CEDIA developed the Smart Home Technician Further Skills pathway to help cabling and infrastructure technicians take the next step in their professional development. This training course is designed for individuals aiming to advance their careers through a deeper understanding of the fundamentals of systems integration. With a focus on specific applications for smart home technology installation and configuration, this training provides you with the foundational knowledge to begin working as an integrated systems technician with minimal supervision.
During this 5-day course, you will learn the best practices for home cinema and media room installation and gain the knowledge and skills to implement lighting control protocols into a system design. You will also learn and practice how to configure a typical router and correctly set up a secure Wi-Fi network, as well as the best practices for control system commissioning. Additionally, you will explore some of the project and business processes you can expect to be involved in as a technician, as well as the terminology and phases you’ll encounter on an on-site project.
CEDIA’s certified subject matter experts will share a vast amount of technical knowledge with you and will be on hand to support you through your learning. Across the five days, you will participate in hands-on activities designed to give you a feel for those on-the-job tasks.
This training is the perfect next step for individuals who have already completed CEDIA's Smart Home Technician Essentials training, or who already hold CIT Certification and are looking to move onto more intermediate subjects. Additionally, the course is suitable for technicians who already have several years' experience on the job and would like to sit formal training.
These five courses are available individually or as a discounted package.
As installing technicians progress from basic site tasks to more detailed work their knowledge and skill base must expand. Where junior technicians might focus on running and terminating cables, building equipment racks and other basic site tasks, more senior technicians take on more complex tasks including equipment setup, configuration, and calibration.
Attendees of this course leave with a grounding in the most common sub-systems within a smart home (e.g. Networks, Home Cinema, Lighting & Control systems) as well as gaining a basic understanding of topics such as programming and commissioning best practices.
IP networking is arguably the most important topic in the home technology industry. This course provides an introduction to IP networks and their place within residential installations.
The course is ideal for beginners and individuals looking to learn, formalise and increase their IP networking knowledge.
Topics covered include:
By the end of this course attendees will be able to:
Understanding lighting and lighting control systems are essential to successfully provide the homeowner with a great ambiance and realise the lighting designer's aesthetic. A cornerstone for all custom installers' product sets, lighting controls can provide additional revenue as well as routes to new market segments.
This course will aid professionals to learn more about integrating lighting control into their projects, and exploring the topics of lighting-specific control, in the context of a smart home installation.
The course is ideal for new and developing installation engineers and technicians and is the ideal primer for the curriculum of the IST certification exam.
Topics covered include:
By the end of this course, attendees will be able to:
Home Cinema and media room technology are among the most commonly requested systems for new smart home installations. Integrating audio, video and control systems together into a home cinema environment, is a common task for smart home designers and installers.
This course will provide attendees with the essential skills required to install a standards compliant home cinema or media room. The workshop style of this course means every student will learn in a hands-on manner. The day includes the building of a modest home cinema including typical audio and video components.
Once the basic home cinema is complete each student will try their hand at configuring the basic audio setup of a typical AV Receiver and go on to basic video calibration of the display using test materials.
The topics covered in this course include:
At the end of this course, attendees will be able to:
Home Cinema and media room technology are among the most commonly requested systems for new smart home installations. Integrating audio, video and control systems together into a home cinema environment, is a common task for smart home designers and installers.
This course will provide attendees with the essential skills required to install a standards compliant home cinema or media room. The workshop style of this course means every student will learn in a hands-on manner. The day includes the building of a modest home cinema including typical audio and video components.
Once the basic home cinema is complete each student will try their hand at configuring the basic audio setup of a typical AV Receiver and go on to basic video calibration of the display using test materials.
The topics covered in this course include:
At the end of this course, attendees will be able to:
Every installation requires planning as part of a wider project. An installation engineer should clearly understand their role in the wider aspects of the projects they are involved in. This allows engineers to plan their time, work with other team members and communicate in the most efficient way possible.
This course will explore all of the project and business processes that a Home Technology Professional can expect to be involved in.
Topics covered include:
By the end of this course, participants should be able to:
Simon Buddle
Industry Consultant
Geoff Meads
Instructor
Industry Consultant
Simon works as a consultant and trainer across the globe. With a strong focus on low voltage services design, KNX, BMS and Part L compliance for both M&E consultants and residential clients alike Simon provides design services to the industry. Simon also works as a lead instructor for CEDIA EMEA.
Simon moved into the hi-fi industry via Grahams HiFi in north London. He has spent thirty-six years in the custom install business, starting as an Installation Engineer and moving to Installation Manager at the world-renowned hi-fi specialists, Linn Product. Simon spent seventeen years at one of London’s leading design consultancy as a systems designer, programmer, and Technical Director.
Instructor
With over 30 years of experience in AV, Geoff is one of the most skilled instructors in the industry. He holds all CEDIA certifications, ISF, HAA and Microsoft accreditations and is a specialist in Audio / Video and IP networking. He’s been teaching in AV for nearly twenty years, in both the UK and overseas. To date, he has led classes on six continents.
Geoff’s expertise is called upon for CEDIA awards judging, where he has served as Technical Judge for the last thirteen years, and as Chairman of the awards judging committee for the last seven.
Having started as a technical marketing apprentice with Dutch giant Philips, he went on to work in recording studios as an engineer before landing at AV manufacturer Arcam in the mid 1990s. While there he worked in technical training, brand management and export sales. He managed the US and Canadian markets at the time of the home cinema market’s birth and contributed heavily to Arcam’s product strategy.
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