Outside Plant Designer (OSP)

About Course

Today many organisations require the BICSI OSP credential on outside plant projects for designers, and on larger projects for project managers and quality inspectors.

An OSP Designer is responsible for many factors involved with ICT projects including the design, supervision of the design and inspection of the inter building cabling and infrastructure. The OSP Designer plans pathways and spaces, entrance facilities, terminations, testing; determines media type; creates bonding and grounding design plans; investigates, coordinates and determines rights-of-way; develops system documentation requirements; applies applicable codes and standards within the design; and verifies the implementation and/or the installation of the design plan.

Reasons to Become an OSP

Positive Impact on Professional Image.
Recognised by the ICT Community.
New Job and Promotion Opportunities.
Higher Salary Potential.
Expands ICT Career Field.

Identify the components of an outside plant infrastructure.
Identify outside plant pathways and spaces.
Describe effective route designs for outside plants.
Describe media solutions.
Describe planning requirements for initial outside plant design.
Identify the primary codes and standards associated with outside plant cable installation.
Identify grounding and bonding requirements associated with OSP installation.
Locate requirements in project documentation, including an RFQ, scope of work, and other information typically established during a site and/or field survey.
Identify underground, direct-buried, and aerial sections of a route.
Describe the three primary cabling typologies and hybrid typologies.
Identify special design considerations.
Identify the minimum components of a maintenance plan.
Identify the information that is needed to provide a cost estimate.

Course Content

Pre-design Preparation
Research types and capabilities of existing technology Research existing infrastructure/Information gathering Research geography Determine financial parameters Comply with local, state and national regulations Assess program/client requirements and forecast for the future Interpret customer’s I.T. and facility master plan

Perform Site Survey
Perform pre-job assessment for new and existing construction Perform additional pre-job assessment for existing construction Determine easements and requirements for right-of-way Determine proposed routing Verify network topology

Select Media, Platform and Cables
Select appropriate media Select copper AWG & sizing Select fiber mode and type Select coax Select splicing hardware Select termination hardware Select splitters Select alternative media

Design Underground Platform and Spaces
Design underground support structure—conduit Design underground support structure—maintenance hole Design underground support structure—hand hole/pull box Design underground support structure—contained environmental vault Design underground grounding systems Design utility tunnels pathways Design transition structures

Design Buried Platform and Spaces
Design buried application—trench Design buried application—plowed Design buried application—bore Design buried grounding systems

Design Aerial Platform and Spaces
Design aerial support structure—existing Design aerial support structure—new construction Design aerial support structure—messenger Design aerial support structure—anchors and guys Design aerial structure grounding—multiground neutral distribution system Design aerial structure grounding based on delta systems Design aerial structure grounding based on wye systems Design aerial structure grounding—special situations Determine space allocation on pole Select cable attachment method and associated hardware Design aerial to underground transition structures Design optical ground wire structures Design all dielectric self supporting (ADSS) support structures

Prepare Design
Prepare preliminary design Prepare critical design review scope/design development Prepare final design (construction) package Prepare rough order magnitude (ROM)

Quality Control Process
Develop quality control process Implement design change process Identify common mistakes Design betterments/optimization

Professional Responsibilities
Perform pre-award responsibilities Perform post-award responsibilities

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About Course

What Will You Learn?

Course Content

Perform Site Survey
Perform pre-job assessment for new and existing construction Perform additional pre-job assessment for existing construction Determine easements and requirements for right-of-way Determine proposed routing Verify network topology

Select Media, Platform and Cables
Select appropriate media Select copper AWG & sizing Select fiber mode and type Select coax Select splicing hardware Select termination hardware Select splitters Select alternative media

Design Buried Platform and Spaces
Design buried application—trench Design buried application—plowed Design buried application—bore Design buried grounding systems

Prepare Design
Prepare preliminary design Prepare critical design review scope/design development Prepare final design (construction) package Prepare rough order magnitude (ROM)

Quality Control Process
Develop quality control process Implement design change process Identify common mistakes Design betterments/optimization

Professional Responsibilities
Perform pre-award responsibilities Perform post-award responsibilities

Resources

About Course

What Will You Learn?

Course Content

Perform Site Survey Perform pre-job assessment for new and existing construction Perform additional pre-job assessment for existing construction Determine easements and requirements for right-of-way Determine proposed routing Verify network topology

Select Media, Platform and Cables Select appropriate media Select copper AWG & sizing Select fiber mode and type Select coax Select splicing hardware Select termination hardware Select splitters Select alternative media

Design Buried Platform and Spaces Design buried application—trench Design buried application—plowed Design buried application—bore Design buried grounding systems

Prepare Design Prepare preliminary design Prepare critical design review scope/design development Prepare final design (construction) package Prepare rough order magnitude (ROM)

Quality Control Process Develop quality control process Implement design change process Identify common mistakes Design betterments/optimization

Professional Responsibilities Perform pre-award responsibilities Perform post-award responsibilities

Student Ratings & Reviews

Resources

Perform Site Survey
Perform pre-job assessment for new and existing construction Perform additional pre-job assessment for existing construction Determine easements and requirements for right-of-way Determine proposed routing Verify network topology

Select Media, Platform and Cables
Select appropriate media Select copper AWG & sizing Select fiber mode and type Select coax Select splicing hardware Select termination hardware Select splitters Select alternative media

Design Buried Platform and Spaces
Design buried application—trench Design buried application—plowed Design buried application—bore Design buried grounding systems

Prepare Design
Prepare preliminary design Prepare critical design review scope/design development Prepare final design (construction) package Prepare rough order magnitude (ROM)

Quality Control Process
Develop quality control process Implement design change process Identify common mistakes Design betterments/optimization

Professional Responsibilities
Perform pre-award responsibilities Perform post-award responsibilities