Our CCTV Installation – level 1 qualification covers the following areas:
FIVE compulsory units must be completed by all students

Unit 1 Introduction to CCTV
  • Introduction to CCTV installation
  • CCTV Video signals (H 264, Mpeg 2, H 265, H 265 +)
  • Cabling and connectors (CAT5, CAT6 & Coax)
  • Crimping BNC, CAT5 & keystone connectors
  • Video transmission (analogue to digital, megapixel cameras)
  • Assembling a CCTV system Troubleshooting using CCTV tester
Unit 2 Electrical and CCTV installation
  • How to design a cable run
  • Introduction to Ohm’s law
  • How to choose the right type of cable
  • Installing CCTV cameras with RG59 & CAT5
  • Installing CCTV power supplies
  • Using electrical tools
Unit 3 – CCTV system designing
  • Introduction to recording resolution, frames per second & lens sizes
  • How to calculate field of view (Selecting the correct types of lens size, recording resolution and configuring frames per second)
  • Digital CCTV storage and lighting (DVR storage calculator, Illumination and camera sensitivity in CCTV)
  • PTZ camera installation (Protocols, baud rate in PTZ
  • Installing camera housing for bigger projects with power
Unit 4 – the Practical wiring of CCTV system
  • Running cables for a CCTV system (CAT5 & coaxial)
  • Installing passive and active balun for long CCTV cable run
  • Running shotgun cable and use of cable pulling tips and techniques
  • Installing junction boxes
Unit – 5 Networking in CCTV
  • Remote access and mobile app viewing
  • Local area networking and wider are networks
  • Assigning a local area IP address to a DVR via DHCP
  • Techniques used in assigning a unique and static local IP address to a DVR and NVR
  • Private and public IP address
  • TCP and IP setting

  • Mobile phone view through P2P

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