Cable technicians and technical managers can earn fully accredited college degrees tailored to their profession while advancing their careers. Graduates will possess an unsurpassed level of technical, supervisory, management, and business skill specific to the broadband industry, all with the added rewards that come with having a college degree. Courses in the first three certificates may be applied to the Associate of General Studies (AGS) in Broadband Technical Management.

Broadband cable industry professionals completing this option will find success as managers of line technicians, maintenance technicians, fiber-optic technicians, and headend technicians, to name a few. These individuals will manage the personnel, processes, and technologies used in design, construction, installation, maintenance, and service of broadband coaxial and fiber networks.

Students completing this certificate will be among the elite in the broadband industry, well-suited to supervise those who deploy and service cable modems, constant bit rate (CBR) telephony, and digital video in broadband networks. Those who earn this certificate can expect to work as managers of field service technicians, bandwidth access technicians, headend technicians, NOC technicians, etc. with broadband companies that are deploying advanced services.

This certificate is designed for people preparing to enter the rapidly growing field of broadband telephony. Those completing this certificate can expect to work with broadband cable, RBOCs, LECs, CLECs, and DSL companies that are deploying advanced services such as ISDN, DSL, VDSL, and digital video. Also, individuals who have worked in the telephone industry will find this option helpful to move beyond POTS into supervision of full-service broadband telephony technicians.