Training Programmes
GVF, as the international satellite industry’s non-profit association, has created a capacity-building programme that aims to serve the entire spectrum of communications stakeholders worldwide. GVF has developed the following offerings, each of which aims to facilitate the communications community’s provision, use and/or regulation of satellite-based solutions:
VSAT
Installer Certification Training
The GVF VSAT Installation and Maintenance Training Course is an intensive
program created to serve as the global industry standard for installers
of bi-directional satellite earth stations. It was established by a consensus
of expert volunteers serving in the GVF Education & Training Working
Group (E&TWG), whose mission is to identify, formulate and share knowledge
that is beneficial to the satellite industry, its shareholders and stakeholders.
Full details, including course outlines, catalog with tuition fees, and
registration, are provided at the GVF
Training Portal.
Students who complete GVF Advanced VSAT Installer Certification and any Specialty Certifications and may posted in the GVF’s Global VSAT Installer Database.
For more information, please browse the GVF Training
Portal and feel free to contact us at gvfsupport@satprof.com.
View and register for all available on-line and on-site classes at the
GVF Training
Portal.
GVF has developed a course for professionals who are engaged in or are thinking about starting a satellite communications business. The content is not highly technical, although business-relevant technical issues are covered in outline. Delegates include investors and business principals; management from marketing, sales, customer care, and implementation; financial and administrative management; government; telecommunications planners / management; non-government organisations; donor agencies; and anyone else interested in businesses which will rely on satellite technology. This course is delivered in a classroom session by special arrangement.
This is an academic course developed in Conjunction with York University. It is technical and is designed for under-graduate, post-graduate and professional engineers interested in satellite communications systems. This course is typically delivered in an academic setting, or for small, medium and large organizations private-sector companies, governments, etc.) that have a strong interest in expanding the technical ability of their staff.
This capacity-building program is provided to governmental and inter-governmental officials, and other entities involved in regulation and policy. Delegates include regulators and policy makers, as well as officials from ministries and telcos, law firms, consultants, and others involved in establishing or facilitating satellite-related regulation and policy. This course is delivered in a classroom session by special arrangement.
SBCA – DBS Installation
The Satellite Broadcast Communications Association (SBCA)National Standards and Testing Program is a program where satellite service equipment installers are tested to certify that they have taken the necessary course work/training to pass standardized testing developed by the SBCA and industry leaders. Certification is a continuous process of training and testing, where installers can gain higher levels of certification through additional testing. Certification is valid for two years, after which the installer must be re-certified. SBCA now offers on-line certification training. For details, visit the SBCA online training portal.