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- FOA
Online Newsletter
FOA
"Online Guide"
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- About
the FOA
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- About FOA Certifications:
All FOA Certifications
- CFOT
CPCT
- CFOS
Contact
the FOA at <info
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FOA Fiber Optic Techs Certified:
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- The Fiber Optic Association
(FOA) is pleased to be a training partner with the
electrical Training Alliance (NJATC)
FOA
- A Training Partner And Participant At NTI Since 1996 (FOA
award from 2011 >)
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FOA
has been at the IBEW-NECA electrical training
Alliance National Training Institute (NTI) since 1996 offering
instructor training and
seminars. As of August 2022, we support ~35 locals
in their apprenticeship and
journeyman training programs for fiber optics. FOA
provides the curriculum for the training and certifies instructors at no
cost.
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- What
Is The FOA?
- The
FOA (The Fiber Optic
Association, Inc.) is the international
non-profit
professional association of fiber optics, a
non-profit
educational organization and
internationally-recognized certifying body for fiber optic techs. FOA
was founded in 1995 by trainers from the fiber optic industry with the charter to "promote professionalism in
fiber optics through education, certification and standards."
- FOA CFOT
certification is recognized worldwide. FOA
certifications are offered to
students by over 200 schools, including about 35
JATCs. FOA approved schools include JATCs, independent
training organizations and fiber optic
manufacturers in
the US, Canada and in more than 40 countries
overseas. FOA certifications are recognized by the US Department of
Labor and used by many organizations like IMSA - the traffic
signal people, manufacturers like Corning and Clearfield, and many government and military
groups. Hundreds of organizations require FOA
certification for fiber techs.
Unlike some other organizations that offer
certification, FOA is not a training organization. Training is done by
the JATCs using instructors trained and certified by FOA. FOA provides
support
to training directors and their trainers and certifies their students.
FOA offers a number of curriculum subjects and certifications starting with the CFOT
and including skills like splicing and testing, outside plant
installation and network design, plus applications certifications in
popular topics like fiber to the home (FTTH) and data centers. Here is a listing of all FOA Certifications
FOA
offers free curriculum materials, low cost
textbooks, free online resources - including free courses at Fiber U for blended learning - and inexpensive
certifications as part of its programs to promote education
and use of fiber optics and communications cabling worldwide.
FOA Certification Is Affordable
The CFOT price to schools is $60 and
additional certifications are only $30, valid for 3 years. Renewal is
$100 for 3 years and the one renewal covers all the certifications held by the
individual.
The electrical training Alliance fiber optic textbook is a special version of the FOA
basic fiber optics textbook used by permission from FOA.
The FOA is not just fiber either. As premises cabling expands
to encompass new applications over fiber, copper and wireless
links, the FOA has produced new technical materials that cover the
topics in a thorough, unbiased fashion. See CPCT.
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- FOA Programs For JATCs
- The JATC apprenticeship
training program is FOA approved and you can offer FOA
certification to your apprentices and journeymen.
Curriculum for teaching the FOA CFOT program is free - teaching manuals, PPTs, etc. and downloaded from a secure FOA site.
Tom Collins, FOA Director, teaches TTT class at NTI
JATC instructors can become a FOA
certified fiber optic instructor (CFOS/I) through
attendance at a NTI class or by online study with FOA directly.
Your Apprenticeship
Program will be listed on the FOA
website as an FOA-Approved school to assist in recruitment.
FOA's Other Resources:
Fiber U online learning website - 2 dozen free online courses
Online monthly Newsletter
The FOA
Online Reference Guide (~1,000 pages of technical information and 100+ video lectures on fiber optics and cabling)
Participation in industry
activities like ANSI/TIA standards
Check out all the FOA resources.
Contact FOA: info@foa.org, 1-760-451-3655
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