2024 STATE TECHNICAL STANDARDS • PAGE 91 SERIES: OCCUPATIONAL SUPPORT TRADES B CONTEST: TELECOMMUNICATIONS CABLING CONTEST: TELECOMMUNICATIONS CABLING Series Director: KATIE CUNNINGHAM • 508-529-7758 EXT. 2012 • [email protected] Competition: Blackstone - IT Department Room 030 with Event Manager: Walter Ramsey REQUIREMENTS AND SCOPE OF CONTEST Advisors will be sent log-on information for the Learning Management System Learning Management System, which will be open on April 10. Contestants must submit an electronic copy of their resumé to the LMS LMS by April 22, by 5:00pm. Clothing Requirements: avoid a clothing penalty Work pants, as shown Work Shoes or Boots Safety Glasses SkillsUSA Massachusetts T-Shirt, provided Hard Hat NO cell phones or SmartWatches allowed Tool Requirements: Contestants must submit online a one-page type-written resume, failure to do so will result in a 50-point penalty NOTE: IF THE CONTESTANT DOES NOT HAVE TOOLS THEY WILL BE DISQUALIFIED. NO TOOLS WILL BE PROVIDED AT CONTEST SITE 1. Supplied by the technical committee: a. Mock wall, Cable Ladder, Equipment Racks, Racks, Cable, Patch Panels, Telecommunications Outlets b. Termination Blocks and Modular Plugs c. Other Various Connectors d. Fiber Optics Connectors 2. Supplied by contestant: a. Personal eye protection and Hard Hat b. Stripping Tools c. 8 pin modular plug crimping tool d. Cable prep tool for F-style compression connector using RG 6 Cable e. F-style coax compression tool f. Compression tool to do BNC and RCA connectors g. Electrician’s scissors h. Probe-pics i. Volt ohmmeter (needed to test continuity), 4 pair tester and Coax tester or combo tester j. Electrical tape k. Cable tester l. Fish tape m. Other cable/wire preparation and installation/termination tools n. Cable labeling device o. Tone Generator and probe p. 6 inch tie wraps State Skills: The purpose is to evaluate each contestants preparation for employment, to recognize outstanding students for excellence, and professionalism in the field of Information technology. The contest includes a written knowledge exam to assess knowledge of structured cabling. Questions from the written evaluation will be taken from the following general telecommunications cabling topic areas and are verbalized in the attached compe- tencies: cable pulling, copper media (UTP cabling), grounding and bonding, horizontal cabling, installation of support structures, plans (blueprint and drawing), safety practices, splicing, standards and codes, telecommunications cabling systems, testing UTP cabling, transmission theory and troubleshooting. Skill Performance: The purpose of the hands-on component of the contest will be to evaluate the ability to install, terminate and manage telecommunications cabling. Online Online Resumé Resumé Submission Submission
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