
Certified Optical Network Associate (CONA)
Understand optical networking from first principles and design links for performance and testability. Cover power budgets, SDM/WDM options, amplifiers and dispersion at a practical level.
Build practical, real world skills across fibre installation, network design and advanced coherent systems. Choose the course that matches your role and roadmap.

Understand optical networking from first principles and design links for performance and testability. Cover power budgets, SDM/WDM options, amplifiers and dispersion at a practical level.

Engineer coherent DWDM networks with ROADM architectures, flex-grid planning and OSNR budgeting. Mitigate non-linear effects and set commissioning criteria for 100G–800G services.

Hands-on installation skills with splicing, termination and enclosure build-outs. Perform ILM/ORL/OTDR testing, read traces and produce the documentation required for handover.

Master the tests that prove modern fibre infrastructure quality: ILM/ORL, bi-directional OTDR, chromatic dispersion, PMD and spectral attenuation. Report results against application criteria.
We run courses throughout the year in Ireland. Tell us your goals and we’ll suggest the best route and upcoming dates.