BICSI Outside Plant Designer™ OSP
Issued by
BICSI ICT Certification Institute
OSP Designers are responsible for the design, supervision of the design and inspection of the interbuilding cabling and infrastructure. They plan pathways and spaces, entrance facilities, terminations, testing; determine media type; create bonding and grounding design plans; investigate, coordinate and determine rights-of-way; develop system documentation requirements; apply required codes and standards within the design; and verify the implementation and/or the installation of the design plan.
- Type Certification
- Level Advanced
- Time Years
- Cost Paid
Skills
- Comply With Local/State/National Regulations
- Design Aerial Platform Spaces
- Design Betterments/Optimization
- Design Buried Platform Spaces
- Design Underground Platform Spaces
- Determine Easements/Requirements For Right-Of-Way
- Determine Financial Requirements
- Determine Proposed Routing
- Develop Quality Control Process
- Implement Design Change Process
- Perform Pre-Job Assessment For New/Existing Construction
- Prepare Critical Design Review Scope/Design Development
- Prepare Final Design (Construction) Package
- Prepare Rough Order Magnitude (ROM)
- Research Existing Infrastructure/Information Gathering
- Research Geography
- Research Types/Capabilities Of Existing Technology
- Select Media/Platform/Cables
- Verify Network Topology
Earning Criteria
Standards
The OSP competency blueprint describes the knowledge and skills which OSP Designer professionals need for effective job performance.
BICSI has established the Code of Ethics and Professional Obligations as it is important that BICSI Credential Holders exhibit the highest principles of ethical and professional behavior associated with their professional interactions in the information and communications technology industry.
Integrity * Service * Excellence