b'SPECIAL FEATUREKelly Group Supports CityFibre on Unique Fibre ProjectsDuetothecloseworkingrelationship between the two brands and the outstanding performanceofourengineers,KellyGroup has had the pleasure of collaborating on many unique projects extending our existing contract with CityFibre.One of these projects included providing circuits for Coventrys HMV Empire. As the community stepped on the road to recovery from the global pandemic, they prepared for their first concert after several national lock downs. In celebration of the iconic British high street retailer marking 100 years since they opened their first store in July 1921, Ed Sheeran performed a free concertFibre blowing and splicing for Leicester city councilat the historic HMV Empire Coventry. networks. They also received additional trainingLeicester involving UTC (Urban Traffic Control) fromPaulBeardmore(CityFibreGeneraland public sector installations at police stations, Manager) shaping their skills to become fibrehospitals,surgeriesandevenaprison.Working experts whose skills and knowledge allows themon the premises of a prison is a new challenge to splice on live networks. whichIamlookingforwardto,especiallythe installationoffibreintotheircommunications Ourengineersrecentlycommencedworkonroom.Theproceduresofcommencingworkare theLeicesterPSN(PublicSectorNetwork)very interesting, we can only enter the institute for Leicester City Councils police stations andafter the careful examination of our tools to ensure Kelly Group engineers also provided circuits forhospitals. Crews started completing dry installseveryones safety.Coventrys local Walgrey Hospital, and providedfirst, as the network was still under construction fibre to run the citys vast network of CCTVin January. They are currently connecting theseThe role isnt too much different from FTTH (Fibre cameras. Projects of this nature are completedbuildings to the live network.ToTheHome)previsionsbutitrequiresmore byhighlyskilledfibreengineersworkingonexperience. I am extremely proud to be trusted to live circuits. Splicing on a live network requirescomplete these installs.extensive knowledge and experience as banksBecoming an FTTH installer was my first step to andotheressentialbusinessesusethesamegaining fibre experience. As an FTTH fibre engineer, joints that cannot afford to lose connection towe install the network by using connectors and light their network. readers. FTTH installers can also work on MDUs, The Group currently has three two-man crewswhich requires splicing on a dry network. As a fibre workingonCoventrysUrbanTrafficControlengineer working on these unique projects, I get the opportunity to splice fibre on a live network, blow (UTC)project.TheseengineersarefullyAlan Clarke - Fibre Engineer cables and work with joints.qualified Network Engineers with an in-depth knowledge of the network. Our team had the pleasure to catch up with Alan Clark a fibre engineer working on the UTC Thescopeofthisspecificprojectincludesproject. He is one of Kelly Groups apprenticesI m proud of my splicing skills providingfibretotrafficcontrolsignalsatwhocompletedhisUnifiedCommunicationsand being able to splice on live pelicancrossingsbyblowingfibrefromgreyTechnicianApprenticeshipSchemein2021. communication boxes to green cabinets. Thesenetworks.traffic control signals currently run on a full- He continued to work for Kelly Group as a Fibre fibre connection therefore, traffic lights are inEngineer on the CityFibre network and worked operation while our engineers switch them tohard to master this trade.Splicing on live networks requires attention to detail the CityFibre network. and experience. We tend to use SLD (Straight Line SinceyourlastfeatureonmyapprenticeshipDiagrams) while splicing on live networks because AhandfulofKellyGroupApprenticeshipjourney, the CityFibre contract has been rapidlyit tells us where we are within the network and what graduates are involved in the UTC project. Theirgrowing, which opened up new opportunities forfibres require splicing. To ensure were not cutting experienceisexceptionalastheycompletedme.anyone off the network, CityFibres NOC (Network 24 months of work experience on major UKOperationCentre)monitorsthosebusinesses I am currently working on projects in Coventry andconnections whos are running through the joint we 30 .The Networker Spring 2022'