Appendix E CEDIA Installer Level I Classification System

Installer Level I

Classification System

Domain 1 - Wire the Dwelling – 20%

• Wire/cable types and their applications
• National Electric Code (NEC)
• Structural basics (e.g., drilling studs)
• Basic installation techniques (e.g., opening sizes and device/component placements, etc.)
• Basic wire dress (e.g., final trim lengths, labeling, etc.)
• Safety practices and procedures (including ongoing job site maintenance and cleanliness practices and procedures)
• Outside service provider drops (e.g., Telco, CATV, ISP, etc.)
• Diagrams, documentation and instructions

Domain 2 - Wire/Cable Preparation – 10%

• Wire/cable types and their applications
• Wire/cable preparation techniques
• Wire/cable/connector tools and their use

Domain 3 - Connector Identification – 8%

• Connector types and their uses

Domain 4 - Connector Installation – 12%

• Wire/cable/connector tools and their use
• Connector installation techniques
• Connector pinout standards
• Diagrams, documentation and instructions

Domain 5 - Install and Mount Devices (including, but not limited to, interface devices, control devices, transducers, structural/mechanical devices, mounting devices, aesthetic devices, architectural devices, display devices, etc.) – 20%

• Wire/cable types and their applications
• National Electric Code (NEC)
• Structural basics (e.g., drilling studs)
• Basic installation techniques (e.g., opening sizes and device/component placements, etc.)
• Safety practices and procedures (including ongoing job site maintenance and cleanliness practices and procedures)
• Connector installation techniques
• Connector pinout standards
• Diagrams, documentation and instructions

Domain 6 - Install Components/Equipment (including, but not limited to, transducers, displays, lighting fixtures, control components, source components, signal processing, electrical power conditioning and management components, telephony components, data management components, etc.) – 20%

• Wire/cable types and their applications
• National Electric Code (NEC)
• Structural basics (e.g., drilling studs)
• Basic installation techniques (e.g., opening sizes and device/component placements, etc.)
• Basic wire dress (e.g., final trim lengths, labeling, etc.)
• Safety practices and procedures (including ongoing job site maintenance and cleanliness practices and procedures)
• Outside service provider drops (e.g., Telco, CATV, ISP, etc.)
• Wire/cable preparation techniques
• Wire/cable/connector tools and their use
• Connector types and their uses
• Connector installation techniques
• Connector pinout standards
• Thermionic management
• Power management
• Diagrams, documentation and instructions

Domain 7 - Verify Operations (i.e., verify that all subsystems and controls function and list exceptions) – 10%

• Safety practices and procedures (including ongoing job site maintenance and cleanliness practices and procedures)
• Outside service provider drops (e.g., Telco, CATV, ISP, etc.)
• Basic system operations (e.g., start-up procedures, etc.)
• Diagrams, documentation and instructions.