CTTS ELC Courses

The Ministry of Defence's Enhanced Learning Credits (ELC'c) are a financial aid to encourage personal development amongst members of the UK Armed Forces. Find out more here. Claiming process to be followed by learners and providers:- here. ELCAS tips on completing a claim form:- here.

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Level 4 BTEC Professional Award in IP Systems for Intelligent Buildings Course Code

Intelligent buildings harness technology and link building systems in order to supply a more efficient, higher productivity and increased comfort supporting the businesses and occupants objectives, consume minimum energy, emitting minimum levels of CO2. Next generation 21st century homes and buildings have to perform better in environmental, economic and security terms. Smart technology and communications converged over the same common infrastructure systems are being installed into buildings and facilities world-wide, providing an enhanced level of efficiency and cross system performance delivered by broadband. This course delivers the latest and emerging technology innovations including biometrics, which are being installed in buildings and facilities , for example fire and life safety, security access, intrusion detection, video control, elevators, lighting, energy management, 24/7 monitoring IPCCTV, climate control and communications over digital IP based infrastructures. You will learn how to install and integrate a variety of control systems and devices to enable automation and configure enabling software and system databases.

Leve 4 BTEC Professional Award in Internet Protocol Closed Circuit Television IPCCTV

BTEC Professional Award in Internet Protocol Closed Circuit Television (ELC) CCTV Security is an integral and rapidly expanding part of the security and surveillance industry. Modern surveillance techniques require a modern solution. IPCCTV uses the latest CMOS digital imaging technology which allows connectivity on to a TCP/IP, LAN/WAN network, allowing access from anywhere in the world. Practical hands on experince on a fully functional state of the art mega-pixel IPCCTV network, backed up by knowledge of network camera technology, make this a cutting edge course.

Level 3 PRINCE2™ Foundation and Practitioner Certificates in Project Management

This is a five day combined course run in partnership with The University of Lincoln East Midlands Media Technology Centre (EMMTEC) and delivered at the CTTS National Training Centre. It is designed to provide delegates with a thorough working knowledge and understanding of the PRINCE2™ structured project management methodology. Upon successful completion delegates will achieve the PRINCE2™ Foundation and Practitioner Certificates. Courses can be taken as individual modules or as a combined package.

Level 4 BTEC Professional Award in Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) - Course Code AR417

SDH is the most suitable technique/technology for the transport of bulk data in any of today's national telecommunications backbones ('super highways' of any telecommunications network). The data rates encountered will soon be in the region of 150,000,000,000 bits per second (150 Gbps from a STM-1024). Allied to Dense Wavelength-Division Multiplexing (DWDM) systems that can currently provide 160 separate channels, bandwidths in the region of 20,000,000,000,000 bits per second (20 Tbps) will soon be available. To put these figures into context, a bandwidth of 20 Tbps can provide the following: Half a billion telephone calls…. Simultaneously.

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Ten Million 2M Broadband connections (the minimum required to provide MPEG quality video to the home). Again these would all be able to operate simultaneously!

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The entire contents of 20,000 fully loaded 1G MP3 players in one second! With this kind of bandwidth, the power delegated to any individual tasked with managing/maintaining such a system is very significant; therefore the wages paid to an experienced SDH engineer reflect this.

Level 3 BTEC Advanced Award in Managing Passive Optical Networks (PON) And Air Blown Fibre Systems - Course Code J7796

Passive Optical Networks (PONs) are the future of Internet access, Video on demand and Telephone communication.

The vast majority of these services are currently provided by existing telecommunications networks that are based on copper wire.

Techniques such as ASDL and VDSL have allowed such networks to provide bandwidths of up to 50 Mega bits per second to a lucky few, but only 1 – 2 Mbps for the vast majority. Future networks will have to provide much greater bandwidth for the home user and as such their architecture will have to be based around optical fibre.

Networks that deliver Fibre To The Home (FTTH) will potentially deliver a bandwidth to the end user that is hundreds or even thousands of times greater than available using today's copper wire based systems. This vastly increased bandwidth, once in common use, will be the trigger for new technology and applications that are as yet unthought of! The preferred way of delivering this new technology to the home user on demand is the 'Air Blown Fibre' method. One of the largest manufacturers of this type of equipment is Emtelle based in Hawick, Scotland.

CTTS is a training partner to Emtelle and has conducted numerous training events worldwide for several of Emtelle's customers. Our 5-day course covers the following:

• PON theory and testing
• Installation of ducting
• Modification of ducting
• Assembly, testing and operation of Fibre blowing equipment

Now is the ideal time to study our BTEC level 3 course on the installation and management of Passive Optical Networks and Air Blown Fibre Systems. It is the only course of its kind presented any where in the world.

Level 3 BTEC Advanced Award in Access Networks - Course Code AH206

Modern Access Networks are being built across Europe deploying the latest technologies from ADSL to Fibre to the Home. 21st Century network technologies and topologies set new challenges for the technicians and engineers working in the Access Network domain. An excellent five day course that covers theoretical and practical training as required by such employers as BT Openreach and Virgin Cable Media. It will provide you with a broad range of knowledge and skills covering all the major aspects of the industry including Broadband, Digital and Internactive Cable TV and Telephony Services. Trainees are continually assessed in line with BTEC's mandatory requirements. Emphasis is on practical applications and competence testing.

City and Guilds (C&G) 3662-03 Level 3 Diploma in ICT Communications Systems

This Diploma award consists of the following:

• C&G 3662-03 Diploma Units:
• 301 - Develop, manage and support the communications systems environment
• 302 - Fundamentals of electronic communications
• 303 - Networking communications devices and one optional Unit

Full details can be found in the information pack.

ELCs can be used towards the funding of these City and Guilds modules/BTEC level 3 Courses.