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The Fiber Optic Association has developed curriculum guidelines for training course approval and only approves schools or training organizations meeting our standards. Schools or training organizations which offer training which meets FOA standards are listed on this website and are authorized to offer FOA certifications.

Note: ONLY schools which are listed here are FOA-Approved and authorized to offer FOA certifications. Schools listed here are required to offer FOA certifications to all students. If you have any questions regarding a school's status with the FOA, contact the FOA staff.

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USA
School Name School # City State CFOT AFOT CPCT CFxT CFOS Class At Comments
Richard G. Portwine 153 Gorham Maine CFOT School or Customer Loc. Consultant
Home Builders Institute 247 Chicopee Massachusetts CFOT School Special class for electral students offered
Terry O'Malley 285 Byfield Massachusetts CFOT AFOT CFOS/C/S/T School or Customer Loc. Experienced OSP Engineer
Bristol-Plymouth Regional Technical School 291 Taunton Massachusetts CFOT CPCT School
Uraseal, Inc. 275 Dover New Hampshire CFOT CFxT School or Customer Loc. Course designed for FTTx installer
Windham Regional Career Center 104 Brattleboro Vermont CFOT School
Great Bay Community College 160 Portsmouth New Hampshire CFOT CFxT School
FiberNext LLC 193 Bow New Hampshire CFOT AFOT CPCT School
Mercer Community College 133 Trenton New Jersey CFOT School
Eliassen Group 259 Harrison New York CFOT School TIA, Cisco certifications also
QBI, The Training Institute, Inc 274 Long Island City New York CFOT School
Capital Region Career & Technical School 269 Albany New York CFOT School
Indiana University of Penn. 249 Freeport Pennsylvania CFOT School
BCI Communications 296 Jessup Maryland CFOT School
TESSCO Technologies 280 Hunt Valley Maryland CFOT Customer Loc.
Baltimore City Community College 118 Baltimore Maryland CFOT School
Anne Arundel Community College 187 Glen Burnie Maryland CFOT CFxT School Job placement for students
Electronic Interface Associates 195 Akron Pennsylvania CFOT CFOS School
Eastwick Colleges, Hohokus RETS Schools 210 Nutley New Jersey CFOT AFOT School
Educational Resources, Inc. 223 Dulles Virginia CFOT AFOT CFxT CFOS/D Customer Loc. 20 hour course offered monthly
Lockheed Martin 231 Syracuse New York CFOT AFOT CFxT Customer Loc. For employee continuing education only
FiberTrain Corporation 243 Virginia Beach Virginia CFOT Customer Loc. Onsite as required
American Fiber Optic Tech, LLC 272 Virginia Beach Virginia CFOT School
Central Carolina Community College 221 Sanford North Carolina CFOT School
Alliant Personnel Solutions (APSI) 265 Charlotte North Carolina CFOT AFOT CPCT CFxT CFOS/C/S/T/D School
Fayetteville Technical Community College 181 Fayetteville North Carolina CFOT CFOS/S School
Corning Cable Systems 211 Hickory North Carolina CFOT CFOS/S School or Customer Loc.
FIBER-ONE 240 Columbia South Carolina CFOT School or Customer Loc.
AFL Telecommunication 241-01 Duncan South Carolina CFOT School
Southeastern Institute of Manufacturing and Technology 208-01 Florence South Carolina CFOT CFOS/T School
The Training Solutions Group, Inc. 230 Suwanee Georgia CFOT AFOT School
Crystal Tech 222 Norcross Georgia CFOT CFOS Customer Loc.
Lincoln College of Technology 238 Marietta Georgia CFOT School
Pearson Technologies Inc. 101 Acworth Georgia CFOT CFOS School
FiberNexxt Communication LLC 170 Austell Georgia CFOT CFOS School
Brierwood Technical Institute 277 Woodstock Georgia CFOT AFOT CPCT CFxT CFOS/C/S/T/D School or Customer Loc.
Albany Technical College 225-01 Albany Georgia CFOT School
East Central Technical College 298 Fitzgerald Georgia CFOT School
University of Central Florida 208-02 Orlando Florida CFOT CFOS/T School
MJD Communications Consultants 253 Lauderdale Lakes Florida CFOT School Consultants
CCT Technical Corp. 278 Miami Florida CFOT School
Integrated Learning Solutions, Inc. 254 Tampa Florida CFOT AFOT School or Customer Loc.
St. Petersburg College 208-03 St. Petersburg Florida CFOT CFOS/T School
Faulkner State Community College 279 Bay Minette Alabama CFOT School
So. East Kentucky Community College School 273-01 Tazewell Tennessee CFOT School
Regional Technology Center 258 Holly Springs Mississippi CFOT School
Mississippi Delta Community College 208-04 Indianola Mississippi CFOT CFOS/T School Structured Cabling programs
AEON Training, Design and Consulting LLC. 713 Flowood Mississippi CFOT School or Customer Loc.
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College 225-02 Gautier Mississippi CFOT School
So. East Kentucky Community College 273-02 Middlesboro Kentucky CFOT School
Lincoln Trail College 112 Robinson Illinois CFOT CFOS School or Customer Loc.
Gateway Community & Technical College 147 Highland Heights Kentucky CFOT AFOT CPCT CFxT CFOS/D School
Midwest Telecom Trainng, LLC 201 Plainville Indiana CFOT CFxT School or Customer Loc.
Terra Community College 165 Fremont Ohio CFOT School
Techtricians 169 Cincinnati Ohio CFOT AFOT CPCT CFxT CFOS/D School or Customer Loc.
The Fiber Optics Institute 156-01 Chicago Illinois CFOT School or Customer Loc. Offering CEUs and ESNT certification.
Milt Murry 209 St. Louis Missouri CFOT AFOT CPCT CFxT CFOS/C/S/D Customer Loc.
Indian Hills Community College 282 Ottumwa Iowa CFOT School
Hibbing Community College 226 Hibbing Minnesota CFOT School
Neosho County Community College 208-05 Chanute Kansas CFOT CFOS/T School
Marion Technical College 246 Marion Ohio CFOT School
BTS-BreakThru Training Solutions, Inc. 281 Kansas City Missouri CFOT AFOT CPCT CFxT CFOS School Most of our Courses have been accredited by BICSI
Linn State Technical College 248 Linn Missouri CFOT CFxT School
Arkansas State University Tech Center 271 Marked Tree Arkansas CFOT School
FAA Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center, AMA-413 260 Oklahoma City Oklahoma CFOT School Not available to the public.
AVO Training Institute, Inc. 126 Dallas Texas CFOT AFOT School or Customer Loc.
Western Technical College 173 El Paso Texas CFOT School
BDI DataLynk 208-00 Lago Vista Texas CFOT CFOS School
Eastfield College 174 Mesquite Texas CFOT School
Fiber4Comm, Inc. 180 Kileen Texas CFOT AFOT CFOS School
Southeastern Oklahoma State University 208-06 Durant Oklahoma CFOT CFOS/T School
Austin Community College 208-07 Austin Texas CFOT CFOS/T School
ATEC Fiber Corp. 290 Lakewood Colorado CFOT School or Customer Loc.
Lee College 208-08 Baytown Texas CFOT CFOS/T School
Alvin Community College 208-09 Alvin Texas CFOT CFOS/T School Structured Cabling programs
Laramie Community College 208-10 Cheyenne Wyoming CFOT CFOS/T School
High Bench, Inc 262 Woodland Hill Utah CFOT School
Weber State University Telecom Business Ed. 289 Ogden Utah CFOT School
Clearfield Job Corps Center 215 Clearfield Utah CFOT School
Integrated Technologies Corp. 202 Albuquerque New Mexico CFOT CFOS School
Los Angeles Trade Technical College 115 Los Angeles California CFOT School
RWM Fiber Optics, Inc. 217 Carson California CFOT CFOS Customer Loc.
The Fiber Optics Institute 156-02 Long Beach California CFOT School or Customer Loc.
Long Beach Job Corps 283 Long Beack California CFOT School
Exsell Sales Associates 239 Glendale California CFOT School
The Sage Group 218 Burbank California CFOT School
Applied Professional Training, Inc. 152 Carlsbad California CFOT School
Advanced Training Associates 143 El Cajon California CFOT AFOT CFxT School or Customer Loc. FTTX
VDV Academy - VDV Works LLC 200 Fallbrook California CFOT n/a Self-study and instructor's programs only.
Associated Technical College 131 San Diego California CFOT AFOT CFOS School
National Communications Training Centers 138 San Marcos California CFOT School Offers job placement; BICSI credits
Votec Training Associates, LLC 276 San Diego California CFOT CPCT School Coaxial, Cat 5,7 and UTP cabling
Craig J. Getchel CFOS/I 183 Fontana California CFOT School
Tool Pouch Training 219 Fresno California CFOT AFOT CPCT CFxT CFOS/C/S/T/D School or Customer Loc.
Vella Consulting and Training Solutions 292 Sunnyvale California CFOT AFOT CPCT CFOS/S/C/T School or Customer Loc.
Heald College 206-01 San Francisco California CFOT School
City College of San Francisco 233 San Francisco California CFOT School
Heald College 206-02 Concord California CFOT School
Diablo Valley College 162 Pleasant Hill California CFOT School
Omed Inc. 261 Santa Clara California CFOT School
Crossbow Communications 264 San Jose California CFOT School
California Institute of Art and Technology 286 Loomis California CFOT School
Limited Energy Resource Center 224 Gladstone Oregon CFOT Customer Loc.
Enulta Fiber Optics 237 Everett Washington CFOT AFOT CPCT CFOS/S/C School or Customer Loc. Basic and advanced/specialist training.
Bates Technical College 198 Tacoma Washington CFOT AFOT CPCT CFxT School
The Light Brigade, Inc. 241-02 Everett Washington CFOT School or Customer Loc. BICSI credits are available.
PKMM, Inc. 294 Lacey Washington CFOT AFOT School Military Specifications and Termininations
Clark College 252 Vancouver Washington CFOT School
Elkins Training Company 304 Santa Rosa California CFOT School or Customer Loc.
S & S Solutions, LLC 299 Mesa Arizona CFOT School or Customer Loc.
L-3 Communications 302 Pueblo Colorado CFOT School or Customer Loc.
TECH 1 Communications 303 Brooklyn New York CFOT AFOT CPCT CFxT CFOS/C/S/T/D Customer Loc.
Avitek International 306 Yorktown Virginia CFOT School
The Technology Center 135 Fremont Ohio CFOT School
Termark Technical Institute 300 Coral Springs Florida CFOT School or Customer Loc.


USA - NJATC Apprenticeship Programs - JATC training is available to IBEW/NECA members only.
School Name School # City State CFOT AFOT CPCT CFxT CFOS Class At Comments
JATC of Greater Boston 618 Dorchester Massachusetts CFOT School
IBEW Local 164 628 Paramus New Jersey CFOT CPCT School
IBEW Local 98 Apprentice Training 614 Philadelphia Pennsylvania CFOT School
Local #24 JATC Electricians 623 Baltimore Maryland CFOT CPCT School
Jacksonville Electrical JATC 617 Jacksonville Florida CFOT School
Cleveland Electrical JATC 616 Valley View Ohio CFOT CPCT School Certified Cabling Technician, BICSI Installer, AMP ACT 1
Canton Electrical JATC 611 Massillon Ohio CFOT School
Lake County JATC 604 Hammond Indiana CFOT CFxT School
Detroit JATC 621 Warren Michigsn CFOT School
Kalamazoo Electrical JATC 606 Kalamzoo Michigan CFOT AFOT School
MN Limited Energy JATC 624 Fridley Minnesota CFOT CPCT School
IBEW-NECA Technical Institute 168 Alsip Illinois CFOT School Apprenticeship program for IBEW Local 134
Wichita JATC 625 Wichita Kansas CFOT School
JATC IBEW Local #861 619 Lake Charles Louisiana CFOT School
Electrical JATC for Southern Nevada 622 Las Vegas Nevada CFOT School
Northern CA Sound & Communication JATC 609 San Jose California CFOT School
Sacramento Metro JATC 609 Sacramento California CFOT School
San Francisco County JATC 609 San Francisco California CFOT School
Alameda County JATC 609 San Leandro California CFOT School
San Mateo County JATC 609 San Carlos California CFOT School
Santa Clara County JATC 609 San Jose California CFOT School
NIECT 627 Portland Oregon CFOT School
Emcor/Hyre Electric of Indiana 615 Portage Indiana CFOT AFOT CPCT School


Canada
School Name School # City Province CFOT AFOT CPCT CFxT CFOS Class At Comments
Mississauga Training Consultants 142 Mississauga Ontario CFOT CFxT CFOS School or Customer Loc.
Holland College 106 Summerside Prince Edward Island CFOT CFOS School
Holland College 106 Charlottetown Prince Edward Island CFOT CFOS School
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology 136 Edmonton Alberta CFOT CFOS/D School
Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology 295 Moose Jaw Saskatchewan CFOT School
Optical Solutions Consultant 283 Woodbridge Ontario CFOT School or Customer Loc.


Worldwide
School Name School # City Province Country CFOT AFOT CPCT CFxT CFOS Class At Comments
Conquest Communications 711 Bundaberg Queensland Austrialia CFOT School or Customer Loc.
HitekNOFAL Academy 726 Cairo Egypt CFOT School
Technological Educational Institiute of Serres, Greece 720 Serres Greece CFOT School
Opinext Technologies Pvt. Ltd. 729 Maharastra Mumbai India CFOT School BICSI CEC's
Vector Technology Institute 203 Kingston Jamaica CFOT AFOT CPCT CFxT School or Customer Loc. Offer A+, CCNA and CCNP certifications as well
African eDevelopment Resource Centre 716 Nairobi Kenya CFOT School
Ryson Communications Group Ltd. 727 Nairobi Kenya CFOT School or Customer Loc.
AEON Training, Design and Consulting LLC. 713 Latin America CFOT School or Customer Loc.
Significant Technologies Sdn. Bhd. 207 Selangor Malaysia CFOT CFxT School or Customer Loc.
Iconix Technology 717 Selangor Malaysia CFOT School or Customer Loc.
e-tec 721 Mount Wellington Auckland New Zealand CFOT School or Customer Loc.
Torque Technologies 712 Surulere Lagos Nigeria CFOT CFOS/S School or Customer Loc.
IMT Computers 718 Ikeja Lagos Nigeria CFOT School
SubNet Services Ltd. 728 Pasig City, Metro Manila Philippines CFOT School or Customer Loc.
OPTINE Rafal Macuga 724 Szczecin Poland CFOT School
Ecole Superieure Multinationale des Telecommunications 722 Dakar Senegal CFOT AFOT CFxT CFOS/D School or Customer Loc.
Triple Play Fibre Optic Solutions 707 Pietermaritzburg KwaZulu-Natal South Africa CFOT CFOS/D School or Customer Loc.
Advanced Progressive Technologies 706 Cadiz Spain CFOT School
Domino Elektronik San.ve Tic.Ltd.Şti. 723 Kayseri Kayseri Turkey CFOT School
Meed Networks 731 Ilorin Kwara State Nigeria CFOT AFOT CFOS/T/D School or Customer Loc.
e-Sense Technology Solutions Limited 732 Kaduna Kaduna State Nigeria CFOT CPCT School or Customer Loc
Fiberdk ApS 733 Middelfart Denmark CFOT School or Customer Loc.
100G Training & Consultancy Pte Ltd 735 Singapore Singapore CFOT School or Customer Loc
e-sharp FZCO 736 Dubai U.A.E. CFOT School

Note: ONLY those schools which are listed on the FOA website are FOA-Approved and authorized to offer FOA certifications. Schools listed here are required to offer FOA certifications to students.  If you have any questions regarding a school's status with the FOA, contact the FOA staff at staff@thefoa.org.

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