Lucid Optical Services Ltd

05/05/2023

Lucid is running two public "Advanced Fibre Network Technology" courses 15-18 May and 3-6 July at Lucid Training Centre, Cumbria LA10 5PE.

This is our original advanced fibre course, covering topics such as fibre types, DWDM, Raman and EDFAs, dispersion compensation, optical components, ROADMs and all the rest of the 3-letter abbreviations in fibre optics, and now also includes an Open Awards Level 3 qualification.

The two courses will be taught by John Colton, our technical director and the most experienced trainer in the subject in UK, and probably worldwide. John is usually too busy to run regular public courses, so this is a one-off opportunity for individuals and smaller groups.

Please contact us at [email protected], on 01539621219 for course details, prices and availability.

15/03/2023

We still have places available on our "Advanced OTDR Testing (OA Level 3 Cert)" course 20-22 March. This course gives a formal Level 3 qualification, and will be taught by John Colton, probably the most experienced OTDR trainer in the world. We keep John so busy that he can't run the Adv OTDR that often as a public course, so if you need OTDR training and are available next week, then call us on 01539621219, email [email protected], or send a message for further details and pricing.

01/12/2021

City & Guilds 3667 Fibre Unit 2&3; places available 6- 10 Dec 2021

We have just had a couple of postponements for the 5-day City & Guilds 3667 Combined Unit 1,2,3 Fibre course at Lucid Training Centre in Cumbria next week, so we now have spare places available. This is our last 3667 fibre course before the Christmas holidays, so if you are interested please email [email protected] or call us on 015396 21219 as soon as possible to reserve a place.

22/04/2020

External Verification Comments:

This year we had a new external verifier from the Open Awards. As well as ticking all the right boxes, he included the following comment:

Your overall assessment of the centre.
Lucid Optical Services Limited is a specialist training company offering technical training courses in fibre optics, copper communications system cabling, laser and LED safety. Specialising in photonics has led to the development in advanced optical testing courses, laser safety training
courses, qualifications and software packages, plus advanced photonics technology (theory and practical) training courses. Lucid believe in accrediting the specialist courses that they deliver and in so use a number of awarding organisations Open Awards being one of them. Each course is
delivered by highly skilled and specialist trainers, who teach, monitor and manage the various courses accredited by Open Awards.
Good Practice / Key Strengths.
Highly skilled and experienced trainers and assessors
Robust and to date courses delivered to current industry standards
Sufficiently challenging assessment methods set at the correct level
Thorough IV and AIV system in place
Recommendations for further development.
None

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29/02/2020

We are Recruiting:

We’re recruiting and we don’t do that often! If you’re a skilled and experienced comms cabling installer who would like to pass on those skills, or perhaps already an experienced trainer, then Lucid would like to hear from you. We don’t recruit often because we have an exceptionally low turnover of training staff and most have only left us when they’ve retired. We offer the ability to work from home when not training or needed for a meeting, with a very competitive reward package. To hear more or apply please call us or email your CV to [email protected] We train all over the world, but most of the work is in the UK. A valid driving license is a necessity.

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17/01/2020

18th Edition Update:

City & Guilds have just announced the following regarding their 2382 “18th Edition” qualification:

Amendment one to the 18th Edition Wiring Regulations will shortly be published in 2020 and will be available from both the IET and BSI websites. It will be a free-to-view document and will contain an amended Section 722 of BS 7671. We will accommodate the new amendment in the existing award and on-screen exam.
If learners are downloading the amendment from the IET/BSI website they will be permitted to use it in the relevant exams and assessments.

This may be helpful to anyone who plans to take the 18th Edition, City & Guilds 2382 exam in the near future. We offer this at Lucid as an "exam only" option; for our prices and more information see our 18th edition page:

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18th Edition Update 17 January, 2020 [email protected] Leave a comment City & Guilds have just announced the following regarding their 2382 “18th Edition” qualification: Amendment one to the 18th Edition Wiring Regulations will shortly be published in 2020 and will be available from both the...

20/12/2019

Christmas Greetings:

And a happy New Year from us all at Lucid!
As usual, we are not sending Christmas cards but are donating to charities instead. This year our chosen charities are the North West Air Ambulance, Kirkby Stephen Mountain Rescue Team, and the Garsdale Red Squirrel Group which helps preserve one of the last pockets of red squirrels left in England. We will donate £2.50 to the charity of your choice from the three above, just let us know which you’d prefer.

Christmas Hours
Whilst the office is officially closed from this Friday 21st Dec to Wed 2nd Jan 2019, we will still be maintaining the technical support phone service and monitoring email.
Remember our technical support is free to all of our trainees so if you need help we are there for you.
At times it may take us a little longer to respond to email enquiries. We trust you’ll understand and we wish all of our trainees and business contacts a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year.

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06/10/2019

Advanced Fibre Characterisation Course 21-25 October 2019:

This is Lucid’s original full 5-day advanced fibre testing course, run by John Colton, our technical director who is an acknowledged world expert on the testing of fibre networks, and wrote the first OTDR, CD and PMD courses in the industry over 20 years ago.

The course carries two formal level 3 certificates from a OA, a UK licensed awarding body. The location is Lucid Training Centre in Garsdale, Cumbria LA10 5PE

The course is modular, starting with the “Advanced OTDR Testing” module, followed by the “Advanced PMD and CD Testing” – either module can be taken separately as well if preferred.

We still have a few places available, so please contact us as soon as possible if you are interested – due to Johns other commitments and demands for company courses, we only rarely have the opportunity to run this as a public course.

Advanced Fibre Characterisation graph

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23/07/2019

Advanced OTDR course 29-31 July:

We have just scheduled an additional Advanced OTDR Testing (OA Level 3 Certificate) course for fibre optics engineers on the 29 to 31 July 2019 at Lucid, for a couple of engineers who need the training before the summer holidays. We have a few more places available on this public course so please contact us quickly if you’re interested. If these dates don’t suit you then there will be more opportunities, but with the industry booming we are struggling to fit in as many advanced public courses as we’d like.

Please note, if you are looking for our full “Advanced Fibre Characterisation Engineer” course, then the 3-day Advanced OTDR forms part one of this course. Module 2, “Advanced PMD and CD Testing” can be taken separately later, giving maximum flexibility.

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23/07/2019

Comments from feedback forms:

We have just uploaded the latest batch of trainee comments from our course feedback forms – here are a few examples:

It was a really good training course! I learnt a lot as John is an excellent trainer. It’s obvious his high level of knowledge and experience. The material used was very clear and he was dynamic using examples easy to understand.

Superb! The group had varied levels of knowledge and the course and atmosphere was perfect . I am amazed that such a course, perfect for our needs, was constructed from a phone overview. Training manual was perfect, great book.

Very useful course addressing lots of technical stuff supported by practical and knowledgeable tutor. I would recommend this course unhesitatingly.

For the full list see our feedback page at http://www.lucidos.co.uk/about-lucid/course-feedback-reviews/ – remember, we post all comments, both excellent good and more critical!

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11/07/2019

3667 Internal Copper Datacoms 15-18 July:

We still have a couple more places available on our City & Guilds Unit 4 Copper Datacoms running in Lucid Training Centre, Garsdale LA10 5PE, from 15-18 July 2019.

If you are interested and can make next week, then please call and email us as soon as possible

We are still offering a free 3667 Unit 1 exam with the Unit 4 course, to be taken on the last afternoon of the Unit 4 course.

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

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04/07/2019

Places available on 3667 Fibre 8-12 July 2019:

We have just had a couple of postponements for the 5-day City & Guilds 3667 Combined Unit 1,2,3 Fibre course at Lucid Training Centre in Cumbria next week, so we now have spare places available. This is our last 3667 fibre course before the summer holidays, so if you are interested please email [email protected] or call us on 015396 21219 as soon as possible to reserve a place.

A Lucid mug, manuals, pad and pen on the picnic table outside our training centre – in brilliant but not sweltering sunshine.

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