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Broadband Infrastructure Training Program

Program Start Date January 13, 2025.

Program Dates:1/13/25 - 5/29/25
Days/Times: Monday-Thursday - 3:00 - 6:00 PM
***Mandatory Orientation: 1/13/2025 from 3:00 - 6:00 PM
Cost: $2200 (Covered by Franklin County JFS)
Required Course Hours: 215
Location: Pickaway-Ross Career & Technology Center. 895 Crouse Chapel Rd. Chillicothe, OH. 45601
Instructor: Joshua Kinnison

Broadband infrastructure technician

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ABOUT THE PROGRAM

Program Details

This customized training program will span 18 weeks and provide students up to four certifications upon completion. In this program, students will learn:

  • How to use specialty broadband tools and test equipment,

  • Terminations for cable, phone, computer and network applications

  • Safe techniques for bucket trucks, ladders, highway safety, and confined work spaces

  • Broadband equipment installation for home, office, new construction, and more!

The Broadband Infrastructure Training program is approved by the Wireless Infrastructure Association (WIA) and is brought to you by the 5G Section Partnership that consists of The Ohio State University, Columbus State University, Jobs and Family Services - Franklin County, and the Governor's Office of Workforce Transformation.

The first cohort of students in the Broadband Infrastructure Training Program may qualify for FREE TRAINING thanks to the Franklin County Jobs & Family Services (JFS). Eligibility is based on financial and employment-related need, and financial aid applications are handled directly by JFS. Once you fill out the form below, a Pickaway-Ross Enrollment Specialist will contact you and help you along each steps of the enrollment process.

STUDENTS WILL LEARN:

  • Use of specialty tools and test equipment in the broadband field

  • Terminations for cable, phone, computer & network applications

  • Safe techniques for ladders, bucket trucks, highway safety, & confined space work

  • Broadband equipment installations - home, office, & new construction and more!

POSSIBLE CAREER PLACEMENT & INCOME:

  • $48,510* | Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers

  • $60,790* | Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers

  • $71,750* | First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers and Repairers

ADDITIONAL CAREER OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDE:

  • Broadband Equipment Installation Technician,

  • Fiber Optic Cable Installer - Outside Plant Installations,

  • Fiber Optic Splicing Technician Trainee,

  • Broadband Equipment Troubleshooter & Technician

*May 2021 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates for Ohio

Certifications Earned

  • Certified Premises Cabling Technician (CPCT)

  • Certified Fiber Optic Technician (CFOT)

  • OSHA 10-Hour General Industry Safety

  • CPR/First Aid

The Fiber Optic Association, Inc.

The course offers a FOA Certified Fiber Optic Technician certification upon completion

Ohio 5G Sector Partnership

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Give us a call at (740) 642-1388.

**For information about national and program accreditation, contact Pickaway-Ross CTC Adult Education. 

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