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Institute of Advanced Technological and Commercial Studies

TP07 · Level 4

Network and Telecommunications Technician

Target occupation: network technician.

Target occupation
network technician
Level
4 — Skilled employee and operative
Duration
9 months
Taught hours
600 h
Credits
60

Framework

Competency blocks

Each block is assessed separately and stays acquired. That is what lets you resume an interrupted path without starting over.

  1. Physical infrastructure

    150 hours

    Cabling, racks, fibre, access points, power and UPS

  2. Enterprise networks

    180 hours

    TCP/IP, switching, VLANs, basic routing, wireless

  3. Operations and monitoring

    140 hours

    Monitoring, metrics, troubleshooting, intervention logs

  4. Telecoms and access links

    80 hours

    Carrier links, failover, IP telephony, quality of service

  5. Professional conduct

    50 hours

    Reporting, client relations, safety on site

Questions

How is this title awarded?

Through a workplace simulation before a panel of practitioners, together with a professional portfolio recording what you actually produced. An occupation is proven by practising it, not on paper.

What employment rate do you publish?

None, and that is deliberate: no cohort has yet completed this title. The six-month employment rate is this family's own indicator, and we will publish it once a cohort has produced one — not before. An invented figure here would be the first thing an employer checks.

Network and Telecommunications Technician — IHETC