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Note: ONLY schools which are listed here are FOA-Approved and authorized to offer FOA certifications. Schools listed here are required to offer FOA certifications to all students. If you have any questions regarding a school's status with the FOA, contact the FOA staff.

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USA
School Name School # City State CFOT CPCT CFospT AFOT CFxT CFOS Class At Comments
Faulkner State Community College 279 Bay Minette Alabama CFOT CPCT School
Northeast Alabama Community College 208-14 Rainsville Alabama CFOT CFospT CFOS/T/S School
NorthWest Arkansas Community College 208-15 Bentonville Arkansas CFOT CFospT CFOS/T/S School
College of the Ouachitas 313 Malvern Arkansas CFOT School
Southeast Arkansas College 208-16 Pine Bluff Arkansas CFOT CFospT CFOS/T/S School
The Sage Group 218 Burbank California CFOT School
College of the Sequois 208-35 Visalia California CFOT CFOS/T/S School
Ohlone College 208-34 Newark California CFOT CFOS/T/S School
Big Time Telephone Services 314 Marina del Rey California CFOT Customer Location
Cuesta College 309 San Luis Obispo California CFOT CPCT School
Associated Technical College 131-02 Los Angeles California CFOT CPCT CFospT School
RWM Fiber Optics, Inc. 217 Carson California CFOT CFospT AFOT CFOS/C/S/T/D/H School
Masters Vocational College 316 Riverside California CPCT School
Experior University 323 Oxnard California CFOT School
BTS-BreakThru Training Solutions, Inc. 281 Calabasas California CFOT School or Customer Loc. Most of our Courses have been accredited by BICSI
Los Angeles Trade Technical College 115 Los Angeles California CFOT School
VDV Academy - VDV Works LLC 200 Fallbrook California CFOT n/a Self-study and instructor's programs only.
Crossbow Communications/Computer Training Consultants 264 San Jose California CFOT School or Customer Loc.
Elkins Training Company 304 Santa Rosa California CFOT CPCT CFospT AFOT School or Customer Loc.
Applied Professional Training 152 Carlsbad California CFOT School
Advanced Training Associates 143 El Cajon California CFOT CPCT AFOT CFOS/S/T/D/H School or Customer Loc. FTTx
Associated Technical College 131-01 San Diego California CFOT CPCT CFospT AFOT CFOS/C/S/D School Offers job placement.
National Communications Training Centers 138 San Marcos California CFOT School Offers job placement; BICSI credits
Votec Training Associates, LLC 276 San Diego California CFOT CPCT School or Customer Loc. Coaxial, Cat 5,7 and UTP cabling
Craig J. Getchel 183 Ontario California CFOT School Fiber Optic Consultant
Tool Pouch Training 219 Fresno California CFOT CPCT CFospT AFOT CFOS/C/S/T/D/H School or Customer Loc.
Vella Consulting and Training Solutions 292 Sunnyvale California CFOT CPCT AFOT CFOS/C/S/T/D School or Customer Loc.
Diablo Valley College 162 Pleasant Hill California CFOT School
Alpha Diallo, Fiber Optic Trainer / School #261 261 Campbell California CFOT CPCT CFospT AFOT Customer Location
Exsell Sales Associates 239 Glendale California CFOT School
National Technology Transfer Workforce Development Institute 121 Centennial Colorado CFOT School
L-3 Communications 302 Pueblo Colorado CFOT Customer Location
Delaware Technical College 208-36 Georgetown Delaware CFOT CFOS/T/S School
University of Central Florida 208-02 Orlando Florida CFOT CFOS/T/S School or Customer Loc.
MJD Communications Consultants 253 Lauderdale Lakes Florida CFOT CPCT CFospT AFOT CFOS/C/S/T/D/H School or Customer Loc. Consultants
CCT Technical Corp. 278 Miami Florida CFOT CPCT AFOT CFOS/C/S/T/D/H School or Customer Loc.
Termark Technical Institute 300 Coral Springs Florida CFOT School or Customer Loc.
Harris Corp. GCSD 310 Palm Bay Florida CFOT School or Customer Loc. Harris employees & customers only, no outside students.
Georgia Southern University 208-19 Statesboro Georgia CFOT CFospT CFOS/T/S School
Crystal Tech 222 Norcross Georgia CFOT CPCT CFospT AFOT CFOS/C/S/T/D/H Customer Loc.
The Training Solutions Group, Inc. 230 Suwanee Georgia CFOT CPCT AFOT CFOS/C/S/T/D/H School
FiberNexxt Communication, LLC 170 Austell Georgia CFOT CFospT CFOS/C/S/T School or Customer Loc.
Lincoln College of Technology 238 Marietta Georgia CFOT School
Pearson Technologies Inc. 101 Acworth Georgia CFOT AFOT CFOS/C/S/T/H School or Customer Loc.
Brierwood Technical Institute 277 Woodstock Georgia CFOT CPCT CFospT AFOT CFOS/C/S/T/D/H School or Customer Loc.
Wiregrass Georgia Technical College 298 Fitzgerald Georgia CFOT School
Lincoln Trail College 112 Robinson Illinois CFOT School or Customer Loc.
The Fiber Optics Institute, Slayton Solutions, Ltd. 156 Chicago Illinois CFOT School or Customer Loc. Offering CEUs and ESNT certification.
Midwest Telecom Trainng, LLC 201 Plainville Indiana CFOT CFOS/H Customer Location
Indian Hills Community College 282 Ottumwa Iowa CFOT School
Allen County Community College 208-20 Lola Kansas CFOT CFospT CFOS/T/S School
Somerset Community College 208-21 Somerset Kentucky CFOT CFospT CFOS/T/S School
Gateway Community & Technical College 147 Florence Kentucky CFOT CPCT CFospT AFOT CFOS/C/S/T/D/H School
CPS 324 South Deerfield Massachusetts CFOT Customer Loc.
Cape Cod Community College 208-22 Hyannis Massachusetts CFOT CFOS/T/S School
Terry O'Malley 285 Byfield (Newbury) Massachusetts CFOT CFospT AFOT CFOS/C/S/T School or Customer Loc. Experienced OSP Engineer
Monroe County Community College 208-23 Monroe Michigan CFOT CFospT CFOS/T/S School
Hibbing Community College 226 Hibbing Minnesota CFOT School
Regional Technology Center 258 Holly Springs Mississippi CFOT CFOS/I School
Capps Technology Center, Mississippi Delta Community College 208-04 Indianola Mississippi CFOT CFospT CFOS/T/S School Structured Cabling programs
Mississippi Delta Community College 208-24 Moorhead Mississippi CFOT CFospT CFOS/T/S School
Linn State Technical College 248 Linn Missouri CFOT CFOS/H School
Milton J. Murry PE 209 St. Louis Missouri CFOT CFospT AFOT School or Customer Loc.
Southeast Community College 208-25 Lincoln Nebraska CFOT CFospT CFOS/T/S School
Great Bay Community College 160 Portsmouth New Hampshire CFOT CPCT AFOT CFOS/D/H School
FiberNext LLC 193 Concord New Hampshire CFOT AFOT Customer Location
Warren County Community College 208-26 Washington New Jersey CFOT CFospT CFOS/T/S School
Eastwick Colleges, Hohokus RETS Schools 210 Nutley New Jersey CFOT AFOT School
Mercer Community College 133 Trenton New Jersey CFOT School
Ocean County College 208-38 Toms River New Jersey CFOT CFOS/T/S School
Integrated Training Center 202 Albuquerque New Mexico CFOT AFOT School
NMSU - Alamogordo 208-27 Alamogordo New Mexico CFOT CFospT CFOS/T/S School
Digital Network Services 319 Belen New Mexico CFOT School or Customer Loc.
Westchester Community College 208-28 Vallhalla New York CFOT CFospT CFOS/T/S School
QBI, The Training Institute, Inc. 274 Long Island City New York CFOT CPCT School
Lockheed Martin 231 Syracuse New York CFOT AFOT School or Customer Loc. For employee continuing education only
TECH 1 Communications 303 Brooklyn New York CFOT CPCT CFospT AFOT CFOS/C/S/T/D/H School or Customer Loc.
Home Builders Institute / Cassadaga Job Corps 327 Cassadaga New York CFOT School
Inovatech College of Business and Technology 322 Fayetteville North Carolina CFOT School The course we would use as a model was purchased directly from FOA.
Wilkes Community College 208-37 Wilkesboro North Carolina CFOT CFOS/T/S School
Corning Cable Systems 211 Hickory North Carolina CFOT School or Customer Loc.
Fayetteville Technical Community College 181 Fayetteville North Carolina CFOT School
Alliant Personnel Solutions (APSI) 265 Charlotte North Carolina CFOT CPCT AFOT CFOS/C/S/T/D/H School or Customer Loc.
Central Carolina Community College 221 Sanford North Carolina CFOT CPCT CFospT AFOT School
Urban League of the Central Carolinas 325 Charlotte North Carolina CFOT CPCT School
Techtricians 169 Cincinnati Ohio CFOT CPCT AFOT CFOS/C/S/T/D/H Customer Loc.
Marion Technical College 246 Marion Ohio CFOT CPCT AFOT School
Vanguard Career and Technology Center 135 Fremont Ohio CFOT CPCT School
Terra Community College 165 Fremont Ohio CFOT School
FAA Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center, AMA-413 260 Oklahoma City Oklahoma CFOT School Not available to the public.
Indiana University of Penn. 249 Freeport Pennsylvania CFOT School
Pennsylvania Highlands Community College 208-39 Johnstown Pennsylvania CFOT CFOS/T/S School
Electronic Interface Associates 195 Akron Pennsylvania CFOT CPCT AFOT CFOS/C/S/T/D/H School or Customer Loc. BICSI CEC's Available
AFL Telecommunication 241-01 Duncan South Carolina CFOT AFOT School or Customer Loc.
Tri-County Technical College 208-29 Pendleton South Carolina CFOT CFospT CFOS/T/S School
The Sage Group 218-02 Brentwood Tennessee CFOT AFOT School
Northeast State Community College 208-31 Blountville Tennessee CFOT CFospT CFOS/T/S School
Volunteer State Community College 208-30 Gallatin Tennessee CFOT CFospT CFOS/T/S School
Lee College 208-08 Baytown Texas CFOT CFospT CFOS/T/S School
Texas State Techincal College - Harlingen 166 Harlingen Texas CFOT AFOT School
Austin Community College 208-07 Austin Texas CFOT CFospT CFOS/T/S School
Eastfield College 174 Mesquite Texas CFOT School
Fiber4Comm, Inc. 180 Kileen Texas CFOT School
BDI DataLynk, LLC 208 Lago Vista Texas CFOT CFOS/T/S Customer Location
AVO Training Institute, Inc. 126 Dallas Texas CFOT AFOT School or Customer Loc.
Western Technical College 173 El Paso Texas CFOT School
UVU Community College 208-33 Orem Utah CFOT CFospT CFOS/T/S School
Weber State University Telecom Business Ed. 289 Clinton Utah CFOT School
Windham Regional Career Center 104 Brattleboro Vermont CFOT School
Alliant Global Training Center 326 Richmond Virginia CFOT School or Customer Loc.
FiberTrain Corporation 243 Virginia Beach Virginia CFOT Customer Loc. Onsite as required
Educational Resources, Inc. 223 Dulles Virginia CFOT CFospT AFOT CFOS/C/S/T/D/H School or Customer Loc. 20 hour course offered monthly
Avitek International 306 Yorktown Virginia CFOT School or Customer Loc.
Puget Sound Energy 312 Redmond Washington CFOT School Puget Sound Energy employees only.
Enulta Fiber Optics 237 Seattle Washington CFOT CFospT AFOT CFOS/C/S/T/D/H School or Customer Loc. Basic and advanced/specialist training.
Bates Technical College 198 Tacoma Washington CFOT AFOT School
The Light Brigade, Inc. 241-02 Tukwila Washington CFOT AFOT School or Customer Loc. BICSI credits are available.
PKMM, Inc. 294 Olympia Washington CFOT School
Alliant Global Training Center 326-02 Washington DC Washington, District of Columbia CFOT School or Customer Loc.
Laramie Community College 208-10 Cheyenne Wyoming CFOT CFospT CFOS/T/S School


USA - NJATC Apprenticeship Programs - JATC training is available to IBEW/NECA members only.
School Name School # City State CFOT CPCT CFospT AFOT CFxT CFOS Class At Comments
San Diego Electrical Apprenticeship 630 San Diego California CFOT CPCT School
Northern CA Sound & Communication JATC 609 San Jose California CFOT CFOS/D School
Florida East Coast JATC 635 West Palm Beach Florida CFOT School
Jacksonville Electrical JATC 617 Jacksonville Florida CFOT School
IBEW-NECA Technical Institute (IN-TECH) 168 Alsip Illinois CFOT School Apprenticeship program for IBEW Local 134
IBEW Local 193 642 Springfield Illinois CFOT School
IBEW Local 117 JATC 636 Crystal Lake Illinois CFOT
IBEW NECA TRAINING & APPRENCTICESHIP CENTER---INTAC 604 Merriville Indiana CFOT CPCT School THIS IS A NEW LEED FACILITY THIS IS A GREEN BUILDING
Emcor/Hyre Electric of Indiana 615 Portage Indiana CFOT CPCT AFOT School
Electrical JATC of Northern Indiana 629 Michigan City Indiana CFOT School
Wichita JATC 625 Wichita Kansas CFOT School
JATC IBEW Local #861 619 Lake Charles Louisiana CFOT School
Local #24 JATC Electricians 623 Baltimore Maryland CFOT CPCT School
JATC of Greater Boston 618 Dorchester Massachusetts CFOT School
Kalamazoo Electrical JATC 606 Kalamazoo Michigan CFOT School
Detroit JATC 621 Warren Michigan CFOT School
AAEJATC 631 Chelsea Michigan CFOT School
MN Limited Energy JATC 624 Fridley Minnesota CFOT CPCT School
Electrical JATC for Southern Nevada 622 Las Vegas Nevada CFOT School
J.A.T.C. L.U. 351 & South Jersey N.E.C.A. 634 Vineland New Jersey CFOT School
IBEW Local 164 628 Paramus New Jersey CFOT CPCT CFospT School
Cleveland Electrical JATC 616 Valley View Ohio CFOT School
Canton Electrical JATC 611 Massillon Ohio CFOT School
NIECT 627 Portland Oregon CFOT School
IBEW Local 98 Apprentice Training 614 Philadelphia Pennsylvania CFOT School
Madison Area Technical College 643 Madison Wisconsin CFOT School


Canada
School Name School # City Province CFOT CPCT CFospT AFOT CFxT CFOS Class At Comments
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology 136 Edmonton Alberta CFOT CFOS/D/S School or Customer Loc.
Nine Micron 311 Chestermere Alberta CFOT CFOS/C Customer Location
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) Polytechnic 751 Calgary Alberta CFOT School
College of New Caledonia 317 Prince George British Columbia CFOT CPCT School or Customer Loc.
Mississauga Training Consultants 142 Mississauga Ontario CFOT CPCT CFospT AFOT CFOS/C School or Customer Loc.
Holland College 106-01 Summerside Prince Edward Island CFOT School
Holland College 106-02 Charlottetown Prince Edward Island CFOT School
Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology 295 Moose Jaw Saskatchewan CFOT CPCT School


Worldwide
School Name School # City Province Country CFOT CPCT CFospT AFOT CFxT CFOS Class At Comments
Integrated Systems, LLC 744 Afghanistan CFOT School US Military only.
FIBER-ONE 240 Helmand Province Afghanistan CFOT CPCT CFOS/C/S/T/D/H School or Customer Loc.
Conquest Communications 711 Bundaberg Queensland Australia CFOT School or Customer Loc.
Fiberdk ApS 733 Middelfart Denmark CFOT CFospT AFOT CFOS/T/D/H School or Customer Loc.
HitekNOFAL Academy 726 Cairo Egypt CFOT CFOS/H School
ILCOM LTD 741 Tbilisi Georgia CFOT School
Johvic Fibertech Solutions Limited 746-02 Kumasi Ghana CFOT CPCT CFospT AFOT CFOS/D/H/I School or Customer Loc.
Technological Educational Institute of Serres, Greece 720 Serres Greece CFOT School
Optinext Technologies Pvt. Ltd. 729 Mumbai Maharastra India CFOT CPCT School BICSI CEC's
NIFC (Division of NIFE) 745 Palarivattom, Cochin Kerala India CFOT School
Vector Technology Institute 203 Kingston Jamaica CFOT School or Customer Loc. Offer A+, CCNA and CCNP certifications as well.
Ryson Communications Group Ltd. 727 Nairobi Kenya CFOT AFOT CFOS/D/I School or Customer Loc.
African eDevelopment Resource Centre 716 Nairobi Kenya CFOT CFOS/D School or Customer Loc.
Oerigo Training Institute 753 Kuwait City Kuwait CFOT School or Customer Loc. (per Regis, do not list names) POC: Mori Ghazzawi, VP, Knowlogy Corporation, Email: mghazzawi@knowlogy.com
Significant Technologies Sdn. Bhd. 207 Selangor Malaysia CFOT CFOS/H School or Customer Loc.
Electro-Technology Education Centre 721 Mount Wellington Aukland New Zealand CFOT School or Customer Loc.
FTTX Services Limited 739 North Shore City New Zealand CFOT AFOT CFOS/H School
TechTel Training & Development Ltd. 752 Mount Wellington New Zealand CFOT School or Customer Loc.
Johvic Fibertech Solutions Limited 746 Ikorodu Ogun State Nigeria CFOT CPCT CFospT AFOT CFOS/D/H/I School or Customer Loc.
e-Sense Technology Solutions Limited 732 Kaduna Kaduna State Nigeria CFOT CPCT School or Customer Loc.
Meed Networks 731 Bodija, Ibadan Oyo State Nigeria CFOT CFOS/D School or Customer Loc.
Torque Technologies 712 Surulere Lagos Nigeria CFOT AFOT School or Customer Loc.
IMT Computers 718 Ikeja Lagos Nigeria CFOT School or Customer Loc.
Nexus-Net 742 Cebu City Philippines CFOT CPCT AFOT School or Customer Location
SubNet Services Ltd. 728 Quezon City Philippines CFOT AFOT School or Customer Loc.
OPTINE Rafal Macuga 724 Szczecin Poland CFOT School or Customer Loc.
AEON Training, Design and Consulting LLC. 713 29 ST DE 3 Bayamon Puerto Rico / USA CFOT CFOS/D/T School or Customer Loc. Classes in Latin America and US.
Ecole Superieure Multinationale des Telecommunications 722 Dakar Liberte Dakar Senegal CFOT CFOS/D School or Customer Loc.
100G Training & Consultancy Pte Ltd 735 Singapore Singapore CFOT School or Customer Loc.
Triple Play Fibre Optic Solutions 707 Pietermaritzburg KwaZulu-Natal South Africa CFOT AFOT CFOS/D/S/H School or Customer Loc.
Advanced Progressive Technologies 706 Cadiz Spain CFOT Customer Loc.
Advanced Solutions Technical Institute 754 Chaguanas Trinidad, W.I. CFOT School
Domino Elektronik Sanayi ve Ticaret Ltd. Sti 723 Melikgazi Kayseri Turkey CFOT CPCT AFOT CFOS/C/S/T/D/H School or Customer Loc.
e-sharp Consultancy JLT 736 Dubai United Arab Emirates CFOT CPCT School or Customer Loc.
ETISALAT ACADEMY 747 Al Muhaisnah Dubai United Arab Emirates CFOT CPCT AFOT CFOS/H School or Customer Loc.
SubNet Services Ltd. 728-01 Hethersett United Kingdom CFOT AFOT School or Customer Loc.

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