METHOD OF STATEMENT FOR OPGW HEALTHINESS TESTING UNDER

COMPLETION OF OUTSTANDING FOC WORKS OF PREVIOUS CONTRACT

N- 12820 AND RECTIFICATIONS/REPLACEMENT OF FAULTY OPGW SPAN
AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS

Prepared by Reviewed by Approved by

Document Controller Telecom Engineer Project Manager

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1.0 Activity

2.0 Introduction

3.0 Significant Hazards identified.

4.0 Responsibilities

5.0 Sequence of Activity with Responsibilities

5.1 Healthiness Testing of Existing 32 Fiber Optic Cables (OTDR & LSPM)

5.2 Documentation

6.0 Requirements
6.1 Training
6.2 Preconditions

7.0 Emergency Procedures

8.0 PPE

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METHOD OF STATEMENT FOR OPGW HEALTHINESS TEST

1.0 Activity:
The purpose of this method statement is to outline the sequences activity like
Healthiness Testing For
Section-1: OPGW between 400KV
Section-2: OPGW between

Section-3: OPGW UMM AL OUSH rk

Introduction:
2.0
The objective of this method statement is to establish in the necessary guidelines for OPGW
healthiness testing of fiber optic Cable in accordance with the contract requirements and
specifications. This method statement should ensure that the survey is executed properly
& Safely and in accordance with the contract requirements. This methodstatement aims to
ensure that work quality assurance and quality control activities are conducted in a
systematic manner, testing is duly inspected, and conformance is verified and documented.

3.0 Significant Hazards identified

Initial Mobilization Hazards Risks *Rating

(0 to 25)

Establish site Negligible

boundaries

Ministry Letters of No Negligible

Objections

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 Clear site Machinery Physical injury 5

Secondary
Mobilization

Material Lay down Machinery Physical injury, 7

Areas Construction Substance exposure
Equipment /
Materials

Scaffolds / Work at Machinery Fall from height, Struck 12

heights Work platforms by falling object,
Collapsing scaffold

Site road network Machinery Physical injury, 5

Construction Substance exposure
Equipment /
Materials

4.0 Responsibilities

Project Manager:

The duties and responsibilities of the Project Manager are to:

• Develop and implement the project health, safety and environmental plan and
organization to achieve the overall objectives of Contractor’s Management System.
• As part of the overall risk management program, establish arrangements to ensure
that all contractors and designers selected are competent and have made adequate
provisions for health, safety and environmental issues.
• Establish the project training program, which will include induction training, refresher
training, training for changes in responsibilities, emergency procedures, toolbox talk
training and performance initiatives.
• Set up and maintain an efficient and adequate system for first aid and health
surveillance for the project.

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 • Establish site emergency procedures and appoint persons
as leaders to manage the plan.
• Ensure suitable arrangements are made to deal with visitors to site, that they are
accompanied at all times, provided with appropriate information on the site risks and
given details of the emergency procedures.
• Establish performance standards and arrangements for planning, measuring and
reviewing policy implementation to ensure a high standard of health, safety and
welfare is maintained by all personnel on site.
• Liaise and co-operate with all projects assigned Safety Officers and HSE manager.
• Assist the Project safety Officer(s) (and where necessary HSE manager) to investigate
all accidents & incidents and take appropriate action to prevent a recurrence.
• Ensure clear lines of communication/reporting are established with Clients
Representatives.

Site Engineer/FO Engineer/FO Technician/Foremen

The duties and policies of the Site Engineers, FO Engineers and Foremen are to:
• Be responsible to and co-operate with their managers to ensure work is undertaken in
accordance with the Project HSE Plan.
• Ensure that all work is properly supervised, that appropriate safety devices, equipment
and protective clothing are provided and properly used.
• Ensure persons carrying out work are fully informed of the safe system of work to be
implemented are competent and authorized to carry out their respective tasks by
preparing an delivering Tool Box Talks and on the job safety auditing.
• Carry out workplace inspections and report on performance to their
Manager/Engineer.
• Ensure that an adequate and safe means of access and egress is maintained in each
workplace.
• Ensure high standards of housekeeping are maintained.
• Carryout and investigation of any incident or accident and report details to their
relevant Project Manager.
• At all times confirm to verbal/written advice or instruction from the project assigned
Safety Officer or HSE Manager.

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 HSE Manager:
• Prepares reviews and updates, the Project Health Safety & Environment related
documents.
• Manages work of Project/Dept. Safety Representatives / Committees.
• Reviews / Updates & circulates HSE information to sites.
• Advises Senior Management on all HSE matters.
• Supports & provides guidance to Site HSE Officers on all HSE matters.
• Prepares and analyses statistical safety information and provides guidance to
Management teams in order to improve safety performance of the site.

HSE Officer
• Prepares reviews and updates, the project Health safety & Environment documents in
coordination with the Project Manager & HSE Manager, Manages work of Project
safety Representatives / Committees.
• Oversees preparation of all HSE documentation for the project e.g. Safety Plans, Risk
assessments.
• Liaises with regulatory bodies and government bodies.
• Develops and operates accident / incident reporting system e.g. records of accidents
and accident statistics for the project.
• Conducts accident investigations, notes failure to comply with standard procedures
and legislation and recommends measures to prevent recurrences, including changes
to site procedures.
• Implements Hazard identification, through the use of appropriate checklists available.
• Carryout a hygiene survey program as directed by the HSE manager. Carry out routine
hygiene surveys.
• Recommends safety targets for the project in association with the HSE Manager and
calculates accident frequency.
• Ensure that an adequate and safe means of access and egress is maintained in each
workplace.
• Ensure high standards of housekeeping are maintained.
• Carry out an investigation of any incident or accident and report details to their
relevant Project Manager.

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 • At all times confirm to verbal/written advice or instruction
from the project assigned Safety Officer or HSE Manager.
• Promotes and contributes to the development of controls for cases of emergency for
the project and ensures practice drills are carried out
• Cooperates and work in conjunction with HSE representatives and requirements of
project standards.

All Project Members:

In addition to the specific responsibilities listed above all employees, contractors and sub-
contractors are required to:
• To be familiar with the health and safety Policy and to co-operate in its
implementation at all times.
• To cooperate with and carry out instructions given by Managers, Site Engineers,
Safety Department and supervisors.
• To observe all safety regulations at all times.
• To take reasonable care for the safety and health of themselves, their colleagues and
anyone else who may be affected by their acts or omissions.
• To wear appropriate protective clothing and use appropriate safety equipment at all
times as instructed.
• To report all hazards to their immediate supervisor.
• To report all accidents (whether persons are injured or not) and any damage to their
immediate supervisor.

5.0 Sequence of Activity with Responsibilities

5.1 Healthiness Testing of Existing 32 Fiber Optic Cables (OTDR &

LSPM)Scope:
Healthiness Testing is performed for four sections separately.
Section-1: OPGW between 400KV MOSG-ALDAFRAH S/S-SHAMKHA.
Section-2: OPGW between CNTG 220 KV S/S and RUMAITHA OLD 220 KV S/S
Section-3: OPGW UMM AL OUSH S/S – AAIA – ARDG - AWGG S/S

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 to check the healthiness of the cable as per below illustrated
technical strategies with OTDR and POWER METER & LASER SOURCE and will
forward Complete testing report to TRANSCO for evaluation and confirmation prior
SAT procedure.

• During SAT procedure the below explicated technique will be repeated similar to
internal testing and at closing stages of testing all written SAT procedure data will be
evaluated by TRANSCO’s envoy at site itself and will be confirmed SAT report as a
result of evaluation.
General Requirements:
• This test shall be conducted at both 1310nm and 1550nm light wavelengths.
• All testing shall be performed with an optical time domain reflectometer (OTDR) and
Power meter & Laser source.
• The use of launch box is required if the testing cable length is below 500mtr.
• Testing shall be conducted on all components of the FOC outside the plant, including
fiber cables and splice points.
• All splice losses and end to end losses shall be recorded by the OTDR.

Procedure:
End-to-End Testing using OTDR
• Shall place a team of testing engineers/Technician at the start (origin) of cable location and
also place another team at the end (remote) of cable. The OTDR shall be located at both end
of the FOC backbone during the testing.

• The pulse width setting of the OTDR shall be set to the lowest possible setting while allowing
the full length of FOC to be measured for faults or reflective events.

• Reset OTDR with required information and clean both fiber connector and fiber port in OTDR
to remove all internal debris and water locking agents before testing.

• Test buffer tubes in consecutive order in accordance with optical cable colour coding.

• Setup the OTDR to test the individual fiber strands, with the same setting as tested by the
manufacturer, including but not limited to the specific test wavelengths, pulse width,
acquisition time, index of refraction, cable span and event thresholds.

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 • Test the fiber at each 1310nm and 1550nm for
minimum of 10 seconds from Fiber Optic Patch Panel (origin end) to fiber optic Patch Panel
(remote End) to measure the attenuation per kilometer. After testing all results of fibers
arerecorded

• Analyze the tested fiber for anomalies and verify the fiber characteristics, such as length and
signal loss or attenuation, versus the specified engineering requirements.

• Record the test data. Label the fiber trace with associated fiber number in relate to cable route.
It is required for each fiber strand tested that the documented information includes a trace
image, detailed OTDR setting per trace, and any associated event tables.

• Save all test report files. All test result files are to be stored on flash drive and submitted to
engineer for approval.

• Examine bidirectional test results and prepare analysis report.

End-to-End Testing using Light Source & Power Meter

Figure: 1

• Shall place a team of testing engineers at the start (origin) of cable location and also place
another team at the end (remote) of cable. The Laser source shall be located at one end and
Power meter shall be located at far end of the FOC backbone during the testing.

• Reset equipment’s with required information and clean both fiber connector and fiber port
inequipment’s to remove all internal debris and water locking agents before testing.

• Do the calibration of equipment’s to adjust TX power as ‘0’

• Laser source act as transmitter and it emits light ie (TX) and Power meter act as receiver
ie(Rx) and difference between emitted loss (TX) and received loss (Rx) is calculated as
each fiber attenuation loss.
• Once the continuity test have been carried out a highly stable laser source and a optical power
meter shall be used to test the overall attenuation of the fibers from fiber optic Patch Panel

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 (origin end) to fiber optic Patch Panel (remote end). The loss
test will be carried out in both directions @ 1310nm & 1550nm.

• Test buffer tubes in consecutive order in accordance with optical cable color coding and
record the loss after testing of each fiber.

• Analyses the tested fiber for anomalies and verify the fiber characteristics, such as length
andsignal loss or attenuation, versus the specified engineering requirements.

• Examine bidirectional test results and prepare analysis report.

• Adequate housekeeping shall be maintained at site while doing final testing of cable.

• Making and labeling the cable on according to TRANSCO specification.

• (Maximum Permissible End-to-End Loss (dB) = (Cable length x Maximum attenuation per
kilometer) + (Number of Splices x Maximum splice loss) + (number of connectors x maximum
connector loss).

• For example:
At 1310nm
Cable length = 25 km
Maximum attenuation per km = 0.35 db
Number of Splices = 5
Number of Connectors = 2
Maximum Connector Loss = 0.3 dB
(25 x 0.35) + (5 x 0.05) + (2 x 0.3) = 9.6 dB

At 1550nm
Cable length = 25 km
Maximum attenuation per km = 0.25 db
Number of Splices = 5
Number of Connectors = 2
Maximum Connector Loss = 0.3 dB
(25 x 0.25) + (5 x 0.05) + (2 x 0.3) = 7.1 dB

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 5.2 Documentation:

The OTDR shall include as flash drive USB for storage of all FOC signatures. Signatures of all
cables tested shall be stored on USB drive. With the help of OTDR software is capable to read
the stored signatures from the disk and performing all measurements and analyses on stored
signatures as if the OTDR were connected live to the FOC. The analysis shall include readout of
fiber loss per unit length, splice loss measurement (amount of loss and distance), connector loss
measurement, total FOC length, generation of event table, and identification and measurement
of any other reflective events or faults.
The site test reports will be duly filled and will be supported by the OTDR trace records.
The OTDR test result will be provided in the hard copy from in labelled ring binder with a
witness Signature verifying execution of all tests.

6.0 Requirements

6.1 Training:
For this project, the company will provide training to the site teams in the following areas:
● PPE
● Accident / Incident Reporting
● Hazard Identification
● Risk Assessment and Classification
● HSE for Supervisors / Managers
● First Aid
All training records will be maintained and be available on file. In addition records of operator’s
Certificates / licenses will be kept on file.
As a matter of routine the company conducts toolbox talks for all company workers on the following
subjects:

● Work equipment
● Manual handling

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 ● PPE
● Machinery
● Confined spaces

6.2 Preconditions

1. Test Equipment, accessories and tools shall be on the site

2. All HSE conditions are achieved. (Proper lighting, PPE, CO2 in manual position)

Checks
The following field-checks will be carried out:
Visual checks
DC and AC voltage measurements
Calibration certificates of test instruments

7.0 Emergency Procedures

Emergency Response Plan
Emergency response plan has been developed specifically for this Project and covers:

ACCIDENTS / INCIDENTS / NEAR MISS

▪ Major accident event
▪ General medical / first aid

The following key facilities will be provided:

● Alarm systems (air horns for sites)
● Firefighting equipment
● First aid station / clinic
Welfare Facilities
Onsite welfare facilities will be provided for all site teams. Welfare facilities will include, as a
minimum:

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 ● Toilets
● Washing facilities
● Drinking Water
● Rest Area
● First Aid Station
Record Keeping
Records are kept for:
● Training
● Machinery certification
● Accidents / Incidents
● First aid
● Risk assessments
● HSE Audits
Records are prepared and stored in accordance with company procedure.

8. PPE

▪ Protective Clothing must be worn

▪ Protective Footwear must be worn
▪ Safety harness must be worn
▪ Hard hat must be worn
▪ Hi-Visibility jackets to be worn
▪ Protective gloves must be worn.

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