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C&G 3662-03 Diploma in Communications Systems
Unit 301 Develop, Manage and Support the Communications Systems Environment
This is a core unit of the Diploma and covers Health and Safety and Risk Assessment, Management including meetings protocol, delegation, reducing conflict, accurate record keeping, and Self-Development including analysis of skills and knowledge levels, SMART objectives, measuring performance. It is a seven day course.

C&G 3662-03 Diploma in Communications Systems
Unit 303 Networking Communications Devices
This is a core unit of the Diploma and gives an understanding of principles of conveying information in a digital format, characteristics of data communications in modern high-speed multi-media networks, principles of operation of digital networks and data communication, the switching methods employed, protocols and hardware used, characteristics of Local, Metropolitan and Wide Area data networks, purpose and functions of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI), principles of transmitting and receiving radio signals, electromagnetic radio wave propagation, principles of operation of radio transmitter and receivers. It is a seven day course.

C&G 3662-03 Diploma in Communications Systems
Unit 305 Radio Communications Systems
This unit is optional and covers basic principles and concepts of antenna systems used for radio communication, properties and applications of antenna systems, factors affecting the propagation of radio signals, operational characteristics of radio transmitters and receivers, properties and applications of mobile telecommunication systems and of satellite systems. This is a seven-day course.

C&G 3662-03 Diploma in Communications Systems
Unit 307 Network Management & Security
This is an optional unit and covers concepts of network management, effects of network design, affect of network devices on network design and management, concepts of network resilience, points of failure and redundancy, tools and techniques to monitor network performance, automated network management tools, impact of network failure due to security breaches, types of threats and attacks on networks, detection and mitigation of network threats and attacks, security policies and legal implications of breaches, encryption and VPN techniques used to secure network traffic. It is a seven day course.

C&G 3662-03 Diploma in Communications Systems
Unit 309 Communications Cabling for Enterprise Networks
This is an optional unit and consists of three sections, Communications Cabling Projects (design and implementation), testing of copper cabling (in an internal environment) and testing of fibre optic communications cable in enterprise networks. It covers the use of correct terminology and standards, communications cabling projects and topologies used, preparation and costing of design of an IT cabling project, testing of copper and fibre cabling to ensure compliance with national and international wiring standards, fault detection, documentation to certify system compliance, factors involved in diagnosing failure to meet national and international network performance standards. This is a seven day course.