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On March 5, 2003 an Executive Committee
meeting was held to discuss the endorsement portion of the
telecommunications certification program.
The committee members recognized that participation by the
telecommunications members, as documented by an iNARTE HQ
staff study, was insignificant and had not seen any appreciable
activity since 1995. The group discussed various approaches to
recognition of special skills beyond the basic certificate. However,
the major difficulty with the various approaches is that not
enough participants exist. iNARTE cannot recover the expense of
test development and maintenance.
The Executive Committee directed that the endorsement
program be revamped, and suspended accepting any new applications.
Endorsements previously awarded will remain in effect.
The suspension of the program was announced on the iNARTE website and in the iNARTE News, Volume 21, No 2 see Headquarter Highlights, NN Vol. 21 No. 2
The list below details the iNARTE endorsements previously offered:
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10.0 ADMINISTRATIVE/REGULATORY
Covers FAA, FCC, PUC, tariffs, licensing, filings, expert testimony, etc. 24 months experience;
2 references; Committee evaluation.
11.0 TELEPHONY TECHNOLOGY
11.1 CABLE TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
Covers systems relating to cable-based distribution systems where the physical media is cabling,
regardless of the type/technology or installation (above ground or buried). 12 months experience;
1 reference; Committee evaluation.
11.2 CIRCUIT DESIGN
Covers the design, installation and maintenance of all special service circuits and trunks.
6 months experience; 1 reference; Committee evaluation.
11.3 TEST/OPERATIONS
Covers test centers, test boards, test and maintenance centers, etc. associated with telephony
technology. 12 months experience; 1 reference; Committee evaluation.
12.0 SIGNALING
12.1 COMMON CHANNEL SIGNALING
Covers channel signaling references, characteristics, and requirements for design and implementations including CCS6, CCIS and SS7. 6 months experience; 1 reference; Committee evaluation.
13.1 COMPUTER-COMPUTER
Covers the interference properties for both serial and parallel data communications between computers and impacts of traffic, data, and clock speeds to co-located equipments and grounding/earthing facilities. 6 months experience; 1 reference; Committee evaluation.
14.0 NETWORK MANAGEMENT
14.1 CONTROL SYSTEMS
Covers control systems for redundancy, load distribution, and performance monitoring for networks of systems and networks of components, both attended and unattended/remote operation. 6 months experience; 1 reference; Committee evaluation.
14.2 MONITORING SYSTEMS
Covers systems, whether stand-alone or embedded, used to collect statistics with sensors, and also systems that monitor or log usage. 6 months experience; 1 reference; Committee evaluation.
15.0 EDUCATION
Covers the formal instruction of Non-RF telecommunications subjects and/or associated development. 12 months experience; 1 reference; Committee evaluation.
16.0 ENCRYPTION, VOICE AND DATA
Covers public, private, and government systems including Autovon, Autodin, Sage, FTS2000, and military systems to provide security over voice and data, both wide-band and narrow-band, and networked or point-to-point; includes the devices and key systems and distribution, planning, engineering, installation, and maintenance; is only the physical element of "scrambling" in comprehensive security systems design (See Endorsement 25.3). 6 months experience; 1 reference; Committee evaluation.
17.0 EQUIPMENT APPRAISER
Available to E-1 or T-1 with Master Endorsements in RF and Non-RF (Endorsement 90.1 and 90.2, respectively) and requires documentation of 5 years experience in the purchasing and marketing of telecommunications equipment in a business environment, as a pre-requisite. 1 reference; Committee evaluation.
18.0 PHOTONIC SYSTEMS AND DEVICES
18.1 SPLICING/CONNECTORIZATION
Applies to all repair activity for fiber optic cabling and connectorization. Requires special schooling, use of appropriate tools, and job experience skills as a pre-requisite. 6 months experience; 1 reference; Committee evaluation.
18.2 LIGHTWAVE/FIBER OPTIC SYSTEMS
covers all aspects of the lightguide/fiber optic systems including design, characterizations, engineering, or installation, and testing of the actual fiber optic cable, including repeaters and the terminal equipment to interface with multiplex, switches, or next higher level of network component. 12 months experience; 1 reference; Committee evaluation.
18.3 BROADBAND SYSTEMS
Covers multiple aspects of system technologies exemplified by SONET, ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode), and similar. 6 months experience; 1 reference; Committee evaluation.
19.0 NETWORKS
19.1 LOCAL AREA NETWORK
Covers multiple aspects of LANs including base-band and broadband techniques, interfaces, wiring rules, use of in-place cabling, advanced PBX systems, dedicated/shared/switched channel techniques, topologies, standards and recommendations, protocol analyzers, timing, and contention. 12 months experience; 1 reference; Committee evaluation.
19.2 WIDE AREA/ENTERPRISE NETWORKS
Covers the similar topics to Endorsement 19.1 LANs, but in a geographically dispersed application where other components such as network switching or link technology such as microwave or satellite-based distribution in trunks introduce other disciplines (such as timing or protocols and network management) because of changes in attributes of performance. Element includes both "open" architectures and proprietary systems at hubs, routers, and media interface units. 12 months experience; 1 reference; Committee evaluation.
19.3 COMPONENTS & INTERFACES
Covers components such as patch systems (active or passive, automated or manual) bridges, routers, PADS (Packet assembler and dissemblers) in the physical/electronic interface between networks and between networks and other media. 6 months experience; 1 reference; Committee evaluation.
19.4 MULTIPLEX SYSTEMS
Covers system/terminal implementations for digital and analog, including FDM, TDM, TDMA, and concentrators; also covers T-rates and European D-rates, extended and fractional system; wire-based systems (both aerial and buried), front-ending networks or trunks (including radio or applications in exchange, toll or pair gain service); and associated planning, engineering or installation and maintenance. 6 months experience; 1 reference; Committee evaluation.
20.0 POWER SYSTEMS
Covers all AC and/or DC power plants including local generating and storage devices and the associated control and monitoring equipment including start, run, shut-down, and timing. 6 months experience; 1 reference; Committee evaluation.
21.0 STATION EQUIPMENT
Covers core systems, PBX equipment and associated peripheral equipment, telephone sets (voice and multi-function), data sets, FAX, and other customer premises equipment; also includes the associated planning, installation and maintenance. 6 months experience; 1 reference; iNARTE examination.
22.0 SWITCHING SYSTEMS
22.1 ANALOG SWITCHES
Covers pre-1990s (generally) technology switches formed from discrete and passive-type components to form matrix switches, including devices such as cross-bar switches, reed relays, patch-based PBX, etc; also includes planning, engineering, installation, and maintenance. 6 months experience; 1 reference; Committee evaluation.
22.2 DIGITAL CIRCUIT SWITCHES
Covers matrix switches that provide connectivity for data and voice routing in a network; also includes
signaling as derived from instruments, voltage systems needed, in-band and out-of-band
signaling systems, redundancy issues, circuit isolation, interfaces for subscribers and network management, standards and recommendations, protocol analyzers, and grades of service. 6 months experience; 1 reference; Committee evaluation.
22.3 MESSAGE/STORE & FORWARD SWITCHES
Covers data-type switches that direct message traffic, whether free-form/service or formatted type, in a network; also includes
signaling, blocking, buffering, backup implementations, isolation/separation mitigation, network services, subscriber and network control interfaces, precedence, and priority implementation. Element also includes X.400 message transfer services. 6 months experience; 1 reference; Committee evaluation.
22.5 BROADBAND ISDN
Similar to 22.2 and 22.3 to include common signaling as isolation. With additional emphasis on multi-technology (i.e., optical and metallic conductor) integration, multi-vendor limitations/requirements, network support requirements, etc; also covers systems such as STM, ATM, Hybrid, and other cell-switching technology, simultaneously handling voice, data, image, and video at multi-megabyte per second speeds. 6 months experience; 1 reference; Committee evaluation.
22.6 PACKET SWITCHES
Covers both stand-alone systems and implementations such as in message switches; also covers network and subscriber requirements, performance, standards and recommendations, and interfaces. 6 months experience; 1 reference; Committee evaluation.
22.7 PROTOCOL AND STANDARDS
Covers both U.S. and international topics in standards, recommendation, testing, certification, and performance of systems. 12 months experience; 1 reference; Committee evaluation.
23.0 INSTALLATION AND SERVICES
23.1 TELEPHONE INSIDE PLANT
Covers distributing frames, cabling, cable racks, alarms, switchboards, patching facilities, and non-carrier related equipment, floor space planning, facility planning, safety issues, power issues appropriate to the facility, remote status and control, and distributive frame planning. 6 months experience; 1 reference; Committee evaluation.
23.2 TELEPHONE LOCAL OUTSIDE PLANT
Covers loaded and unloaded exchange cable, pair gain, splicing and placing, local drop, house and building cable; also includes planning, engineering, installation and maintenance. 6 months experience; 1 reference; Committee evaluation.
23.3 TELEPHONE TOLL OUTSIDE PLANT
Covers loaded and unloaded twisted pair cable, coaxial cable, and fiber optic cable whether aerial or buried, associated repeaters, open wire transposition, splicing (except
fiber optic covered in Endorsement 18.2), placing, planning, engineering and maintenance. 6 months experience; 1 reference; Committee evaluation.
23.4 DIGITAL SW PLANNING, IMPLEMENTATION, TESTING, AND STARTUP
Covers the new and up-grade installation of switches including cut-over from one system to another. 6 months experience; 1 reference; Committee evaluation.
24.0 TEST EQUIPMENT CALIBRATION
Covers calibration of radio and telecommunications equipment used for test, fault locating, and performance degradation in accordance with manufacturer's specification; calibration to be performed in accordance with appropriate schedules, accuracy, and with/to traceable standards. 6 months experience; 1 reference; Committee evaluation.
25.0 SPECIALTY ENGINEERING
25.1 TRAFFIC ANALYSIS/NETWORK ANALYSIS
Covers the development of data that impacts the system or node designs, component selection, demonstrable requirements, network sensitivities, margins of performance including blocking, buffering/storage requirements, models of performance for network components including nodes, terminals, and trunks, and surveys of tools for such studies. 6 months experience; 1 reference; Committee evaluation.
26.0 WIRE TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
Covers the design, engineering, characterization, and implementation of open wire lines for media carrier applications including the maintenance of physical circuits. 6 months experience; 1 reference; Committee evaluation.
27.0 CLOSED CIRCUIT SYSTEMS
Covers the design, engineering, characterization, and implementation of video and television media applications including maintenance aspects of physical interconnections. 6 months experience; 1 reference; Committee evaluation.
28.0 RESERVED
29.0 SPECIAL/ON-REQUEST AND NEED
Requires a letter/petition to iNARTE giving the detailed function and proposed title of area of certification, rationale/basis of need (including differences to an endorsement now in place), any reference data, and subjected points of contact. iNARTE Board of Directors approval is required.
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40.0 ADMINISTRATIVE/REGULATORY
Covers FAA, FCC, PUC, tariffs, licensing, filings, expert testimony, etc. relating to RF. 24 months experience; 1 reference; Committee evaluation.
41.0 AERONAUTICAL/MARINE
Covers all aeronautical/marine RF applications falling under international treaty rules. 12 months experience; 1 reference; FCC Elements 1 & 3.
42.0 BROADCAST
42.1 AM (AMPLITUDE MODULATION)
Covers commercial and educational broadcast stations operating in the 550 - 1600 KHz band; includes planning, engineering, and/or installation and maintenance. 6 months experience; 1 reference; iNARTE examination.
42.2 FM (FREQUENCY MODULATION)
Covers commercial and educational broadcast stations operating in the 88 - 108 MHz band; includes planning, engineering, and/or installation and maintenance. 6 months experience; 1 reference; Committee evaluation.
42.3 TV (TELEVISION)
Covers commercial and educational TV broadcast stations excluding cable TV; includes planning, engineering, and/or installation and maintenance. 6 months experience; 1 reference; Committee evaluation.
43.0 CELLULAR SYSTEMS
43.1 COMMERCIAL
Covers cellular radio systems primarily intended for mobile application including planning, engineering and/or installation and maintenance. 6 months experience; 1 reference; Committee evaluation.
43.2 NATIONWIDE CELLULAR
Covers networks of 2-way data over cellular and typically for an enterprise application (such as the UPS 1993 system) where cells are linked cross country; also includes virtual private networks where the systems are of new FCC spectrum for the cellular ("market area") approaches/technology. 12 months experience; 1 reference; Committee evaluation.
44.0 PCS/PCN (PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES/NETWORK)
Covers low power wireless LANs, wireless connections between LANs (PCNs); covers portable equipment, base stations, and radio exchange units whether integrated or as stand-alone functions. Endorsement includes licensure activities, planning, engineering, installation, and maintenance. Operation at this time is typically around 18 GHz carrier and data rates less than 10 Mbps. 12 months experience; 1 reference; Committee evaluation.
45.0 FREQUENCY COORDINATION
Available for Class I and II Engineer only. Covers analysis, planning, and recommendation of RF operating frequencies. Also covers activities associated with management systems to monitor and control spectrum use. 12 months experience; 1 reference; Committee evaluation.
46.0 CONTROL SYSTEMS (Including SCADA)
Covers remote control systems such as SCADA, remote alarm systems, and associated equipment including planning, engineering and/or installation and maintenance. 6 months experience; 1 reference; Committee evaluation.
47.0 EDUCATION
Covers the formal instruction of RF telecommunication subjects and/or associated development. 12 months experience; 1 reference; Committee evaluation.
48.0 INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC FIXED
Covers LF, MF and HF broadcast radio intended for reception by residents of a foreign country; includes planning, engineering and/or installation and maintenance. 6 months experience; 1 reference; FCC Element 3 examination.
50.0 POWER LINE CARRIER
Covers LF, MF and HF transmission using power line phase or static wires; includes planning, engineering and/or installation, and maintenance. 6 months experience; 1 reference; Committee evaluation.
51.0 RADAR SYSTEMS
Covers terrestrial, shipboard and airborne radar including planning, engineering and/or installation and maintenance. 12 months experience; 1 reference; iNARTE examination.
52.0 AIRBORNE & SPACEBORNE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
Covers the class of data, image, video and voice communication between two or more moving platforms with typically directional transmission; includes consideration of power control, frequency management, acquisition and attendant concerns of spectrum usage. 12 months experience; 1 reference; Committee evaluation.
53.0 AIR/GROUND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
Covers systems that transfer voice, data, image, and video where one terminal is on the ground; Endorsement includes disciplines of acquisition, interference compatibility/control, data error control technology, etc. VSAT terminals are part of this endorsement. 12 months experience; 1 reference; Committee evaluation.
54.0 RECEIVING TERMINALS/SYSTEMS
54.1 WIDEBAND AND NARROWBAND SYSTEMS
Covers RF and base-band terminals that receive only or have only minimal/simple return links for acknowledge purposes (low -power). Includes planning, engineering, installation, maintenance, and interface control systems. 6 months experience; 1 reference; Committee evaluation.
54.2 TRANSPONDERS
Covers the class of terminals such as in vehicles whose geographical location is monitored remotely; i.e., vehicle or carrier (trains, trucks, etc.) operation where a human has no physical intervention/control over interrogation and transmit functions; includes planning, installation, check-out, and maintenance. 6 months experience; 1 reference; Committee evaluation.
55.0 GROUND-TO-GROUND DISTRIBUTION
55.1 LAND MOBILE
Covers two-way mobile radio systems including rural radio systems except for cellular systems; includes planning, engineering and/or installation and maintenance. 6 months experience; 1 reference; iNARTE examination.
55.2 MICROWAVE SYSTEMS
Covers line-of-sight systems operating below 18 GHz; includes planning, engineering and/or installation and maintenance. 12 months experience; 1 reference; iNARTE examination.
55.3 SCATTER SYSTEMS
Covers high power RF systems using spherical aberration techniques to reflect the RF signal back to Earth; includes planning, engineering and/or installation and maintenance. 12 months experience; 1 reference; Committee evaluation.
55.4 MILLIMETER WAVE SYSTEMS
Covers line-of-sight systems operating above 18 GHz; includes planning, engineering and/or installation and maintenance. 12 months experience; 1 reference; Committee evaluation.
56.0 SPECIALTY ENGINEERING
56.1 ANTENNA SYSTEMS
Covers omni-directional and directional antenna systems and associated equipment for RF transmission; includes planning, engineering and/or installation and maintenance. 6 months experience; 1 reference; iNARTE examination.
56.2 INTERFERENCE (ANALYSIS AND SUPPRESSION)
Covers analysis of real or potential RF interference and recommendations for suppression/mitigation. 12 months experience; 1 reference; Committee evaluation.
57.0 COHERENT LIGHT SYSTEMS
57.1 LASER SYSTEMS
Covers the technology of communication with laser systems; includes planning, engineering and/or installation, maintenance, and safety. 12 months experience; 1 reference; Committee evaluation.
58.0 SPECIAL FIELD TEST
Covers all RF special field test applications falling under international treaty rules. 6 months experience; 1 reference; Committee evaluation.
59.0 VLF THROUGH EHF RADIO (SPECIALIZED NON-BROADCAST)
Covers terrestrial, shipboard, and airborne transmitters in commercial, military or other government agency service except broadcast and amateur services; includes planning, engineering, installation, and maintenance of such techniques as VLF phase-stable submarine communications systems, LORAN, HF long-haul point-to-point communication systems, and other transmission modes not covered in any other RF Subcategory. 12 months experience; 1 reference; Committee evaluation.
60.0 FCC PART 13 EXAMINATIONS
60.1 FIRST CLASS RADIOTELEGRAPH
FCC License, 1 reference.
60.2 SECOND CLASS RADIOTELEGRAPH
FCC License, 1 reference.
60.3 THIRD CLASS RADIOTELEGRAPH
FCC License, 1 reference.
60.4 GENERAL RADIO TELEPHONE
FCC License, 1 reference.
60.5 MARINE RADIO OPERATOR
FCC License, 1 reference.
60.6 GLOBAL MARITIME DISTRESS AND SAFETY SYSTEMS (GMDSS)
(Operator and/or Maintainer) FCC License, 1 reference.
60.7 SHIP RADAR
FCC License, 1 reference.
69.0 SPECIAL/ON-REQUEST AND NEED
Requires a letter/petition to iNARTE giving the detailed function and proposed title of area of certification, rationale/basis of need (including differences to an endorsement now in place), any reference data, and subjected points of contact. iNARTE Board of Directors approval is required.
70.0 AVIONICS
70.1 AVIONICS
Covers test and maintenance of avionics for military and civil aircraft to include equipment such as ARINC buses, 1773 Bus, ILS, AD/DA, Compasses, Gyroscopes, Power systems, Audio/Video, EMI/RFI, Radar, ARINC 429 &629 data buses, Mil/DoD 1553 A/B &1773 data buses and global positioning systems. Requires evidence of 60 months experience: one (1) supervisory reference supporting competency and character; passing (75%) the avionics examination and favorable Board evaluation. iNARTE examination.
70.2 AVIATION GROUND ELECTRONICS
Covers test and maintenance of avionic equipment and facilities to include DME, TACAN, VOR, LORAN, Weather radar, Ceilometers, Transmisometers, IEEE 802.X data buses, facsimile equipment, modems, codecs and multiplexers. Requires evidence of 60 months experience; one (1) supervisory recommendation supporting competency and character; passing (75%) the Ground Electronics examination and favorable iNARTE Board evaluation. iNARTE examination.
80.0 SATELLITE EARTH TERMINAL OPERATOR
Covers the range of requirements established by satellite owners, operators, both of single satellites and of constellation, in all forms of orbits including polar, inclined orbit, elliptical, or geosynchronous, to assure that the operator has the appropriate knowledge of agreements for national, global, and other information infrastructure utilizing satellites. The category is primarily over regulations and not tied to specific integrations of industry. 12 months experience; 2 references; Committee evaluation. Formal training may constitute a portion of the twelve (12) month experience required.
90.0 MASTER ENDORSEMENTS
90.1 MASTER ENDORSEMENT (Non RF)
Indicates applicant has broad range of experience and is capable of performing in a broad spectrum of telecommunications industry and with demonstrated expertise. Proof of proficiency in at least one Endorsement (XX.n) from each of no less than six major groups (XX) is required.
90.2 MASTER ENDORSEMENT (RF)
Indicates applicant has broad range of experience and is capable of performing in a broad spectrum of telecommunications industry and with demonstrated expertise. Proof of proficiency in at least one Endorsement (XX.n) from each of no less than six major groups (XX) (except for group 60, which requires specific FCC testing) is required.
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ENDORSEMENT REQUIREMENTS
For each endorsement requested, the candidate must:
- Meet the education, training required as specified by the endorsement.
- Pass the appropriate examination or, by credential evaluation, be approved by the iNARTE Certification Review Committee.
- Document the required months/years of experience with current resume or iNARTE resume equivalent form.
- Each endorsement requested must be supported by a minimum of 1 supervisory reference. Additional
references as specified, may be by peers or other supervisors familiar with the applicant's ability in the endorsement area.
- Compose 5 originally developed multiple choice questions relative to the endorsement area with 3 distractors and 1
correct answer and provide corroborating references.
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5 QUESTIONS
One of the requirements for endorsements is the submission of 5 original multiple choice questions relating to the specific
endorsement area. Each individual endorsement requires the submission of 5 multiple choice
questions.
These questions serve two purposes: primarily they are to give the iNARTE Certification
Review Committee a better understanding of the expertise of the candidate; and second,
questions are screened to enhance the examination data base.
The questions should be in the following on disk or by email in MSWord format:
a. Questions should be multiple choice with a minimum of four (maximum of five) possible answers.
b. Identify the correct answer.
c. Should the answer involve mathematical computations, provide details and the solution sequence.
d. Estimate of the time required to answer the question.
e. Identify the reference source(s) used to develop and corroborate the answer.
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