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I was refereed to this site and the training length is about one week. From my understanding, its a highly regarded training program and the techs make good money. I had a interview recently and was passed over I suspect, for my lack of fiber optic experience. The Fiber Optic Association, Inc https://www.thefoa.org/
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With FO it's better to have Street Smarts over Book Smarts.
Anyone can blab away the day, however it's extrememly important to learn "technique".
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Surdel,
The FOA is a good class and a respected organization. I received FOA certification, but different companies require different certifications. For example, one of my employers didn't care about the FOA certs, they wanted me to be Corning certified. So I enrolled in Corning's own fiber class, which covered everything the FOA did but with Corning products.
But for a basic hands-on course, the FOA class was very good. I would seek out as much formal training as you can afford, and of course any hands-on work will help even more.
I would not expect to take the FOA course and exam and be an expert; there is a lot to learn about fiber and so many variables that one course won't cover it all, but it is a good start at learning the basic concepts and basic connectorization methods.
Hope that helps!
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Personally, I learned to tip and test fiber, using glue/polish and the unicam methods, before I learned a thing about fiber. When I did start to educate myself on fiber, I felt I did better than some. "Hands on" and "trial and error" combined with online tutorials/classes will make for a better technician in the long run. Tech's with on the job training/experience, in my opinion, are more valuable than a tech with one or more certifications. Unfortunately, most companies hire the certification guys rather than the experienced guys....
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i was certified by the light brigade...you can try to look them up
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