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FOA Certified Fiber Optic Specialist, Design

FOA specialist certification for designers and project managers of fiber optic communications projects, requiring CFOT certification, appropriate knowledge/skills/abilities demonstrated through training or experience, and passing the CFOS/D certification examination; certification does not itself grant jurisdictional licensing rights.

Licensing authority: The Fiber Optic Association, Inc. · Application information

Initial by examination
FOA Certified Fiber Optic Specialist, Design certification exam
Administrative
Applicants verify identity and agree to certification terms and examination confidentiality. Direct-program application interaction is in English. Skill/experience evaluation and course completion are not additional separately scored target examinations.
Alternatives
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Minimum Age
Applicants must have reached the applicable age of majority. FOA states that this is 18 in most places, 19 in Alabama and Nebraska, and 21 in Mississippi.
Prior Qualification
FOA CFOT certification is required for CFOS/D certification; it is a previously held qualification, not a newly investigated examination dependency.
Scheduling
After application acceptance and preparation, the assigned FOA advisor supplies directions and a link for the closed-book, monitored, timed online direct exam; school candidates take the FOA exam through the approved training route. No fixed examination window is established.

FOA Certified Fiber Optic Specialist, Design certification exam

Provider
The Fiber Optic Association, Inc.
Format
Closed-book, monitored and timed knowledge examination; direct-certification examinations are online, with access arranged through the FOA advisor.
Examination outline
  • Knowledge
    • Fiber Optic Network Design - General
    • Planning The Project – The Processes
    • Fiber Optic Jargon
    • Fiber Optic Communications Systems
    • Fiber Optic Components
    • Testing
    • Fiber Optic Installation
  • Skills
    • People/organizational skills
    • Communications, written and verbal
    • Computer skills
    • Analytical skills
  • Abilities
    • Reading and math at approximately a 10th grade level
    • Analytical skills
    • Follow directions
    • Patience
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