// STUDY TRAINING · TR-04 · 3 DAYS · FOUNDATIONS
Datacom Fundamentals for Security Integrators
Three days on the physical layer most security installs get wrong before a single camera is configured. Cat6 and Cat6A terminations done to the standard, fibre without the fear, low-voltage power that does not brown out at the far door, pathways and labelling, and enough network to talk to the IT department. Hands-on from the first hour.
What you will be able to do
- Terminate Cat6 and Cat6A on jacks and patch panels to T568B, keep the untwist under half an inch, and pass a certification test on the first try.
- Explain why a field-crimped plug on solid conductor belongs on almost no security install, and what goes there instead.
- Choose between single-mode and multimode, OM3 and OM4, LC and SC, and pre-terminated and field-spliced fibre for a given run.
- Size low-voltage power for door hardware and cameras, calculate voltage drop, and pick the gauge before the far reader starts dropping offline.
- Read PoE classes and budgets, and know when a midspan or a bigger switch is the fix.
- Label, test, and document a job so the next person does not have to tone every cable.
Day by day
Copper
- Morning Category cable and the standard
Cat5e, Cat6, and Cat6A compared, shielded and unshielded, plenum and riser, bend radius, pull tension, and separation from power. TIA-568 as the reference, and what the manufacturer warranty actually requires.
- Afternoon Termination lab
Jacks, patch panels, and when a plug is the right answer. Each participant terminates both ends of 6 runs, then certifies them on a Fluke DSX and reads the failures.
Fibre and low voltage
- Morning Fibre basics
Single-mode and multimode, OM3, OM4, and OS2, connectors, polish, loss budgets, pre-terminated assemblies, and reading a light-source test versus an OTDR trace. Cleaning and inspection before every mate.
- Afternoon Low-voltage power lab
Door hardware, readers, cameras, and intercoms. Power supply sizing, battery backup, voltage drop worked by hand and by calculator, wire gauge, and fusing. Grounding and bonding as the AHJ requires.
Pathways, network, and handover
- Morning Pathways, racks, and labelling
Conduit fill, J-hooks, cable tray, firestopping, rack layout, cable management, and a labelling scheme the customer’s IT department will recognise.
- Afternoon Enough network to be dangerous
IP addressing, VLANs, PoE classes and budgets, switch port basics, and the questions to ask IT before plugging in. Ends with a documented, tested, labelled mini-site built by each team.
Who this is for
Security integrators, alarm and access control installers, camera technicians, and apprentices who pull and terminate the cable behind the system.
Prerequisites. None. Bring the hands you work with.
What is included
- Tools, cable, jacks, panels, fibre assemblies, and test equipment for the labs
- The termination and testing checklists and the labelling scheme as files
- A copy of the free Network Primer and CCTV Fundamentals courses for review afterward
- Certificate of completion with contact hours
Group and corporate bookings
The Datacom courses are built to run for a whole room at once: union halls and training centres, electrical distributors hosting their contractor customers, and alarm, CCTV, and access control companies putting a crew through together. Group and corporate rates apply, and the labs come to your site.
Send the group size, the location, and the rough timing, and the group rate comes back with the quote. The labs are sized to the room, so a hall of 20 gets 20 spools and 20 testers on the bench.
What this is not
Not a fibre splicing certification and not an electrical course. Line-voltage work, fire alarm wiring, and anything the AHJ reserves for a licensed electrician stay with the licensed electrician.
Free courses that pair with it
Reserve a seat
Reserving costs nothing and commits you to nothing. You get the next cohort dates for this course first, and the invoice only once the dates are confirmed. Groups of 6 or more can ask for private delivery on their own site.