Optic Fibre Design Specialist

Optic Fibre  Design Specialist

Become a Certified Optic Fibre  Design Specialist with Supreme ICT Academy’s OFDS Certification. This 5-day intensive programme equips telecom professionals with the advanced skills needed to plan, design, and document world-class fibre optic networks for FTTH, FTTB, towers, and hybrid deployments. The course integrates FOA-aligned theory with dynamic African planning realities to ensure readiness for any design challenge in urban, peri-urban, or rural contexts.

What You’ll Learn

✅ Understand the core principles of fibre optic transmission, cable types, and component selection
✅ Conduct route planning and network design using GIS, Google Earth, and desktop survey tools
✅ Calculate accurate link budgets and plan for redundancy, signal loss, and design margins
✅ Build fibre bills of materials and detailed project cost estimates
✅ Design FTTH, FTTB, and backbone fibre networks for residential and commercial areas
✅ Prepare technical documentation including route layouts, schematic diagrams, and QA plans
✅ Navigate municipal planning, stakeholder engagement, and community factors
✅ Present a complete capstone project based on a real-life scenario

Course Delivery

• Format: 5-day classroom-based sessions with design software demonstrations and group projects

• Practical Labs: Daily design calculations, software plotting, and a capstone real-world design project

• Assessment:

  • Theory Exam (30%)

  • Practical Exercises (40%)

  • Capstone Group Project (30%)

How to register

Check the Optic Fibre Design Specialist Course scheduled date and venue below before registering. Click the “Get Course” button and follow the instructions to complete your purchase. Supreme ICT Academy will email you the confirmation of registration within 24 Business Hours of a successful purchase. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you encounter difficulties with registration or require additional information.

Refund Policy

A full refund is payable if cancellation is received 7 days or more prior to the scheduled start date, in the event of cancellation by the participant. A 10% cancellation fee is deducted from the refund payable if is received between 2 days and 6 days before the scheduled start date, in case of cancellation by the participant. No refund will be payable on the start date; however, in case of legal or medical emergencies, the candidate participants may be accommodated in subsequent scheduled classes. If Supreme ICT Academy initiates the cancellation, an alternate date will be proposed to the candidate participants. If the alternative date does not suit the candidate, she/he can apply for a refund.

Date & Venue

Eersterus, 25 – 28 September 2025, KwaThema tbd 2025, and Durban  tbd 2025