ECS NIAA

The ECS Network Infrastructure Awareness Assessment has been devised by industry employers to provide a qualification to support the application of an ECS Network Infrastructure Assistant card.

The assessment covers the essential aspects of working practices for people who will be assisting with the installation of network infrastructure projects.

This app should be used to help prepare for the assessment.

Each assessment uses a selection of the questions from the question bank printed in this guide, all the questions in the assessment are listed in this guide.

The assessment is designed to test basic awareness of Network Infrastructure installation practice for people assisting with network infrastructure projects.

Multiple choice questions will be based on the following criteria
Product Selection - 3
Requirements for working with containment systems - 4
Cable laying requirements - 4
Cable dressing requirements - 4
Fire regulation requirements - 3
Safe installation practices - cables - 4
Safe installation practices - personal safety - 4
Other services - 3
Waste Management - 1

Each assessment consists of 30 questions across a range of topics relevant to network infrastructure installation to be completed in 45 minutes. Each question will require the correct answer to be selected from a choice of four possible answers given. The pass mark is 24 (80%) correctly answered questions.

The ECS Network Infrastructure Awareness assessment is available from the JIB, EGA, Unite the Union and JIB Registered and Preferred Training Providers. In addition, some employers may be able to provide the assessments to their directly employed staff.

Note: this is not an official app