From new hire to field ready.
In about two weeks, FieldReady Fiber takes new technicians with no fiber experience and gets them ready for the field, with online coursework and a 3-day hands-on bootcamp at your facility, on your equipment.
BEAD is funding fiber faster than crews can be trained.
Illinois and Indiana are putting nearly $1.4 billion in federal BEAD funding into new broadband networks, most of it fiber. Every one of those builds needs splicers, installers and testers who can do the work right on day one.
Sources: Illinois Office of Broadband award data; Indiana Broadband Office, September 2026.
Two parts, one goal: a tech you can send to the field.
Online coursework
Eight self-paced modules cover safety, fiber basics, cable types, PON architecture, connectors, splicing, testing and installation. Trainees pass each module quiz at 80% before moving on.
Hands-on bootcamp
Three days at your facility, about 80% hands-on: cable prep and connectors, fusion splicing and closures, then OTDR testing and a full mock FTTH drop.
Field ready
Every trainee completes a practical skills assessment. You get a skills report for each new hire, and they leave prepared for the FOA CFOT certification exam.
Train each new hire for the job they’ll actually do.
Both tracks share the same core: safety, how fiber works, cable types and network architecture. Then each one goes deep on its own work.
Install and Service Technician
For techs who connect customers and keep them online.
- Drop installation, from terminal to home
- ONTs, routers and in-home Wi-Fi
- Light-level testing and troubleshooting
- Customer service and job-site conduct
- Final skills assessment
Splicing and Outside Plant Technician
For techs who build and repair the network itself.
- Cable prep, cleaving and connectors
- Fusion and ribbon splicing
- Splice closures and tray routing
- OTDR testing and fault finding
- Aerial and underground plant, documentation and as-builts
The core curriculum, from safety to splicing.
Part 1: Online modules
- 1. Safety first3 hr
- 2. How fiber works3 hr
- 3. Fiber and cable types3 hr
- 4. Network architecture (FTTH and PON)3 hr
- 5. Connectors and splicing3 hr
- 6. Testing and troubleshooting4 hr
- 7. Outside plant and installation3 hr
- 8. Customer and job site2 hr
Module colors follow the 12-fiber color code every tech learns in Module 3.
Part 2: Bootcamp, day by day
Cable prep, cleaving, end-face inspection and cleaning, and field-installed connectors, at least 6 per trainee.
20+ fusion splices per trainee under 0.1 dB, ribbon splicing, tray routing and closure prep.
Loss budgets, power meter and VFL, OTDR traces, a full mock drop from terminal to ONT, and the skills assessment.
Your equipment. Your procedures. Your schedule.
Your equipment
Train on the exact splicers, OTDRs, closures and ONTs your crews will use in the field.
Your procedures
We add your safety rules, work order system and documentation standards.
Small groups
Classes of 6 to 12, so every trainee gets real hands-on time.
Add-on modules
Aerial strand and lashing, MDU installs, high-count splicing and PON troubleshooting.
Train-the-trainer
We prepare your senior techs to run the course in-house with licensed materials.
Annual refreshers
A 1-day skills check that keeps your existing crews sharp.
Built by a fiber educator.
I’m Jesse Allen, founder of FieldReady Fiber. As program director of a college broadband and fiber optics program, I built and ran training that turned people with no fiber experience into technicians employers wanted to hire.
FieldReady Fiber brings that same training straight to ISPs, electric co-ops and fiber contractors, so your new hires learn on the equipment they’ll actually use.
Hiring this season? Start with a pilot class.
We’ll train a small group of your new hires at a discounted rate, so you can see the results before you commit to more.
Let’s talk about your next class.
Tell us how many new hires you’re bringing on and when. We’ll follow up to set up a call.
To book a class, send us:
- Your company name and location
- How many new hires you need trained, and for which track
- When you’d like them trained
- The splicers and test equipment your crews use
We’ll follow up to set up a call.
Email us