BICSI Installer 1 candidates are tested on their ability to understand and apply a comprehensive collection of installation-specific information. After you have acquired your Installer 1 designation, you will be able to:

• Successfully terminate various types of copper connectors.
• Properly explain the importance of safety and professionalism toward optimal job performance.
• Discuss pathways, spaces, bonding and grounding and fire stopping.
• Make decisions based on applicable codes, standards, and best practices.
• Choose the correct tool or methodology for specific tasks.

Experience

There is no prior ICT industry installation experience requirement for individuals preparing to sit for the Installer 1 exam.

BICSI Installer 2, Copper candidates are tested on their ability to understand and apply a comprehensive collection of installation-specific information. After you have acquired your Installer 2, Copper designation, you will be able to:

• Successfully interpret drawings, plans, and specifications.
• Properly test and troubleshoot copper installations.
• Discuss media selection and implications for implementation on the network.
• Make recommendations based on applicable codes, standards, and best practices.
• Interpret the job plan and scope of work as well as perform retrofits and upgrades for existing infrastructure.

Experience

Individuals preparing to sit for the Installer 2, Copper exam must possess at least one year of current and verifiable ICT industry installation experience.

BICSI Installer 2, Optical Fiber candidates are tested on their ability to understand and apply a comprehensive collection of installation-specific information. After you have acquired your Installer 2, Optical Fiber designation, you will be able to:

• Successfully interpret drawings, plans, and specifications.
• Properly test and troubleshoot optical fiber installations.
• Discuss media selection and implications for implementation on the network.
• Make recommendations based on applicable codes, standards, and best practices.
• Interpret the job plan and scope of work as well as perform retrofits and upgrades for existing infrastructure.

Experience

Individuals preparing to sit for the Installer 2, Optical Fiber exam must possess at least two years of current and verifiable ICT industry installation experience.

BICSI Technician candidates are tested on their ability to understand and apply a comprehensive collection of installation-specific information. After you have acquired your Technician designation, you will be able to:

• Successfully lead an installation group or team using project management skills.
• Perform advanced testing and troubleshooting for both copper and optical fiber installations.
• Discuss and evaluate numerous specific applications of ICT cabling installation.
• Make recommendations based on applicable codes, standards, and best practices.
• Implement the job plan and scope of work as well as perform retrofits and upgrades for existing infrastructure.

Experience

Individuals preparing to sit for the Technician exam must possess at least three years of current and verifiable ICT industry installation experience.

Due to the push for greater capacity, increased efficiency and higher levels of utilization, data centers have become more complex to design and bring online. Today's data center designers are often required to possess knowledge in mechanical, electrical and telecommunications systems, as well as being familiar with the other needs of a data center, such as reliability, security and building requirements.
Released in 2011, the BICSI Data Center Design Consultant was created to recognize those individuals who have demonstrated both the knowledge and ability to apply it over the multiple facets within data center design. Candidates for the designation are individuals involved in the planning, implementing and making of critical decisions regarding data centers. Data center, IT, facility or project managers, architects, engineers, designers, consultants and those planning to enter careers in the data center design, construction or maintenance fields would benefit from earning the credential.
BICSI data center design consultant courses serve as a career path for those seeking advanced knowledge in this area. Several courses are recommended for candidates preparing to take the examination.

Those who have earned the OSP designation have demonstrated through testing, their knowledge in OSP right-of-way and route design; OSP space design (maintenance holes, ducts, vaults); underground, direct-buried, and aerial plant design; OSP cabling hardware; and OSP grounding, bonding and electrical protection systems.

OSP Designer candidates are tested on their ability to understand and apply a vast collection of OSP technology and design information. Those awarded the OSP designation will demonstrate knowledge in:

• Right-of-way
• Route design
• Media selection
• Cabling hardware
• Grounding (earthing), bonding and electrical protection systems

The OSP Design exam is based on BICSI’s Outside Plant Design Reference Manual (OSPDRM). Those passing the exam will become registered with the OSP Designer credential.

Information and communications technology (ICT) industry professionals pursuing excellence within the industry should consider becoming a BICSI RCDD^®.
Those awarded with the RCDD designation have demonstrated their knowledge in the design, implementation, integration and project management of telecommunications and data communications technology and related infrastructure.
BICSI telecommunications distribution design courses serve as a career path for those seeking advanced knowledge in this area. Several design courses are recommended for candidates preparing to take the RCDD examination.
The RCDD status conveys instant advantages over the competition:

• A professional designation of excellence
• A highly regarded status recognized and mandated by many private and state organizations
• A noted mark of design knowledge valued internationally
• An indication of experience and knowledge known throughout the ICT industry

The role of an effective project manager is crucial to the outcome of any successful project. They must plan, execute and finalize projects all within strict deadlines and within budget.

In 2012, BICSI released the Registered Telecommunications Project Manager (RTPM). An RTPM oversees and coordinates the interaction between designers, engineers, installers and technicians when new information and communications technology (ICT) industry projects are being developed or undergoing construction. As technology continues to grow faster each decade, the demand also increases for proficient telecommunications project managers. To become a successful telecommunications project manager, individuals need a thorough understanding of ICT, personnel management and project management.
RTPM exam candidates are tested on their ability to understand and apply a vast collection of telecommunications project management principles, concepts, tools and technology.

BICSI telecommunications project management courses serve as a career path for those seeking advanced knowledge in this area. Telecommunication project managers, project coordinators, lead technicians, project team leaders and individuals seeking new career paths in this rapidly growing field are encouraged to earn this credential. The PM110 course is recommended for candidates preparing to take the RTPM examination.