This ½-day program provides detailed training on the Clearview® Cassettes and xPAKs — the heart of our scalable product architecture — and our FieldShield® fiber delivery and protection system for bringing fiber to environments previously not viable.

Clearview Cassette
Course Overview
The Clearview® Blue Cassette and xPAK are the central building blocks of every component in the FieldSmart® product portfolio. Clearview Black incorporates the same flexibility and scalability of Clearview Blue in a 50% smaller footprint.
In this section, we will spend a significant amount of time to teach and explain the benefits of Clearfield’s modular and scalable design philosophy built around the craft-friendly Clearview Cassette to help you better understand why we do what we do.
Objectives
- Assemble and configure the six components of a Clearview Cassette
- Splice loose tube and ribbon fiber into the Clearview Cassettes and xPAKs following Clearfield’s Best Practice Procedures
- Be able to reroute fiber to switch cable exit “Redirect S”
- Utilize the 144 Ribbon Breakout Kit and High Fiber Ribbon Breakout Box
Hands-On Training
- Clearview Blue Cassette Construction
- Clearview xPAK Assembly
- High Fiber Ribbon Breakout Kit and Box
Video Demonstrations
- Splicing in the Clearview Cassettes
- Clearview Blue
- Clearview xPAK
- CraftSmart Splice-On Connector
FieldShield Pushable Fiber & Microduct Training
Course Overview
The FieldShield® Optical Fiber Protection System is a turn-key package to take fiber through the fields and streets to the home or business, up the tower to the antenna or throughout the riser to the data center or desk.
The FieldShield training course is designed to teach and explain the different types of microducts offered by Clearfield, as well as their applications, placement methods, and installation best practices.
Training concludes with hands-on instruction, demonstrating how to install fiber through a direct buried microduct using push, pull, and push-pull combination techniques.
Objectives
- Explain the benefits of using FieldShield Optical Fiber Protection to reduce installation costs and improve long term network reliability
- Understand the three components of the Optical Fiber Protection System
- Microducts
- Pushable fiber
- Terminals
- Know the best practices for each microduct placement method using the proper associated accessories
- Be able to field terminate the SC, Dual LC and MPO Pushable Connectors
- Maintain tone wire signal integrity when joining two direct buried toneable microducts
Hands-On Training
- FieldShield D-ROP Installation
- Direct Buried Toneable Microduct Field Repair
- Aerial Microduct Dead-End Attachment and Flat Drop
- Direct Buried Microduct Pushable Fiber Installation
- SC Pushable Connector Outer Housing Assembly
- Dual LC Pushable Connector Outer Housing Assembly
- MPO Pushable Connector Outer Housing Assembly
- Associated Accessories Best Practices
Video Demonstrations
- FieldShield Pushable Fiber and Microduct Test Access Point (TAP) Box Installation
- FieldShield StrongFiber Deploy with TAP Box
What is Covered in This Course
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