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Healthcare Systems Specialist

The communication and life-safety systems every hospital and care home depends on: nurse call, telephony, and fire alarm, on a standards-compliant cabling plant.

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  1. 1
    Electrical Safety & Working at Height

    The safety foundation every ELV technician needs before going on site: electrical hazards and safe isolation, batteries and stored energy, ladders, towers and MEWPs, permits, PPE, and common site hazards such as asbestos and laser light.

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    Structured Cabling Standards

    Design, install, test, and document a structured cabling system that meets ANSI/TIA-568 and ISO/IEC 11801. Covers topology, copper categories, fibre types, pathways and spaces, installation practice, labelling, earthing, and certification testing.

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    Nurse Call Systems

    Design, install, integrate, and maintain nurse call systems for hospitals, care homes, and clinics. Covers call types and priorities, room equipment, wired and IP architectures, integration with telephony and mobile devices, applicable standards, and testing.

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    PBX & VoIP Telephony Systems

    Install, configure, and support business telephone systems: PBX architectures, extensions and call routing, SIP and RTP, trunks, codecs, QoS for voice, emergency calling, and structured voice troubleshooting.

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    Fire Detection & Alarm Systems (FDA)

    Understand, design, install, commission, and maintain fire detection and alarm systems. Covers detection principles, conventional and addressable panels, system categories and zoning, circuit classes and cabling, battery calculations, cause-and-effect, and inspection and testing to NFPA 72, BS 5839-1, and EN 54.