SE4 - Attachment 2 - Personnel Qualifications (06NOV2017).pdf

Attachment 2

Personnel Qualifications

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Attachment 2 – Personnel Quals

(a) SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS - All "Key" Positions shall be held by personnel with at least a SECRET Clearance. Individuals in other positions may be required by individual task orders to possess a SECRET or higher level clearance depending upon the type of work to be performed and the potential exposure to classified material.

(b) GENERAL CITIZENSHIP REQUIREMENTS - The Program Manager and Project Managers shall be US citizens. All personnel that the contractor assigns to work on the contract shall be citizens of the

United States except for foreign nationals hired, with the permission of the contracting officer, to provide support (transportation, lodging assistance, local warehouse management, etc.). Whether a specific labor category may be performed by a foreign national will depend on the specific task, the geographic location of the task, as well as site-specific security requirements. Early engagement with the ordering officer is encouraged for these circumstances.

(c) EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS AND ACCREDITATIONS - To ensure that postsecondary education possessed by individuals meet an acceptable level of quality, educational degrees shall come from accredited institutions or programs (See http://www.ed.gov for more accreditation information.). At a minimum, to receive credit for a Master’s or Doctorate degree, all degrees shall come from an institution that has been regionally accredited by one of the six associations: MSA, NASC, NCA, NEASC, SACS, and

WASC. Bachelor of Science (BS) or Associate of Science (AS) degrees in Applied Science, Computing, Engineering, and Technology shall be from an a United States institution accredited by an accrediting agency or state approval agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of State as a “reliable authority as to the quality of postsecondary education” (See https://www.state.gov/m/dghr/flo/219100.htm.) Technology degrees do not qualify as Engineering or Physical Science Degrees.

(d) Additional Certifications may be required and specified at the Task Order / Delivery Order level in accordance with specific job skills requirements.

(e) For software engineers and naval architects, higher education above a labor category’s minimum can be credited as years of experience as long as the higher degree is within one of the fields of study listed as acceptable for the bachelor’s degree requirement. The following educational credit applies: a MS degree equals two (2) years of experience and a PhD degree equals five (5) years of experience.

(f) LOGISTICS LABOR CATEGORIES - DAWIA Certification for Contractors – Contractor personnel that do not have government DAWIA certification courses may demonstrate an equivalency in terms of academic degrees, courses completed, and experience as that of their counterparts in the DAWIA workforce. Equivalency for the following classes must be provided as follows: Level 1 - (1) Fundamentals of Systems Acquisition Management, (2) Acquisition Logistics Fundamentals, (3) Systems Sustainment

Management; Level 2 – (1) Level 1 classes, (2) Intermediate Systems Acquisition, (3) Intermediate

Acquisition Logistics, (4) Performance Based Logistics; Level 3 – (1) Level 1 and 2 Classes, (2) Executive

Life Cycle Logistics Management, (3) Reliability and Maintainability. Additional explanation of courses or requirements can be found at the Defense Acquisition University web site (http://www.dau.mil/).

(g) IA/IT LABOR CATEGORIES PERFORMING WORK FOR DOD - Contractor personnel supporting Information Assurance (IA) functions shall be certified prior to being engaged in IA related work and be in full compliance with DoD 8570.1-M and DoDD 8570.1 This includes personnel being certified/accredited at the appropriate levels of IAT I-III and IAM I-III as appropriate. This will be verified by the contracting officer who will ensure that contractor personnel are entered in to the Defense Eligibility

Enrollment System (DEERS) or other appropriate database. Contractor personnel not certified within 6 months of assignment of IA duties or who fail to maintain their certified status will not be permitted to carry out the responsibilities of the position, and shall be replaced with a contractor who does meet the minimum certification requirements as mandated above.

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Attachment 2

Personnel Qualifications

(h) EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS - Listed experience requirements in this document can be met by using concurrent experience unless it is expressly stated that they cannot be. Listed experience requirements are all minimum requirements. Experience shall be paid work experience unless the requirement states that classroom experience or other unpaid experience is allowed.

(i) DEFINITIONS

Above Ground Outside Plant (OSP) Cabling Infrastructure: The portion of a cabling infrastructure installed outside of buildings and above ground. It typically includes utility poles

(telephone poles), messenger wire, risers (vertical conduits with cable inside), weather heads, and associated items.

C4ISR: Command, Control, Communications, Computing, Intelligence, Surveillance and

Reconnaissance

Underground Outside Plant (OSP) Cabling Infrastructure: The portion of a cabling infrastructure installed outside of buildings and underground. It typically includes underground cable, conduits, innerduct, manholes, handholes, and associated items.

Working Level Experience: Experience gained while working in a non-supervisory capacity

Managing Work: Being responsible for budgeting and planning work, assigning tasks to other personnel, monitoring the work performed by others, and initiating corrective action when required.

Licensed Professional Engineer: An engineer formally licensed and registered to practice an engineering specialty by one of the states, commonwealths, or territories of the United States of

America.

Program Manager

1. Program Manager (Key)

Experience: Fifteen (15) years of technical experience in planning and executing the installation, and testing and support of Command, Control, Communications, Computing, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems. This experience shall include:

a. Eight (8) years of experience in managing the design, implementation, inspection, testing, and completion of C4ISR system installation efforts. Of this experience, a minimum of five years must have been in managing installations at shore facilities. In addition, at least five years of experience in managing sub-contracting requirements is required.

b. Five (5) years of experience in coordinating proposals, developing cost estimates, and budgeting for C4ISR installation work.

c. Five (5) years of experience in demonstrating the ability to coordinate and interface with

Government personnel (military/civilian), contractors, and sub-contractors in the field of

C4ISR installations.

d. Four (4) years of working level experience in developing and implementing installation designs and in testing and inspecting completed installations.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: When called for by the demands of the position, holders of this position shall be able to demonstrate that they can:

a. Keep track of the general status of the major ongoing tasks being performed by the contractor.

b. Clearly determine and communicate detailed status information for all ongoing installation projects.

c. Maintain an awareness of the quality of the work being performed and must be able to implement whatever corrective action is needed to meet acceptable quality limits.

d. Ensure that tasks are assigned to individuals who can be expected to meet quality, cost, and schedule commitments made by the contractor.

e. Ensure that tasks are provided with adequate resources (personnel, time, tools, test equipment, training, etc.) to meet cost and schedule commitments.

f. Develop an effective program for training personnel and developing and documenting effective and efficient work practices – including program management and quality assurance practices.

g. Implement an effective Management Information System to track costs, schedules, quality, and Government Property (both contractor and Government furnished).

h. Utilize Microsoft Project or equivalent software that can produce Microsoft Project compatible files for project management

i. Train junior personnel in financial tracking, cost estimation, and installation execution methods and requirements.

j. Interpret and review engineering drawings, test plans, and technical specifications and provide clear text descriptions of the errors found and the clear identification of any standards violations.

Note: This position is required to be filled by Contract Statement of Work (SOW) Section

3.1, Program and Project Management.

Project Manager

2. Shore Project Manager (KEY)

Experience: Ten (10) years of direct work experience with shore C4ISR installations. Eight (8) years of direct work experience in managing or performing the design, implementation, testing, inspection, logistics, resource management, and completion of C4ISR system installation efforts for Department of Defense shore sites. Four (4) years as manager of U.S. Navy shore installation projects involving multiple systems and in performing tasks to include: Supervising Project

Personnel, Scheduling Work, Writing Proposals and Preparing Bids, and Equipment and Material

Logistics Control.

Knowledge: Knowledge of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and DoD procurement policies and procedures.

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3. Internet Protocol (IP) Network Systems Design Engineer, Level 4

Education: A person qualifying for this position shall currently possess one of the following:

a. Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) certification

b. Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) certification and a Microsoft MCSE certification

c. CCNP certification with ten (10) years of networking experience networking experience as described below

d. Both a Cisco CCNA certification and a Microsoft MCSE credential with fifteen (15) years of networking experience as described below

e. Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Engineering, or Mathematics and a CCNA or MSCE certification with ten (10) years of networking experience as described below

Networking Experience: Personnel qualified for this position shall have at least eight (8) years of experience designing, installing, configuring and troubleshooting local and wide area Internet

Protocol (IP) networks with an average of 100 or more users. Experience must include configuration of at least ten of the following and all of the following with an asterisk:

a. Cisco routers*

b. IP switches*

c. Virtual Private Network Devices*

d. Firewalls*

e. Windows Servers*

f. Unix/Linux Servers

g. Microsoft Exchange E-mail servers*

h. Domain name servers

i. Intrusion detection/prevention devices

j. Network management devices

k. Network storage devices (includes SAN switches)

l. Packet shapers

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: Personnel qualified for this position shall be able to demonstrate excellent skills in the following areas:

a. Developing performance testing procedures for IP network throughput performance and network security

b. Providing full network configuration documentation that will enable Navy civilian and military Information Technology professionals to reconstitute any portion of the Network after any group of hardware failures

c. Microsoft Exchange Server configuration and troubleshooting

d. Microsoft Windows Server configuration troubleshooting

e. Cisco Router and Switch configuration and troubleshooting

4. Shore Antenna Installation Project Engineer, Level 4

Those qualifying for this position must possess the qualifications for an Engineer/Scientist 3

(Level 3) Inside Plant (ISP) Project Engineer and the following additional requirements:

Experience: Personnel qualified for this position shall have at least:

a. Six (6) years of experience developing shore Installation Design Plans for – and managing – projects involving both transmitting and receiving antenna installations

b. Six (6) years of experience preparing documents for, conducting, and performing System

Operational Verification Tests (SOVTs) on systems that include antennas

c. Three (3) years of experience developing detailed cost estimates for installations involving at least six different physical kinds (e.g., parabolic dish, Yagi, dipole, whip, microstrip patch, etc.) of antennas

Knowledge: Antenna installation Project Engineers shall meet the knowledge requirements for

Level 3 Shore Antenna Installation Project Engineers.

Skills and Abilities: To be qualified as an antenna installation Project Engineer at this level, personnel must possess the skills and abilities required at level 3 for this position and must be willing and able to supervise and train others to meet Shore Antenna Installation Project Engineer

Level 3 requirements.

5. Shore Outside Plant Cabling Infrastructure Installation Project Engineer, Level 4

Those qualifying for this position must possess the qualifications for a Level 3 Inside Plant (ISP)

Project Engineer and the following additional requirements:

Experience: Personnel qualified for this position shall have at least:

a. Six (6) years of experience as developing shore Installation Design Plans for underground cabling infrastructure

b. Six (6) years of experience preparing, conducting, and performing Site-Specific System

Operational Verification Tests (SOVTs) for systems involving new underground cabling infrastructure

c. Three (3) years of experience developing detailed cost estimates for installation projects involving new above-ground and below-ground Outside Plant cabling infrastructure

d. Three (3) years of experience developing shore Installation Design Plans involving new above-ground outdoor cabling infrastructure

e. Six (6) years of experience preparing, conducting, and performing Site-Specific System

Operational Verification Tests (SOVTs) for systems involving Outside Plant (OSP) cabling infrastructure

Knowledge: Shore Outside Plant Cabling Infrastructure Installation Project Engineers shall meet the knowledge requirements for Level 3 Shore Outside Plant Cabling Infrastructure Installation

Project Engineers.

Skills and Abilities: To be qualified as a Shore Outside Plant Cabling Infrastructure Installation installation Project Engineer at this level, personnel must possess the skills and abilities required at level 3 for this position and must be able to supervise and train others to meet Level 3 requirements for this position.

6. Shore Installation Quality Assurance Engineer

Education: Personnel qualified for this position shall have a bachelor’s of science degree in physics, computer science, naval architecture, or in electrical/electronics, structural, mechanical, naval, telecommunications or civil engineering. In addition, personnel qualified for this position shall have at least one of the following credentials:

a. Licensed Professional Electrical Engineer in one of the fifty states or US territories

b. Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD) credential from Building Industry

Consulting Service International (BICSI)

c. Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

Experience: Personnel qualified for this position shall have at least:

a. Six (6) years of experience as developing shore Installation Design Plans for ISP work in accordance with the SPAWAR Shore Installation Process Handbook

b. Six (6) years of experience preparing, conducting, and performing Site-Specific SOVTs.

c. Four (4) years of experience as a project lead on installations costing over $100,000.

d. Three (3) years of experience working on designs for projects requiring outdoor antenna installations

e. Three (3) years of experience working on projects requiring the installation of underground cable plant.

Design Requirements Knowledge: Personnel qualified for this position shall have the technical knowledge to be expected of a person with the aforementioned background and experience including:

a. A working knowledge of AutoCAD and Microsoft Project

b. A knowledge of the contents of the shore installation standards listed in the contract SOW

c. In-depth knowledge of the design and drawing standards contained in Appendix Q and

Appendix AC of the Shore Installation Process Handbook.

In-depth knowledge of the SPAWAR Installation Requirements Drawing standard.

Test and Measuring Equipment Knowledge: Personnel qualified for this position shall know the requirements of the SPAWAR System Operational Verification Test (SOVT) Preparation and

Execution Guide (SPEG) for Ship, Shore, and Submarine Installations. In addition, personnel qualified for this position shall understand the proper application, operation, and use of the following test and measuring equipment:

a. Bit-error rate test sets

b. Optical Time Domain Reflectometers (OTDR)

c. AC power analyzers

d. Multimeters or separate voltmeter, ammeter, and resistance meters

e. Clamp-on ammeters

f. VSWR meters

g. Fall of Potential Ground Testers

h. Storage oscilloscopes

i. Optical Loss Test Sets (OLTSs)

j. LAN Cable Certification Test Sets (e.g., Cat 6 Cable Certification Test Set)

k. Theodolites to create horizon masks

l. GPS locators to prepare coverage area maps for shore line-of-site antennas.

m. Voltage Standing Wave Ratio (VSWR) test sets

n. Radio Frequency (RF) Field Strength Meters

o. Spectrum analyzers

p. GPS location and direction finding systems

q. Mandrel Test Sets for underground conduit testing

r. Network Analyzers for Ethernet networks

Quality Assurance Knowledge: Personnel qualified for this position shall be thoroughly familiar with the contents of ISO 9001:2008 and the contractor’s Quality Assurance documentation relevant to the contract, such as Quality Assurance or Inspection checklists. The personnel shall understand the principles behind the application statistical sampling to inspections and audits. The personnel shall be familiar with the Quality Assurance principles and theories expressed by widely recognized pioneers in the field (e.g., Juran and Deming).

Skills and Abilities: Holders of this position shall be able to:

a. Keep track of the quality status of a defined set of ongoing tasks being performed

b. Clearly determine and communicate detailed status information for all ongoing installation projects under his or her cognizance.

c. Maintain an awareness of the quality of the work being performed, inform the Program

Manager and Deputy Program Manager of problems quickly when discovered, and recommend to the Program Manager whatever corrective action is needed to prevent the problem or reduce its probability of recurrence.

d. Interpret and review engineering drawings, test plans, and technical specifications and discover errors that should be apparent to one qualified to fill the position, provide clear text descriptions of the errors found, and clear recommendations for corrective action.

e. Monitor ongoing installation activities and provide clear text descriptions of the errors and standards violations found with clear recommendations for corrective action.

f. Ensure that secure and meticulous records are kept of all inspections and tests conducted for installations under his or her cognizance.

g. Develop detailed inspection and test procedures and forms tailored to C4ISR installation work.

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7. Shore Antenna Installation Project Engineer, Level 3

Those qualifying for this position must possess the qualifications for a Level 2 Inside Plant (ISP)

Project Engineer and the following additional requirements:

Experience: Personnel qualified for this position shall have at least:

a. One (1) year of experience developing detailed cost estimates for installations involving three

(3) different physical kinds (e.g., parabolic dish, Yagi, dipole, whip, microstrip patch, etc.) of antennas

b. Three (3) years of experience developing shore Installation Design Plans and managing projects involving antenna installations

c. Three (3) years of experience preparing, conducting, and performing Site-Specific System

Operational Verification Tests (SOVTs) on antenna systems

Knowledge: Antenna Installation Project Engineers shall have an in-depth knowledge of:

a. Antenna related grounding and lightning protection requirements contained in MIL-HDBK-

419A, MIL-STD-188-124B Notice 3, and NFPA 780

b. Frequency approval requirements, including the roles of the Frequency Management Office, Military Communications Electronics Board, and the National Telecommunications and

Information Administration (NTIA)

c. NAVFAC site approval requirements

d. .FAA and FCC antenna tower lighting requirements

e. OSHA requirements for ladders and platforms

f. Antenna and antenna tower foundation and platform requirements

g. Structural Standards for Steel Antenna Towers and Antenna Supporting Structures (TIA-222-

G or most recent revision) if a new antenna structure is being designed

h. Procedures and requirements for coordinating the work through the local SPAWAR Facilities

Engineering Personnel and NAVFAC personnel. These procedures will vary depending upon the location of the installation. The types of work that should be coordinated in this way include:

1. Conducting building structural analyses for potential antenna platform sites on roofs

2. Conducting soil analyses for potential antenna platform sites on open land.

i. Microwave path analysis (for project engineers working on microwave antenna installations only).

j. Safety requirements in the National Electrical Safety Code (NESC), the U.S. Army Corps of

Engineers Safety and Health Requirements Manual (EM 385-1-1 dtd 3 Nov 03) (governs safety on construction sites), and in the Navy Safety and Occupational Health Program

Manual, OPNAVINST 5100.23G (dated 30 Dec 05).

k. Antenna cable and waveguide building penetration requirements of the National Electrical

Code and MIL-STD-188-124B

Skills and Abilities: To be qualified as an antenna installation Project Engineer at this level, personnel must be able to properly complete the following tasks:

a. Use a theodolite to create a horizon mask.

b. Use Microsoft Excel or similar software to prepare a microwave path analysis with charts and path cross-sections for different conditions.

c. Use GPS locators and contour maps to prepare coverage area maps for shore line-of-site antennas.

d. Use a VSWR test set to obtain standing wave ratio readings.

e. Use a RF Field Strength Meter to create field strength maps.

f. Use a spectrum analyzer to map the spectrum received and transmitted by a system being installed.

8. Shore Outside Plant Cabling Infrastructure Installation Project Engineer, Level 3

Those qualifying for this position must possess the qualifications for a Level 2 Inside Plant (ISP)

Project Engineer and the following additional requirements:

Experience: Personnel qualified for this position shall have at least:

a. Three (3) years of experience as developing shore Installation Design Plans involving underground cabling infrastructure

b. Three (3) years of experience preparing, conducting, and performing Site-Specific System

Operational Verification Tests (SOVTs) for systems involving new underground cabling infrastructure

c. One (1) year of experience developing detailed cost estimates for installation projects involving new above-ground ground cabling infrastructure

d. One (1) year of experience developing shore Installation Design Plans involving above-ground outdoor cabling infrastructure

e. Three (3) years of experience preparing, conducting, and performing Site-Specific System

Operational Verification Tests (SOVTs) for systems involving Outside Plant (OSP) cabling infrastructure

Knowledge: Project Engineers responsible for OSP cable installations shall have a thorough knowledge of:

a. Outside plant related grounding requirements and approved methods (MIL-HDBK-419A, MIL-STD-188-124B Notice 3 and the National Electrical Safety Code.)

b. Protector block installation and grounding requirements of the National Electrical Code and J-

STD-607-A

c. Industry standards governing outside plant cable installations including:

1. TIA-758-A, “Customer-owned Outside Plant Telecommunications Infrastructure”

2. BiCSi Customer-Owned Outside Plant Design Manual (3rd Edition is latest at the time of this revision)

3. TIA-590-A, “Standard for Physical Location and Protection of Below-Ground Fiber

Optic Cable Plant”, dated January 1997

4. National Electrical Manufacturer’s Association Bulletin No. TCB 2-2000, “NEMA

Guidelines for the Selection and Installation of Underground Nonmetallic Duct”

d. Government standards governing outside plant cable installations including:

1. Unified Facilities Guide Specifications, UFGS-33 71 02.00 20, “Underground Electrical

Distribution”

2. Unified Facilities Guide Specifications, Section 33 82 00, “Telecommunications Outside

Plant (OSP)”

3. USDA RUS Bulletin 1751F-644, “Underground Plant Construction”

4. USDA RUS Bulletin 1753F-201 (PC-4), “RUS Standard for Acceptance Tests and

Measurements”

e. Safety requirements of the latest versions of:

1. National Electrical Safety Code (especially physical clearance and grounding requirements)

2. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Safety and Health Requirements Manual (EM 385-1-1)

(governs safety on construction sites)

3. Navy Safety and Occupational Health Program Manual, OPNAVINST 5100.23Series

(especially the Chapter on Confined Space Entry)

4. OSHA (Standards -29 CFR), Part 1926, Subpart P (Excavations)

5. OSHA (Standards -29 CFR), Part 1910, Subpart R (Telecommunications)

6. Specific labeling requirements and techniques for OSP cable. This is actually covered by standards listed above, but is specifically called out to emphasize its importance. For example, the PE must have the knowledge needed to ensure that:

i. Labels resistant to the environmental conditions at the point of installation (such as moisture, heat, or ultraviolet light), and that they have a design life equal to or greater than the labeled component. (Required by TIA/EIA-606-A Section 10.1.1)

ii. Cables are permanently identified by tags or otherwise at each manhole or other access opening of the conduit system. (Required by NESC Rule 341.b.3.a.(1) and

TIA-606-A)

iii. Two fiber connection positions (or polarities) are labeled using the letters "A" and

"B". (Required by TIA-758-A Section 5.3.5).

Skills and Abilities: To be qualified as an Outside Plant Cabling Infrastructure Installation Project

Engineer, personnel must be able to properly use the proper tools and equipment to complete the following tasks:

a. OTDR testing on single-mode and multimode fiber optic cable

b. Optical Loss testing on single-mode and multimode fiber optic cable

c. Bit error rate testing on circuits (T1, DSL, etc.) over copper cable

d. Audio frequency signal loss testing and signal quality testing

e. Gas detector testing for confined space entry

f. Distance measurements

g. Microscopic examination of fiber optic cable terminations

h. Mandrel testing of conduits

9. Shore Inside Plant (ISP) Installation Engineer, Level 3

Education or Technical Background: Personnel qualified for this position shall meet at least one of the following four technical background requirements:

a. BS degree in physics, electrical engineering, structural engineering, civil engineering, telecommunications engineering, or computer science).

b. Five years of experience working as a qualified enlisted U.S. military serviceman with one of the following technical ratings – Electronics Technician with Advanced Training, Interior

Communication (IC) man with Advanced Training, Information System Technician (IT), Radioman (RM) (legacy rating), or Data System Technician (DS) (legacy rating).

c. An associate’s degree or equivalent in electronics or computer science and four years of experience performing electrical and electronic installation work for the US Department of

Defense, a telephone equipment company, or a communications equipment provider (e.g., Nortel Networks, Lucent, Alcatel, AT&T) as a qualified technician or installer.

d. Be registered as a BiCSi Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD) with six years of installation work experience as a technician, installer, or designer. (Five years is the minimum amount of experience required to become registered.) At least one year of this experience shall have been in installing US Navy systems.

Experience: Personnel qualified for this position shall have at least:

a. Six (6) years of experience as developing shore Installation Design Plans (IDPs) for ISP work in accordance with the SPAWAR Shore Installation Process Handbook including at least two

(2) years of experience preparing IDPs for installing equipment to be used to process classified information.

b. Six (6) years of experience preparing, conducting, and performing Site-Specific System

Operational Verification Tests (SOVTs) in accordance with the SPAWAR Shore Installation

Process Handbook or the SPAWAR SOVT Preparation and Execution Guide (SPEG) for

Ship, Shore, and Submarine Installations

c. Three (3) years of experience developing detailed cost estimates for installation projects involving new inside plant cabling infrastructure and new equipment installations

Knowledge: Shore project engineers are required to maintain and demonstrate knowledge of the following installation design requirements:

a. Shore Installation Process Handbook (SIPH) process and deliverable requirements

b. Commercial and military standards that govern inside plant (ISP) communications equipment, cabling, and electrical wiring installations. Shore Installation Process Handbook Appendix

AC discusses all of the major shore installation guidance documents pertaining to SPAWAR shore installations. All shore project engineers are required to be thoroughly familiar with the entire contents of Appendix AC, including its attachments, and shall be capable of conducting further research the standards discussed as required for the installation projects that they are assigned to.

c. Safety requirements specified in the Contract.

d. Installation design and drawing standards as defined by Appendix Q of the Shore Installation

Process Handbook.

e. The principles behind electrical power circuit design and electrical safety.

f. The principles behind the design of Internet Protocol (IP) networks.

Skills and Abilities: Shore project engineers are required to be able to accurately estimate the type, quantity, and cost of resources required to implement shore installation designs. Shore project engineers are also required to be able to accurately estimate the time required to complete both installation designs and installation implementations. Shore Inside Plant (ISP) Installation

Engineer s shall know how to properly operate any of the following equipment used by the installing activity:

a. Bit-error rate test sets

b. Optical Time Domain Reflectometers (OTDRs)

c. AC power analyzers (one phase required, 3-phase preferred).

d. Multimeters or separate voltmeter, ammeter, and resistance meters

e. Clamp-on ammeters

f. VSWR meters

g. Fall of Potential Ground Testers

h. Storage oscilloscopes

i. Optical Loss Test Sets

j. LAN Cable Certification Test Sets (e.g., Cat 6 Cable Certification Test Set)

k. Network Analyzers for Ethernet networks

l. Humidity meters

10. Software Engineer, Level 3

Education: BS degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer

Engineering, or Computer Science. Working towards obtaining one of the following certifications within one and a half years after assuming duties: Certified Software Development Professional

(CSDP) (Previously known as Certified Software Engineering Professional (CSEP)), or – with

COR approval – a vendor/platform specific certification (e.g., Microsoft Certified Solutions

Developer (MCSD), Microsoft Certified Applications Developer (MCAD), Microsoft Certified

Database Administrator (MCDBA), Sun Certified Professional (SCP), Red Hat Certification

Program (RHCP), Oracle Certified Professional (OCP), etc.).

Experience: Six (6) years of software development experience to include developing, modifying, or maintaining software. Experience shall include software design and implementation, software debugging, software documentation development, developing installation instructions for software.

11. Internet Protocol (IP) Network Systems Design Engineer, Level 3

a. Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) certification

b. Cisco CCNA certification, a Microsoft MCSE credential and six (6) years of the experience described below for this position

c. Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Engineering, or Mathematics

Experience: Personnel qualified for this position shall have at least four (4) years of experience designing, installing, configuring and troubleshooting local and wide area Internet Protocol (IP) networks with 100 or more users. Experience must include configuration of at least half of the following and all of the following with an asterisk:

a. Cisco routers*

b. IP switches*

c. Virtual Private Network Devices

d. Firewalls*

e. Windows Servers

f. Unix/Linux Servers

g. E-mail servers

h. Domain name servers

i. Intrusion detection/prevention devices

j. Network management devices

k. Network storage devices (includes SAN switches)

l. Packet shapers.

Skills and Abilities: Personnel qualified for this position shall be able to demonstrate excellent skills in the following areas:

a. Developing performance testing procedures for IP network throughput performance and network security

b. Providing full network configuration documentation that will enable Navy civilian and military Information Technology professionals to reconstitute any portion of the Network after any group of hardware failures

12. Civil Engineer

Education and Credentials: Personnel qualified for this position shall be a licensed professional civil engineer and shall have a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering. When working on installation designs for a specific United States location, the license shall be recognized by the state, territory, or commonwealth of the United States of America where the installation will take place.

Experience: Personnel qualified for this position shall have the experience required to obtain the license. In addition, two years of experience in working on designs for projects requiring trenching and the restoration of roadway surfaces is required.

13. Structural Engineer

Education and Credentials: Personnel qualified for this position shall be a licensed professional structural engineer and have a Bachelor of Science degree in Structural or Civil Engineering.

When working on installation designs for a specific United States location, the license shall be recognized by the state, territory, or commonwealth of the United States of America where the installation will take place.

Experience: Personnel qualified for this position shall have the experience required become a licensed professional structural engineer. In addition, two years of experience in designing antenna support structures and in developing seismic activity resistant designs is required.

14. Database Administrator

Education: Personnel qualified for this position shall possess at least one of the following:

a. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or an

Engineering discipline.

b. Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Database Administrator (MCITP: Database

Administrator) certification for database server administrators

(http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/mcitp/dbadmin/default.mspx)

c. Microsoft Certified Database Administrator (MCDBA) on Microsoft SQL Server 2000 certification (legacy credential)

d. Oracle Database (any version after 9.0) Administrator certification

e. Equivalent certification to items b, c, or d from another corporate database company whose product is utilized to provide database services under this contract.

Experience: Personnel qualified for this position shall have at least two years of professional database development experience utilizing the same software that will support this contract

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Personnel qualified for this position shall be able to:

a. Control access to data so that data is protected from unauthorized destruction or disclosure while being available to those who are authorized access

b. Add fields to the database and produce custom data entry forms and reports in an efficient and timely manner

c. Provide effective training and training documentation to database users at all skill levels

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15. Shore Antenna Installation Project Engineer, Level 2

Those qualifying for this position must possess the qualifications for a Level 1 Inside Plant (ISP)

Project Engineer and the following additional requirements:

Experience: Personnel qualified for this position shall have at least:

a. One (1) year experience developing shore Installation Design Plans and managing projects involving antenna installations

b. One (1) years of experience preparing, conducting, and performing Site-Specific System

Operational Verification Tests (SOVTs) on antenna systems

Knowledge: Antenna installation Project Engineers shall be familiar with the existence of and be able to find guidance related to:

a. Antenna related grounding and lightning protection requirements contained in MIL-HDBK-

419A, MIL-STD-188-124B Notice 3, and NFPA 780

b. Frequency approval requirements, including the roles of the Frequency Management Office, Military Communications Electronics Board, and the National Telecommunications and

Information Administration (NTIA)

c. NAVFAC site approval requirements

d. FAA and FCC antenna tower lighting requirements

e. OSHA requirements for ladders and platforms

f. Antenna and antenna tower foundation and platform requirements

g. Structural Standards for Steel Antenna Towers and Antenna Supporting Structures (TIA-222-

G or most recent revision) if a new antenna structure is being designed

h. Local procedures and requirements for coordinating the work through the local SPAWAR

Facilities Engineering Personnel and NAVFAC personnel. These procedures will vary depending upon the location of the installation. The types of work that should be coordinated in this way include:

1. Conducting building structural analyses for potential antenna platform sites on roofs

2. Conducting soil analyses for potential antenna platform sites on open land

i. Microwave path analysis (for project engineers working on microwave antenna installations only).

j. Safety requirements in the National Electrical Safety Code (NESC), the U.S. Army Corps of

Engineers Safety and Health Requirements Manual (EM 385-1-1 dtd 3 Nov 03) (governs safety on construction sites), and in the Navy Safety and Occupational Health Program

Manual, OPNAVINST 5100.23G (dated 30 Dec 2005)

k. Antenna cable /waveguide building penetration requirements of the National Electrical Code and MIL-STD-188-124B

Skills and Abilities: To be qualified as an antenna installation Project Engineer at this level, personnel must be able to complete at least half of the following tasks using the appropriate tools and test equipment:

a. Use a theodolite to create a horizon mask.

b. Use Microsoft Excel or similar software to prepare a microwave path analysis with charts and path cross-sections for different conditions.

c. Use GPS locators and contour maps to prepare coverage area maps for shore line-of-site antennas.

d. Use a VSWR test set to obtain standing wave ratio readings.

e. Use a RF Field Strength Meter to create field strength maps.

f. Use a spectrum analyzer to map the spectrum received and transmitted by the system being installed.

16. Shore Outside Plant (OSP) Cabling Infrastructure Installation Project Engineer, Level 2

Those qualifying for this position must possess the qualifications for a Level 1 Inside Plant (ISP)

Project Engineer and the following additional requirements:

Experience: Personnel qualified for this position shall have at least:

a. One (1) year of experience developing shore Installation Design Plans for underground or above-ground OSP cabling infrastructure

b. One (1) year of experience preparing, conducting, and performing Site-Specific System

Operational Verification Tests (SOVTs) for systems involving new OSP cabling infrastructure

Knowledge: Project Engineers responsible for OSP cable installations shall be familiar with the existence of and be able to find guidance related to:

a. Outside plant related grounding requirements and approved methods (MIL-HDBK-419A, MIL-STD-188-124B Notice 3 and the National Electrical Safety Code.)

b. Protector block installation and grounding requirements of the National Electrical Code and J-

STD-607-A

c. Industry standards governing outside plant cable installations including:

1. TIA-758-A, Customer-owned Outside Plant Telecommunications Infrastructure and the

BiCSi Customer-Owned Outside Plant Design Manual (3rd Edition is latest at the time of this revision)

2. TIA-590-A, “Standard for Physical Location and Protection of Below-Ground Fiber Optic

Cable Plant, dated January 1997

3. National Electrical Manufacturer’s Association Bulletin No. TCB 2-2000, “NEMA

Guidelines for the Selection and Installation of Underground Nonmetallic Duct”

d. Government standards governing outside plant cable installations including:

1. Unified Facilities Guide Specifications, UFGS-33 71 02.00 20, Underground Electrical

Distribution

2. Unified Facilities Guide Specifications, Section 33 82 00, Telecommunications Outside

Plant (OSP)

3. USDA RUS Bulletin 1751F-644, Underground Plant Construction

4. USDA RUS Bulletin 1753F-201 (PC-4), RUS Standard for Acceptance Tests and

Measurements

e. Safety requirements of the latest versions of:

1. National Electrical Safety Code (especially physical clearance and grounding requirements)

2. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Safety and Health Requirements Manual (EM 385-1-1)

(governs safety on construction sites)

3. Navy Safety and Occupational Health Program Manual, OPNAVINST 5100.23Series

(especially the Chapter on Confined Space Entry)

4. OSHA (Standards -29 CFR), Part 1926, Subpart P (Excavations)

5. OSHA (Standards -29 CFR), Part 1910, Subpart R (Telecommunications)

f. Specific labeling requirements and techniques for OSP cable. This is actually covered by standards listed above, but is specifically called out to emphasize its importance. For example, the PE must have the knowledge needed to ensure that:

1. Labels resistant to the environmental conditions at the point of installation (such as moisture, heat, or ultraviolet light), and that they have a design life equal to or greater than the labeled component. (Required by TIA/EIA-606-A Section 10.1.1)

2. Cables are permanently identified by tags or otherwise at each manhole or other access opening of the conduit system. (Required by NESC Rule 341.b.3.a.(1) and TIA-606-A)

3. Two fiber connection positions (or polarities) are labeled using the letters "A" and "B".

(Required by TIA-758-A Section 5.3.5).

Skills and Abilities: To be qualified as an Outside Plant Cabling Infrastructure Installation Project

Engineer at this level, personnel must be able to use the proper tools and equipment to complete at least one-half of the following tasks:

a. OTDR testing on single-mode and multimode fiber optic cable

b. Optical Loss testing on single-mode and multimode fiber optic cable

c. Bit error rate testing on circuits (T1, DSL, etc.) over copper cable

d. Audio frequency signal loss testing and signal quality testing

e. Gas detector testing for confined space entry

f. Distance measurements

g. Microscopic examination of fiber optic cable terminations

h. Mandrel testing of conduits

17. Shore Inside Plant (ISP) Installation Engineer, Level 2

Education or Technical Background: Personnel qualified for this position shall meet at least one of the following four technical background requirements:

a. A bachelor’s of science degree in physics, electrical engineering, structural engineering, civil engineering, telecommunications engineering, or computer science).

b. Four (4) years of experience working as a qualified enlisted U.S. military serviceman with one of the following technical ratings – Electronics Technician with Advanced Training, Interior Communication (IC) man with Advanced Training, Information System Technician

(IT), Radioman (RM) (legacy rating), or Data System Technician (DS) (legacy rating).

c. An Associate’s degree in electrical or electronics engineering or computer science and two (2) years of experience performing electrical and electronic installation work for the US

Department of Defense, a telephone equipment company, or a communications equipment provider (e.g., Nortel Networks, Lucent, Alcatel, AT&T) as a qualified technician or installer.

d. Be registered as a BiCSi Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD) with six years of installation work experience as a technician, installer, or designer. (Five years is minimum required to become registered.)

Experience: Personnel qualified for this position shall have at least:Three (3) years of experience as developing shore Installation Design Plans (IDPs) for ISP work in accordance with the

SPAWAR Shore Installation Process Handbook including at least two (1) year of experience preparing IDPs for installing equipment to be used to process classified information.Three (3) years of experience preparing, conducting, and performing Site-Specific System Operational

Verification Tests (SOVTs) in accordance with the SPAWAR Shore Installation Process

Handbook or the SPAWAR SOVT Preparation and Execution Guide (SPEG) for Ship, Shore, and Submarine Installations One (1) year of experience developing detailed cost estimates for installation projects involving new inside plant cabling infrastructure and new equipment installationsKnowledge: Shore project engineers are required to maintain and demonstrate knowledge of the following installation design requirements:Shore Installation Process Handbook

(SIPH) process and deliverable requirementsCommercial and military standards that govern inside plant (ISP) communications equipment, cabling, and electrical wiring installations.

Shore Installation Process Handbook Appendix AC discusses all of the major shore installation guidance documents pertaining to SPAWAR shore installations. All shore project engineers are required to be thoroughly familiar with the entire contents of Appendix AC, including its attachments, and shall be capable of conducting further research the standards discussed as required for the installation projects that they are assigned to. Safety requirements specified in the contract. Installation design and drawing standards as defined by Appendix Q of the Shore Installation Process Handbook. The principles behind electrical power circuit design and electrical safety.The principles behind the design of Internet Protocol

(IP) networks.Skills and Abilities: Shore project engineers are required to be able to accurately estimate the type, quantity, and cost of resources required to implement shore installation designs. Shore project engineers are also required to be able to accurately estimate the time required to complete both installation designs and installation implementations. Shore Inside

Plant (ISP) Installation Engineers at this level shall know how to properly operate at least half of the following equipment that is used by the installing activity:

a. Bit-error rate test sets

b. Optical Time Domain Reflectometers (OTDRs)

c. AC power analyzers (one phase required, 3-phase preferred).

d. Multimeters or separate voltmeter, ammeter, and resistance meters

e. Clamp-on ammeters

f. VSWR meters

g. Fall of Potential Ground Testers

h. Storage oscilloscopes

i. Optical Loss Test Sets

j. LAN Cable Certification Test Sets (e.g., Cat 6 Cable Certification Test Set)

18. Software Engineer, Level 2

Education: BS degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer

Engineering, Computer Science. Working towards obtaining one of the following certifications within one and a half years after assuming duties: Certified Software Development Professional

(CSDP) (Previously known as Certified Software Engineering Professional (CSEP)), or – with

COR approval – a vendor/platform specific certification (e.g., Microsoft Certified Solutions

Developer (MCSD), Microsoft Certified Applications Developer (MCAD), Microsoft Certified

Database Administrator (MCDBA), Sun Certified Professional (SCP), Red Hat Certification

Program (RHCP), Oracle Certified Professional (OCP), etc.).

Experience: Three (3) years of software development experience to include developing, modifying, or maintaining software. Experience shall include software design and implementation, software debugging, software documentation development, developing installation instructions for software.

19. Internet Protocol (IP) Network Systems Design Engineer, Level 2

a. Cisco CCNA certificate and a Microsoft MCSE credential

b. Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Engineering, or Mathematics and either a Cisco CCNA certification and a Microsoft MCSE credential

Experience: Personnel qualified for this position shall have at least two (2) years of experience designing, installing, configuring and troubleshooting local and wide area Internet Protocol (IP) networks with 20 or more users. Experience must include configuration of at least four of the following and two of the following with an asterisk:

a. Cisco routers*

b. IP switches*

c. Virtual Private Network Devices

d. Firewalls*

e. Windows Servers

f. Unix/Linux Servers

g. E-mail servers

h. Domain name servers

i. Intrusion detection/prevention devices

j. Network management devices

k. Network storage devices (includes SAN switches)

l. Packet shapers.

Skills and Abilities: Personnel qualified for this position shall be able to demonstrate adequate skills in configuring Cisco routers and developing network architecture diagrams.

Engineer/Scientist 1

20. Software Engineer, Level 1 (Apprentice)

Education: BS degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer

Engineering, Computer…