This text/lab book prepares students to pass ETAI's Fiber Cabling Installers Certification FCIC Exam. It focuses on the basics of fiber optic design, installations, insertion loss, optical time domain reflectometry, reflectance and safety considerations. Lab exercises cover ST-compatible and SC connector types, both single and multi-mode cables and connectors, pulling and prepping cables, mechanical and fusion splices, terminations, testing and troubleshooting fiber cable systems.