Charter Course Progression
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CableLabs All Access Program with SCTE
The CableLabs All Access Program covers SCTE membership, access to all SCTE online training courses, and access to SCTE’s Cable-Tec Expo©. All Charter employees are eligible for the all-access benefits when they sign-up using their charter email. When you sign-up for the Charter-Spectrum Training program you are automatically enrolled into the All-access program. If you are not interested in the CableLabs All Access Program with SCTE, you can email our Membership Services Team at membership@scte.org to opt out. More details about the program can be found here.
Field Technician Progression Courses
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| Troubleshooting and Repair Process | Troubleshooting and Repair Process: Resolution |
| Cable Math and Basic Electrical Theory | Wireless Networks for Customer Premises |
| Wi-Fi Standards and Transmission | Wi-Fi Radio Frequency Fundamentals |
| Antenna Theory for Wi-Fi Networks | WLAN Security and Common Threats |
| Troubleshooting WLANs | Introduction to Wireless Networking |
| Wireless Networking Standards | Wireless LAN Devices and Power over Ethernet |
| 802.11 Medium Access | Wireless Networking Radio Frequency Fundamentals |
| Radio Frequency Components, Measurements, and Mathematics | Wireless LAN Antennas and Accessories |
| 802.11 MAC Architecture | Wireless LAN Security |
| Validation Survey Fundamentals | Troubleshooting and Maintaining Wireless LANs |
| CableWiFi® | Switched Digital Video (SDV) Overview and Components |
Modules listed are from the following courses:
• Broadband Premises Troubleshooting
• Business Class Services Fundamentals
• Broadband Wireless Specialist
• Advanced Wireless - Certified Wireless Network Administrator
• Digital Telecommunication Network Fundamentals
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| Home IP Access Services and Technologies | Network Fundamentals |
| IP Addressing | TCP/IP Networks |
| Wireless RF Networks | Network Equipment, Virtualization and Cloud Computing |
| Essentials of IPv4 Networking | Essentials of IPv6 Networking |
| Essentials of IP Routing and IP Video |
Modules listed are from the following courses:
• Network Specialist
• IP Impact on Cable Networks
• Understanding Network Protocols and Routing
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| Networking Today | Basic Switch and End Device Configuration |
| Protocols and Models | Physical Layer |
| Number Systems | Data Link Layer |
| Ethernet Switching | Network Layer |
| Address Resolution | Basic Router Configuration |
| IPv4 Addressing | IPv6 Addressing |
| ICMP | Transport Layer |
| Application Layer | Network Security Fundamentals |
| Build a Small Network |
*Modules listed are from the following course:
• CCNA 1v7: Introduction To Networks
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| Basic Device Configuration | Switching Concepts |
| VLANs | Inter-VLAN Routing |
| STP Concepts | EtherChannel |
| DHCPv4 | SLAAC and DHCPv6 |
| FHRP Concepts | LAN Security Concepts |
| Switch Security Configuration | WLAN Concepts |
| WLAN Configuration | Routing Concepts |
| IP Static Routing | Troubleshoot Static and Default Routes |
*Modules listed are from the following courses:
• CCNA 2: Switching
• Routing, and Wireless Essentials and Multiplexing Signals
Maintenance Technician Progression Courses
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| Network Architecture | Powering a Coaxial or HFC System |
| Signal Types | Return Path |
| Modulation Techniques | Intermediate MPEG Compression |
| Proactive Network Maintenance | Signal Leakage |
| Return Path Measurements | Intermodulation Distortions |
| Analog and Digital Signal Impairments | Activation and Testing |
*Modules listed are from the following courses:
• Construction Inspector Specialist
• Coaxial Splicer Specialist
• Broadband Distribution Specialist
• Digital Video Engineering Professional
• Network Testing and Maintenance Level 1
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| Optical Networks | Fiber Basics |
| Transmission Characteristics of Fiber | Optical Cables and Connectors |
| Proof of Performance Testing | Optical Testing |
| Optical Power Budgets |
*Modules listed are from the following courses:
• Maintenance Technology Level 2
• Network Testing and Maintenance Level 1
• Network Testing and Maintenance Level 2
• Optical Fiber Construction
Fiber Technician Progression Courses
| History of Fiber | Optical Networks |
| Fiber Basics | Transmission Characteristics of Fiber |
| Optical Cables | Optical Signals at the Node |
| Optical Testing | Responding to Optical Outages |
| Optical Safety | Fiber Design and Application |
| Optical Power Budgets | Cable Prep |
| Splices and Connectors | OSP Optical Cable Construction |
| Fiber Restoration Techniques | Signal Leakage Effects on Optical |
| Conducting Acceptance Testing of Broadband Optical Link |
*Modules listed are from the following courses:
• Broadband Transport Specialist
• OMaintenance Technology Level 2
• Network Testing and Maintenance Level 2
• Optical Fiber Construction
• Splices and Connectors
• Fiber Optic Design
• Fiber Restoration
Construction Coordinator Progression Courses
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| System Design | Coaxial Cable Connectorization |
| Powering a Coaxial or HFC System | Aerial Construction |
| Underground Construction | Coaxial Cable |
| Cable Math | HFC Active Devices |
| Amplifier Operation | HFC Passive Devices |
| Fiber Basics | HFC Powering |
*Required Trainings Are From The Following Courses:
• Coaxial Splicer Specialist
• Broadband Distribution Specialist
• Broadband Distribution Fundamentals
• Maintenance Technology Level 1
• Maintenance Technology Level 2
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| Optical Networks | Optical Cables |
| OTDR Operation | Responding to Optical Outages |
| Fiber Design and Application | Splices and Connectors |
| OSP Optical Cable Construction | Fiber Restoration Techniques |
*Modules listed are from the following courses:
• Maintenance Technology Level 2
• Broadband Transport Specialist
• Fiber Restoration
• Fiber Optic Design
Designer Progression Courses
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| Cable Math and Basic Theory |
*Modules listed are from the following course:
• Broadband Premises Installation and Service
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| Cable Math | Differences between the Downstream and the Upstream |
| Distribution System Architectures | Fiber Basics |
| Fiber Design and Application | Foundations of FTTP/FTTx Networks/td> |
| FTTP/FTTx Deployment | FTTP/FTTx Measurements |
| FTTP/FTTx Planning and Design | HFC Active Devices |
| HFC Networks | HFC Passive Devices |
| Impedance | Introduction to the Return Path in the HFC Network |
| Network Architectures | Optical Networks |
| Optical Power Budgets | Optical Return Path |
| OSP Optical Cable Construction | Powering a Coaxial or HFC System |
| RF Operations of Cable Networks | RF Foundations of Cable Networks |
| Signaling and Transmission in Cable Networks | System Design |
*Modules listed are from the following courses:
• Broadband Distribution Specialist
• Return Path
• Broadband Distribution Fundamentals
• Maintenance Technology Level 1
• Maintenance Technology Level 2
• Broadband Transport Specialist
• Broadband Fiber Installation
• Business Class Services Specialist
• Optical Fiber Construction
• Fiber Optic Design Coaxial Splicer Specialist
• Coaxial Splicer Specialist
• RF System Theory
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| Analog and Digital Media Theory | Analog and Digital Signal Impairments |
| Introduction to Capacitance | Impact of Going All Digital - Digital Carrier Measurements |
| Impact of going All Digital Bandwidth Constraints and Management | Inductance and Transformers/td> |
| Intermodulation Distortions | Introduction to MPEG |
| Plant Sweeping | Proof of Performance Testing/td> |
| Reactance | Resistive Circuits |
| Return Path Measurements | Return Path Optimization |
| RF Signal Modulation, Demodulation, Multiplexing and Processing | Signal Impairments Recommended Practices |
| Signal Leakage |
*Modules listed are from the following courses:
• Digital Video Engineering Professional
• Broadband Distribution Specialist
• Broadband Distribution Fundamentals
• Digital Telecommunication Network Fundamentals
• Digital Video Engineering Professional
• Return Path
•RF System Theory
•Network Testing and Maintenance Level 1
All Other Field Operations Job Levels
For all other job levels, contact your regional training team to gain access to the SCTE course offerings.