Certified Network Cabling Design Professional (CNCDP®)
Course Overview
Advance your proficiency in data network cabling design and implementation with our CNCDP® certification! Develop mastery in crucial elements such as technical standards, diverse cabling subsystem designs, material estimation, architecture, installation, and testing for system acceptance. Enrol now to enhance your skills and excel in creating reliable and efficient data network infrastructures.
Explore CNCDP® (Certified Network Cabling Design Professional), a meticulous 2-day course meticulously crafted by Upskilled Tech Academy. This comprehensive training offers a deep dive into critical areas of data network cabling design and implementation, covering technical standards, diverse cabling subsystem designs, material estimation, architecture, installation, and system testing.
At Upskilled Tech Academy, CNCDP® stands as a cornerstone within the realm of meticulous training provided under the EPI Data Centre Training Framework. Enrol now to enhance your expertise in crafting reliable and efficient data network infrastructures.
Who is this training for?
IT, Facilities, or Data Centre Operations professionals seeking to optimise data centre availability and manageability will find immense value in this course. This includes roles such as data centre managers, facility managers, engineers, network/system engineers, and consultants, all benefiting from Upskilled Tech Academy's tailored expertise.
What will you gain?
Upon completion, participants will harness the capability to:
- Understand the various standards for network cabling systems, the models and how to apply these to the network design.
- Design the user cabling and patching system for commercial buildings.
- Design the network cabling and patching system for data centres.
- Design the backbones for both indoor and outdoor cabling.
- Select the proper cabling containment/ pathways for network installations.
- Apply the correct installation practices and avoid common mistakes.
- Define the right testing criteria and methods for copper and fiber systems
Modules
- Brief history of SCS
- Basic copper and fibre transmission
- Copper and fibre cabling
- Single and multimode fibre
- Step/graded index multimode fibre
- Difference between Commercial Wiring and data centre cabling
- Development of standards
- Role of standards
- ANSI/TIA 568 standard
- Common standards
- The new usage of cabling to support Smart building
- Standard diagram recap: ANSI/TIA-568
- Functional elements and example
- Scenario A: Determine the number of work areas
- Scenario B: Determine the number of user locations
- Zone wiring
- Administration: Interconnect and cross-connect
- Angled and flat panels
- Creating a cabling schematic design
- Convert schematic into physical layout
- Calculating the material list
- Standard diagram recap: TIA-942
- Basic/Reduced/Typical data centre setup
- Traditional 3 layers network design/ Spine and Leaf network design
- Select termination hardware
- Administration design
- ToR/EoR/Spine & Leaf cabling design
- Network and cabling resiliency
- Create cabling schematic design for ToR/EoR
- Convert into patch panel/rack layout
- Calculate the material list for ToR/EoR
- Backbone diagram
- Calculate the copper backbone requirements per Telecom Room (TR)
- Calculate the fibre backbone requirements per Telecom Room
- Summarize the building backbone requirements
- Recognised cables
- Backbone Patch panels
- The maximum backbone distances
- Create cabling schematic design
- Converting the schematic design into patch panel/ rack layout
- TIA-942 based backbone topology
- TIA-942 backbone requirements
- Recognised backbone cable
- ToR/EoR/Spine and Leaf
- Backbone distance estimation
- Resiliency of backbone cable routes
- Creating cabling schematic design
- Converting the schematic design into patch panel/ rack layout
- Field and Fusion Termination for fibre connectors
- Pre-terminated fibre trunk and copper cables
- ANSI/TIA569-D Cable pathway and spaces
- Common requirements for the rooms
- Definition of the rooms
- Entrance Room/Demarcation
- Ceiling and floor pathways types
- Cable trays/basket/ladder/conduit
- Inner duct/sleeve/slot
- Calculating of pathway size
- Cable run best practices
- Cable management/AIM
- Grounding and bonding
- Separation distance requirements for copper cabling to power cabling
- Fire stopping
- Fire rated barrier
- Fire rated jacket cable
- Common campus cable installation and cable types : Aerial cable / Direct-buried / Underground in-conduit
- Outdoor cable installation planning
- Lightning / surge protection
- Approved ground for surge protector
- Creating a schematic diagram
- Converting a schematic into a physical layout
- Visual site inspection notes
- Installation common issues
- Copper testing standard
- Permanent link / Channel / Patch cord / MPTL testing configuration
- Fibre connectors
- Fibre testing standard
- Tier 1 & 2 certification
- Fibre link definition
- Fibre testing steps
- Fibre inspection and cleaning
- Calibrating the test sets - 3 methods
- Setting up mandrel for testing
- Fibre loss budget calculation
- G.657 Bend insensitive fibre
- Optical Time-Domain Reflectometer (OTDR)
Entry requirements
There is no specific prerequisite for the CNCDP® course. However, participants with at least one or two years’ experience in an IT, data centre or facilities environment may be best suited. Those with no experience just yet are most welcome to participate.
Payment Options
What you need to know
CNCDP® (Certified Network Cabling Design Professional) certification opens avenues in the thriving data network cabling industry. This certification provides essential knowledge for diverse roles within the sector and acts as a launchpad for specialising in advanced domains like data network design/build, operations/governance, or standards/compliance through advanced training and certifications.
Delivery Structure and Methods
The CNCDP® course is delivered by an EPI-certified instructor, who engages participants through lectures and interactive Q&A sessions. This training model encourages discussions on individual challenges and needs within respective environments. Participants benefit from the trainer's vast expertise, empowering them to validate and enhance their environments and thereby contributing significant business value.
Upskilled Tech Academy offers the CNCDP® course in various delivery formats:
- ILT – Instructor Led Training (Scheduled sessions)
- VILT – Virtual ILT (Scheduled sessions)
- TOD – Training On Demand (More)
This offers flexibility and diverse options for participants to engage with the course according to their preferences and schedules.
Certified Network Cabling Design Professional (CNCDP®)
Certification exam voucher is included in this course. The exam is a 60-minute closed book exam, with 40 multiple-choice questions. The candidate requires a minimum of 27 correct answers to pass the exam.
