Telecommunications and IT Network Engineering
Advanced Diploma Program

OVERVIEW

This program teaches the essential professional level skills required for the design and implementation of Optical and IP Networks in enterprise, service provider, and carrier environments.
Students should learn how to plan and implement complex IP Networks and GPON technologies in enterprise, service provider, and telecommunications carrier environments. The program teaches the related technical, managerial and planning skills that support these activities. The program contains 4 major projects. Each subject is structured as a self standing professional course covering a specific topic in detail.

POSSIBLE VOCATIONAL OUTCOMES

• Telecommunications network planner
• IP based network designer
• Network security manager
• IP based convergence integrator
• Telecommunications network designer
• Telecommunications field engineer
• Network services administrator
• Telecommunications network administrator

FIRST YEAR SUBJECTS

Subject	Durations	Hours
Safe and Sustainable IT Practices	3 weeks	60
Installing and Configuring Windows 7 Client	3 weeks	60
Computer Repairs and Maintenance	3 weeks	60
Networking Fundamentals	3 weeks	60
Electrical Circuits and Measurement	3 weeks	20
Cisco CCNA - Juniper Networks JNCIA-Junos Training	6 weeks	120
Juniper Networks JNCIA-Junos Training	6 weeks	120
Cabling – ACMA Open Licence	6 weeks	120
Project Management	3 weeks	12
Network Implementation Design Project	6 weeks	60
MCITP Certification Training	12 weeks	168
MCITP Network Management Project	6 weeks	72

SECOND YEAR SUBJECTS

Subject	Durations	Hours
Juniper Networks JNCIS – ENT – SEC Certification Training	6 weeks	90
Telecommunications Infrastructure Design & Provisioning	18 weeks	270
Junos MPLS and VPNs	6 weeks	90
Gigabit-capable Passive Optical Networks (G-PON)	6 weeks	90
VoIP	6 weeks	90
Telecommunications Infrastructure Design & Provisioning Project	6 weeks	180
Cloud & Datacentre Virtualisation	6 weeks	90
Enterprise Network Design & Implementation Project	6 weeks	180

Note: Course hours consist of lectures, supervised practical work, unsupervised practical work, e-learning, project work, and directed private study.

QUALIFICATIONS EMBEDED IN THE PROGRAM ARE:
• Certificate II in Telecommunications
• Certificate III in Information Technology
• Certificate IV in Information Technology Networking
• Certificate IV in Telecommunications Network Engineering
• Diploma of Information Technology Networking
• Advanced Diploma of Telecommunications Network Engineering

LICENSING AND INDUSTRY CERTIFICATION
A number of subjects included in this program cover the training requirements for specific licences and industry certification programs. Successful completion of such a subject does not on its own entitle a student to the related licence or certification. Application must be made to the licensing authority in order to obtain the respective licence, and external certification exams must be passed in order to obtain the respective certification. Fees will be charged by the licensing and certifying authorities. Information about how to obtain these licences and certifications will be provided by the course instructors. While students are encouraged to obtain the related licences and certifications, these are not required to successfully complete the program and be granted the associated academic awards.


SUBJECT DESCRIPTIONS - FIRST YEAR

Safe and Sustainable IT Practices
This subject teaches the skills and knowledge required to:
• participate in workplace occupational health and safety (OHS) consultative processes
• analyze the workplace in relation to environmentally sustainable work practices
• implement improvements and monitor their effectiveness
• Understand and implement simple virtualization with VMWare
Topics include:
• Establishing consultative processes
• Obtaining and providing information about OHS issues
• Raising OHS issues with others
• Investigating current practices in relation to resource usage
• Setting targets for improvements
• Implementing performance improvement strategies
• Install VMWare Workstation 8
• Create a new virtual machine from an operating system image
• Install VMware Tools
• Create a virtual machine and configure networking
• Create, revert, and delete a virtual machine snapshot
• Connect external USB devices to a virtual machine
• Share files with the host operating system
• Add a hard drive to a virtual machine and
Duration: 3 Weeks Hours: 60

Installing and Configuring Windows 7 Client
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
• Perform a clean installation of Windows 7, upgrade to Windows 7, and migrate user-related data and settings from an earlier version of Windows.
• Configure disks, partitions, volumes, and device drivers to enable a Windows 7 client computer.
• Configure file access and printers on a Windows 7 client computer.
• Configure network connectivity on a Windows 7 client computer.
• Configure wireless network connectivity on a Windows 7 client computer.
• Secure Windows 7 client desktop computers.
• Optimize and maintain the performance and reliability of a Windows 7 client computer.
• Configure mobile computing and remote access settings for a Windows 7 client computer.
Duration: 3 Weeks Hours: 60

Computer Repairs and Maintenance
This subject provides students with an opportunity to obtain the knowledge and skills necessary to service computer hardware, build a computer from parts, install and configure commonly used PC operating systems. Upon completion of this subject, students should be able to:
• Identify all the parts of a PC
• Discuss the functions and interactions of all PC subsystems
• Identify and troubleshoot common PC hardware problems
• Select quality PCs and constituent components based on performance and cost
• Install, replace, and upgrade PC hardware components
• Install and troubleshoot PC peripherals such as printers
• Install and configure commonly used PC operating systems
Duration: 3 Weeks Hours: 60

Networking Fundamentals
This subject is delivered online. It explains the language and basic principles of networks. It also includes numerous interactive exercises to help teach and reinforce the information as well as test your knowledge and understanding of the topic. Upon completing this subject, you will have a working understanding of how networks work as well as the technologies that make networks possible Topics include:
• What is a network?

	-	Network models
	-	How data flows from one computer to another
	-	Network addressing

• Ethernet LANs

	-How Ethernet networks operate
	-Early Ethernet network devices, including hubs and bridges
	-Today’s Ethernet network devices, including switches and Virtual LANs (VLANs)

• Routing basics

	-Layer 2 and 3 addressing
	-Interconnecting different broadcast domains using routers
	-Address resolution
	-How data is sent from one broadcast domain or network to another

• IP addressing o Internet Protocol (IP)

	-IP addressing
	-Network masks
	-Working with binary numbers
	-Subnetting o Routing data through a network using longest match routing

• WAN technologies

	-Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP)
	-Frame Relay
	-Asynchronous Transfer Mode(ATM)
	-Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)

• Transport Layer protocols

	-User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
	-Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)

Duration: 3 Weeks Hours: 60

Electrical Circuits and Measurement
This subject provides students with knowledge and problem-solving skills with respect to the relationship between current, voltage, resistance and power in series, parallel and combination type dc circuits. Students should gain knowledge of resistivity and resistors, and capacitors. On completion of the subject students should be able to:
• Explain how various quantities affect resistance
• Recognise various types of fixed and variable resistors
• Determine the resistance value by colour code Calculate voltage, current, resistance and power
• Identify series circuits
• Calculate currents, voltages, resistances and power in series circuits
• Identify parallel circuits
• Calculate currents, voltages, resistances and power in parallel circuits
• Define 'conductance'
• Identify series-parallel circuits
• Calculate currents, voltages, resistances and power in series-parallel circuits
• Make accurate measurements of voltage, current and resistance
• Identify various electrical instruments
Duration: 3 Weeks Hours: 20

CCNA Certification Training
This subject covers the certification exam objectives of the Cisco CCNA. Topics include:
• Internetworking
• Ethernet Networking and Data Encapsulation
• Introduction to TCP/IP
• Subnetting
• Cisco’s Internetworking Operating System (IOS)
• Managing a Cisco Internetwork
• IP Routing
• Layer 2 Switching and Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
• Virtual LANs (VLANs)
• Security
• Network Address Translation (NAT)
• Cisco’s Wireless Technologies
• Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)
• Wide Area Networks
Duration: 12 Weeks Hours: 240

Juniper Networks JNCIA-Junos Certification Training
This subject covers the certification exam objectives of the Cisco CCNA and the Juniper Networks JNCIA – Junos. Topics include:
• Internetworking
• Ethernet Networking and Data Encapsulation
• Introduction to TCP/IP
• Subnetting
• Cisco’s Internetworking Operating System (IOS)
• Managing a Cisco Internetwork
• IP Routing
• Layer 2 Switching and Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
• Virtual LANs (VLANs)
• Security
• Network Address Translation (NAT)
• Cisco’s Wireless Technologies
• Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)
• Wide Area Networks
• Junos Operating System Fundamentals
• User Interface Options
• Initial Configuration
• Secondary System Configuration
• Operational Monitoring and Maintenance
• Routing Fundamentals
• Routing Policy and Firewall Filters
• Class of Service
• Protocol-Independent Routing
• Load Balancing and Filter-Based Forwarding
• Open Shortest Path First
• Border Gateway Protocol
• IP Tunnelling
• High Availability
Duration:6 Weeks Hours: 120

Cabling – ACMA Open Licence
On successful completion of this subject a student will have the knowledge required to design, install, and maintain a basic telecommunications infrastructure. The subject draws on Australian Standards AS/ACIF S009:2008 and AS/ACIF S009:2008 for mandatory and recommended installation practices relating to telecommunications cabling. Whilst this subject is primarily concerned with telecommunications cable it also impacts on many other Extra Low Voltage (ELV) cabling systems, therefore the content aims to encompass as many different types of cabling systems as possible. Topics include:
• Australian Regulatory Environment
• Evaluate Site for Installation Requirements
• Telecommunications Overview
• Network Boundaries
• Installation Standards and Conditions
• Distribution Frames
• Indoor Cabling — Rules and Regulations
• Outdoor Surface and underground Cable Installations — Rules and Regulations
• Aerial Cabling — Rules and Regulations
• Earthing practises
Duration: 6 Weeks Hours:120

Project Management
Technical and engineering professionals, whether in corporate IT departments or telecommunications service providers, increasingly operate outside traditional boundaries defined by technical skills. Successful project managers must grasp enterprise-wide business issues, consult effectively with users in a variety of functions, and work effectively in cross-functional project teams. This subject is a practical guide to successful project management. The subject deals with the key issues of project management and presents different solutions. Topics include:
• Role of the Project Manager
• Scoping
• Planning
• Estimation
• Scheduling
• Project Environment
• Resource Management
• Communication
• Risk Management
• Project Control
• Project Closure
Duration: 3 Weeks Hours: 12

Network Implementation Design Project
This design project provides students with the opportunity to integrate and coordinate their knowledge and skills within a substantial practical project. Students will have the opportunity to utilise the skills gained in the preceding subjects to produce tangible outputs. Students are required to design and plan for the implementation of a core network infrastructure that meets client business requirements. Students must demonstrate a high standard of documentation and adequate treatment of all the relevant issues.
Duration: 6 Weeks Hours: 60

MCITP Certification Training
This subject includes the Microsoft official courses covering the objectives of the Microsoft Certified Information Technology Professional ( MCITP) certification exams. These include :
• Installing and Configuring Windows 7 Client
• Configuring and Troubleshooting Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Domain Services
• Configuring and Troubleshooting Identity and Access Solutions with Windows Server 2008 Active Directory
• Configuring and Troubleshooting a Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure
• Planning for Windows Server 2008 Servers

On completion of this subject students should be able to:
• Perform a clean installation of Windows 7, upgrade to Windows 7, and migrate user-related data and settings from an earlier version of Windows.
• Configure disks, partitions, volumes, and device drivers to enable a Windows 7 client computer.
• Configure wired and wireless network connectivity on a Windows 7 client computer.
• Secure, Optimize and maintain the performance and reliability of a Windows 7 client computer.
• Configure mobile computing and remote access settings.
• Perform secure and efficient administration of Active Directory.
• Manage users, groups, computer, and service accounts.
• Manage User Desktops, enterprise security and configuration by using Group Policy settings.
• Administer AD DS domain controllers.
• Manage sites and Active Directory Replication.
• Monitor, maintain and back up directory Service to ensure Directory Service continuity.
• Manage multiple domains and forests.
• Deploy, configure, and troubleshoot Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS).
• Deploy, configure, and troubleshoot Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS), Federation Services 2.0 (AD FS 2.0), and Rights Management Services (AD RMS).
• Implement DHCP and DNS within their organization.
• Configure and troubleshoot Routing and Remote Access.
• Install, configure, and troubleshoot the Network Policy Server Role service.
• Implement security features within Windows Server 2008 that help to secure network communications.
• Enable and configure services to optimize branch office data access.
• Control and monitor network storage and services.
• Plan for both Windows Server 2008 installation and upgrade from a previous version of Windows Server to Windows Server 2008.
• Plan and implement network connectivity in Windows Server 2008 by using IPv4-related technologies and plan a migration strategy to IPv6.
• Plan the configuration of different applications services in Windows Server 2008.
• Create a plan for file and print services to meet an organization’s printing, file storage, and access needs.
• Create a plan to secure the Windows Server 2008 environment.
• Create local and remote administration strategies for administering a Windows Server 2008 environment.
• Create a monitoring plan for the Windows Server 2008 environment.
• Create a plan that will help mitigate the effects of various disaster scenarios on the IT infrastructure.
• Create a plan for using virtualization in a Windows Server 2008 environment
Duration: 12 Weeks Hours:168

MCITP Network Management Project
This is the capstone project for the first year. The project provides students with the opportunity to integrate and coordinate their knowledge and skills within a substantial practical project. Students will have the opportunity to utilise the skills gained in the preceding subjects to produce tangible outputs. Students are required to design, plan and implement an enterprise network infrastructure that meets client business requirements. Students must demonstrate a high standard of technical ability, planning, and documentation skills.
Duration: 6 Weeks Hours:72

SUBJECT DESCRIPTIONS - SECOND YEAR

Juniper Networks JNCIS – ENT – SEC Certification Training
This subject includes the Juniper Networks official courses covering the objectives of the JNCIS Enterprise and Security certification exams. These are; Junos Enterprise Switching, Junos Security, Junos Unified Threat Management. Topics include:
• Layer 2 Switching
• Virtual Networks
• Spanning Tree
• Port Security
• Device Security and Firewall Filters
• High Availability
• Zones • Security Policies
• Firewall User Authentication
• SCREEN Options
• Network Address Translation
• IPsec VPNs
• Introduction to Intrusion Detection and Prevention
• High Availability Clustering
• UTM Overview • Antispam
• Full File-Based Antivirus and Express Antivirus
• Content Filtering and Web Filtering
Duration: 6 Weeks Hours: 90

Telecommunications Infrastructure Design & Provisioning
This subject provides the central theme for the second year. It is delivered over 4 terms and makes up 42% of the second year. Students should learn to design and plan for the provisioning of a telecommunications optical network infrastructure that meets client business requirements. On completion of the subject students should be able to:
• Analyse business requirements for telecommunications infrastructure
• Envisage telecommunications solutions
• Produce high level solutions architecture design drawings
• Produce high level solutions architecture design briefs
• Develop project plans for the deployment of telecommunications infrastructure & facilities • Plan for an optical system upgrade and cut over
• Integrate sustainability requirements
• Develop a detailed design brief for the provisioning of telecommunications equipment & facilities
• Prepare drawings for telecommunications project managers and installers
Duration: 18 Weeks Hours: 270

Junos MPLS and VPNs
This subject provides students with MPLS-based virtual private network (VPN) knowledge and configuration examples. The course includes an overview of MPLS concepts such as control and forwarding plane, RSVP Traffic Engineering, LDP, Layer 3 VPNs, next-generation multicast virtual private networks (MVPNs), BGP Layer 2 VPNs, LDP Layer 2 Circuits, and virtual private LAN service (VPLS). This subject also covers Junos operating system-specific implementations of Layer 2 control instances and active interface for VPLS. Topics include:
• MPLS Fundamentals
• Label Distribution Protocols
• Constrained Shortest Path First
• Traffic Protection and Optimization
• Miscellaneous MPLS Features
• VPN Review
• Layer 3 VPNs
• Basic Layer 3VPN Configuration
• Troubleshooting Layer 3 VPNs
• Layer 3 VPNs—Advanced Topics
• Multicast VPNs
• BGP Layer 2 VPNs
• Layer 2 VPN Scaling and CoS
• LDP Layer 2 Circuits
• Virtual Private LAN Services
• VPLS Configuration
• Interprovider VPNs
Duration: 6 Weeks Hours: 90

Gigabit-capable Passive Optical Networks (G-PON)
This subject covers the fundamentals of optical fibers and GPON networks. Topics include:
• Evolution of G-PON Technology and Standards
• G-PON Operation
• ONU Types
• Network Considerations
• OLT Variations and Reach Extenders
• ONU Powering
• Optical Fiber
• Connectors and Splices
• WDM Devices and Optical Filters
• Passive Optical Splitters
• Power Budget
• Coexistence
• Optical Transmitters & Receivers
• G-PON Transceiver Modules
• Optical Amplifiers
• Reach Extension
• Management Toolkit
• Equipment Management
• Reach Extender Management
• PON Maintenance
• Obsolete Fragments of Information Model
• Basic Ethernet Service Management
• Multicast
• Quality of Service
• IP Services
• POTS
• Pseudowires
• Digital Subscriber Line UNIs
• RF Video
• Ethernet PON, EPON
• Wireless Broadband
• Ethernet, Point to Point
• WDM PON
• Access Migration
Duration: 6 Weeks Hours: 90

VoIP
VoIP is one of the fastest growing segments of the Information Technology and Telecommunications industry and is predicted to be a key driver in the expansion of business network infrastructure and network services. Information Technology professionals with an understanding of how to implement VoIP solutions are highly in demand and well placed for an exciting and rewarding career in this dynamic sector. This subject will cover the installation and configuration of an open source converged telecommunications platform, designed to allow different types of IP telephony hardware, middleware, and software to interface with each other consistently. Students will gain hands on experience on VoIP technology that provides multiple layers, managing both TDM and packet voice at lower layers while offering a highly flexible platform for PBX and telephony applications and at the same time can provide a full-featured server platform for predictive dialling, custom IVR, remote and central office PBX, and video conferencing.
Duration: 6 Weeks Hours: 90

Telecommunications Infrastructure Design & Provisioning Project
This design project provides students with the opportunity to integrate and coordinate their knowledge and skills within a substantial practical project. Students will have the opportunity to utilise the skills gained in the preceding subjects to produce tangible outputs. Students are required to design and plan for the provisioning of a telecommunications optical network infrastructure that meets client business requirements. Students must demonstrate a high standard of documentation and adequate treatment of all the relevant issues.
Duration: 6 Weeks Hours: 180

Cloud and Datacentre Virtualisation
This subject covers the key functions and components of VMware vCloud Director and vSphere including the overall architecture, installation, vCenter and virtual machine management, networking, and Storage. Topics include:
• VMware vSphere architecture and installation
• VMware vNetwork configuring Virtual Switches
• VMware vStorage
• VMware vCenter Server
• Creating and working with Virtual Machines

After completing this subject, students should:
• Know the prerequisites for a VCD 1.0 installation (hardware and co-requisite software)
• Be able to perform initial setup of VCD in a Red Hat Linux virtual machine
• Know how to install and configure vShield Manager
• Understand critical VCD concepts: cell, organization, virtual datacenter, provider networks, organization networks, vApps, vApp networks, catalog
• Understand the services that vShield Edge provides to VCD
• Create an external network
• Create a network pool of virtual-machine networks
• Create an organization and allocate resources and networks to it
• Build a vApp within the organization
• Integrate the vApp into the catalog
• Understand the relationship of VCD to Chargeback Manager 1.5
Duration: 6 Weeks Hours: 90

Enterprise Network Design & Implementation Project
This is the capstone project for the second year. The project provides students with the opportunity to integrate and coordinate their knowledge and skills within a substantial practical project. Students will have the opportunity to utilise the skills gained in the preceding subjects to produce tangible outputs. Students are required to design, plan and implement a complex enterprise network infrastructure that meets client business requirements. Students must demonstrate a high standard of technical ability, planning, and documentation skills.
Duration: 6 Weeks Hours: 180

Disclaimer: Offer of course Subjects is subject to student number viability. Information in course summaries is subject to change prior to commencement of course Subjects. This document, together with the pre-enrolment information and course Subject outlines form the full and complete description of this course.

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