Telecommunications Technology
Associate in Science Apprenticeship: Telecommunications · Chabot College · 2026-2027 Catalog
Telecommunications Technology - Certificate of Achievement
Description
To be a Communications Technician Apprentice or a Fiber Optics Technician/Splicer an applicant must first be employed by a signatory Communications Worker of America (CWA) employer who is participating in the apprenticeship program and a CWA Union Member. As a Communications Technician he/she will install, maintain and repair structured cabling installations to meet the communications needs required to provide a wide range of residential and commercial services. Working with low voltage wiring systems, the apprentice Communications Technician learns safety practices, Voice, Data (Local, Metropolitan and Wide Area Networks); Video (Cable TV, Closed Circuit, Video-Conferencing), Security Systems (Alarms. Cameras, Access Control,), Cabling using Copper (twisted pair and coax), Fiber Optics, Wireless, OSHA Safety Practices, First Aid/CPR, Grounding, Bonding and Firestopping techniques in a structured cabling system, Computer Literacy and Networking. The Fiber Optics Technician would become skilled in all the above excluding security systems with additional training in outside fiber optics splicing including installation, maintenance, testing and repair of buried and aerial fiber optics cabling.
Program Learning Outcomes
Upon the successful completion of this program, students should be able to:
- Support a safe and healthy work environment through analysis of the environment and application of safe policies and practices.
- Demonstrate the skills to follow plans and blueprints, perform relevant calculations, and effectively use the tools and techniques to install, test, and maintain ftelecommunications systems in accordance with industry practice, workmanship standards, and regulations.
| Course | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| APTE 9720 | Health and Safety (Active) | 3 |
| APTE 9718 | Installation Skills-Level 2 (Active) | 3 |
| APTE 9715 | Computer Literacy (Active) | 3 |
| APTE 9707 | Fiber Installation & Maintenance (Active) | 3 |
| APTE 9714 | Introduction to Computer Networking (Active) | 3 |
| APTE 9795 | Occupational Work Experience - Telecommunications Apprenticeship (Active) | 1-8 |
| APTE 9716 | Installation Skills-Level 3 (Active) | 3 |
| orAPTE 9721 | Fiber Installation & Maintenance - Level 2 (Active) | 3 |
| Total | 19-26 | |
Other Information
Discipline: Industrial Technology & Automotive
Program Control Number: 43548
TOP Code: 093430 - Telecommunications Technology
CIP Code: 47.0103 - Communications Systems Installation and Repair Technology/Technician