Fiber Optic Association
(FOA) is offering FOA CFOS/I Instructor Certification and an
online Train-the-Trainer (TTT) program for teachers and instructors
that leads to the Instructor Certification. This "first
in the industry" program brings all the expertise of the
Fiber Optic Association to the process of training and certifying
fiber optic instructors, both in industry and in the academic
world.
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- To get started on your CFOS/I
Instructor Certification, start studying the online program and
get the textbooks referenced in the program and study the referenced
chapters.
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- Another important qualification
is that the CFOS/I is the teacher certification is at a particular
school. If the instructor leaves and goes to another school
or the school replaces the instructor, both must notify the FOA
about these changes.
- Cost: There is no cost for CFOS/I Instructor Certification
for instructors at FOA-approved schools.
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- Prerequisites
- You must be an instructor at
a FOA-Approved school or a school in the approval process.
- You must be a FOA member.
- You must have already achieved
at least the CFOT level of certification.
- You will need your CFOT number
and School Number to apply for and take the test.
- Your FOA membership and
CFOT certification must be current, so check your FOA ID card.
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- Directions For Online CFOS/I
Testing
- The FOA has made it easy for
you to get your CFOS/I Instructor Certification we've made
it free and now we've put it online.
Not only can you get your Instructor Certification online, you
can help us evaluate using online testing for other certification
tests.
- So please take the test online
and give us your feedback.
- Instructions For Taking FOA
CFOS/I Instructor Certification Exam Online
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- Preparing For The FOA CFOS/I
Instructor Certification Exam:
The exam is half on technical, half on teaching topics. You should
be familiar with the content of our text, The Fiber Optic
Technicians Manual, 3rd Edition and the NECA/FOA 301 Installation
Standard. The material on teaching topics is from the FOA
presentation on the website at http://www.thefoa.org/TTT/TTT2006.htm
or http://www.thefoa.org/TTT/TTT2006.ppt
if you want the PPT to run on your computer.
You might want to review some of the CFOT questions and should
be familiar with the usual CFOT materials plus some more advanced
topics like link loss budgets, testing with OTDRs vs OLTS, etc.
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- Study Guide For Instructors: Online The PowerPoint
TTT Seminar on the Web Or Download the entire PowerPoint
presentation as a PowerPoint File (3 MB)
or a PDF File (9 MB)
- When you are confident of your
knowledge of the materials, take the test online.
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- Taking The Exam Online:
- You do not even need to
send in an application. Contact us for directions, a log-in and
password.
You may access the test directly via your computer.
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- Return
To The FOA Instructor's Page
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- Return
to The FOA Home Page
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