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BICSI Technician® (TECH) Certification

Technicians are specialists skilled at working with complex systems who perform highly technical installations and diagnostic testing on structured cabling systems (SCS) and network components. Technicians must perform duties in a professional manner in accordance with industry best practices.

Please note: : The Technician exam is not included in the course fee. An exam application must be completed separately. The application deadline is seven days prior to your hands-on exam date. If you are not taking the course and are planning on only taking the exam, please contact BICSI Credentialing for scheduling options/fees.

quotesI’m happy to find out about what I’ve been doing wrong. Completing cabling installations correctly would make life much better for everyone I work with: consumers, fellow technicians, and others. It’s refreshing when a fellow tech can walk in at your place of work and immediately make sense of what you do without much struggle. Our TE350 instructor is quite knowledgeable and involves us in the class. Plus the students get to talk to him about their experiences during breaks and ask him questions.

Isaac Oyolo
Lead Technician, U.S. Embassy in Gigiri, Nairobi

quotes I’ve been in the telecom industry for almost 15 years, and I feel like I’ve been doing it all wrong. TE350 has opened my mind to a whole other level of cabling installation. TE350 is a great class to get updated on all kinds of structured cabling systems. Sometimes you just don’t have time to do your own research.

Jeremy Garrett
Lead Data Tech, CCI of Arkansas
           North Little Rock, Arkansas, USA

 

 

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  • DECIDE

    Determine your eligibility and find more information to decide if the  TECH is right for you.

    ELIGIBILITY

    Option 1: One year of verifiable full-time equivalent structured cabling systems (SCS) field experience that may be obtained on-the job, in a trade school, or in an apprenticeship program and a certificate of course completion of BICSI’s instructor-led hands-on training in copper and fiber SCS.

    Option 2: Two years of verifiable full-time equivalent SCS field experience that may be obtained on the job, in a trade school, or in an apprenticeship program and attendance and successful completion of BICSI’s instructor-led hands-on Technician training course in SCS training.*

    Option 3: Three years of verifiable full-time equivalent SCS field experience that may be obtained on the job, in a trade school, or in an apprenticeship program and completion of minimum 35 hours of documented continuing education in copper and fiber SCS that may include training provided by BICSI, manufacturer training, college courses, industry training, and/or vendor training.

    Option 4: Hold the BICSI Installer 2® credential or hold both the BICSI Installer 2, Copper® and Installer 2, Optical Fiber® credentials.

    *Exam approval is contingent upon successful completion of the training course.

    Technician experience in installation is defined as: specialized skills, responsibility, experience, leadership, and professionalism in SCS. This includes copper systems, optical fiber systems, and integration of communication systems.

    PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

    Participants must be able to distinguish between different colors, possess manual dexterity to complete fine motor tasks, stand for extended periods of time, climb ladders, and lift and carry items weighing up to 50 pounds.

    PRICING

    The new pricing for the exam application fee for installation is:

    • $335 - BICSI Member
    • $400 - Nonmember
    *Includes first exam attempt through Pearson Vue.

     

    Exam Retest Fee:

    • $135 - BICSI Member
    • $200 - Nonmember
    If you are not taking the course and are planning on only taking the exam, please contact BICSI Credentialing for walk-in exam scheduling options/fees.

    Become a BICSI Member now and save on your exam application fees.

  • PREPARE

    Follow BICSI’s certification handbook and exam blueprint to navigate your knowledge needs.

    Suggested Study

    • Training in firestopping
    • Training in optical fiber splicing and termination
    • Training in copper splicing and termination

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    Exam Information

    The Technician exam is currently based on BICSI’s ITSIMM and is a two-part exam – hands on and written. To become a BICSI Technician, you must successfully pass both parts.

    Hands-On Examination

    The Technician hands-on exam is given the last day of the TE350 course, which is generally on a Friday afternoon (see course schedule). The hands-on performance exam consists of completing 12 tasks to industry standards, within a 20-minute per-task time limit. Proctors will give the pass/fail results after each task. If you fail to successfully complete one of the hands-on exam tasks, you will be given the opportunity to retest on that task on the same day at no additional cost, time permitting. If you fail the same task twice or fail a total of two hands-on tasks, the hands-on exam will need to be retaken at another date.

    Written Examination

    The written exam can only be taken after the hands-on exam has been completed successfully. The computer-based exam is two hours in length and consists of 100 questions drawn from BICSI’s ITSIMM. The exam is multiple choice, with questions based on both knowledge and application. All written exams must be scheduled through Pearson VUE.

    Exam Specifics

    Number of Questions: 100

    Allotted Examination Time: 2 hours

  • APPLY

    Get started and apply today!

    An exam application must be submitted online on the Credential Holder Dashboard at least seven days prior to the scheduled hands-on exam date.

    Click here for step-by-step instructions on how to apply.

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