Telecommunications Grounding and Bonding Training gives engineers, technicians and installers a practical, standards-based approach to grounding and bonding communications facilities. The course covers central offices, cell and tower sites, telecom rooms, data centers and utility substation communications. It explains how the grounding electrode system, the telecommunications bonding network and surge protection work together to protect people, equipment and service reliability.
This 12-hour course runs over two days, 10:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. ET, live online and in person. It is built on ANSI/TIA-607, NEC Chapter 8, CEC Section 60, ATIS-0600333 and 0600334, Telcordia GR-1089, Motorola R56 and IEEE 1692 and 487. Participants learn how to design, install, test and audit grounding and bonding systems that pass inspection and keep networks running through lightning, power faults and ground potential rise.
Communications equipment is more sensitive to electrical disturbances than almost any other load. Lightning strikes to towers, power faults, ground potential rise at substations and poor bonding inside equipment rooms all damage electronics, cause service outages and endanger workers. Many of these failures trace back to grounding and bonding that was designed to a power-only mindset, or that drifted out of compliance as sites were expanded.
Telecom grounding and bonding has its own standards, terminology and design logic: primary and secondary bonding busbars, telecommunications bonding backbones, isolated and mesh bonding networks, DC power returns, and single-point entry of coax, fiber and power. Engineers and technicians need to know where these requirements go beyond the NEC and CEC, and how they interact with electrical service grounding.
As networks move to 5G, small cells, edge data centers and fiber-fed utility communications, more organizations need staff who can specify, verify and audit telecom grounding with confidence. This course provides that knowledge in a focused, practical format.
The course combines standards, design practice and field verification:
On completion of this course, participants will be able to:
Participants leave able to design, verify and audit telecom grounding systems that meet current standards and hold up in service.
The Telecommunications Grounding and Bonding course is instructor-led and built around real site drawings, photos and test results. Each module links the standard’s requirement to the reason behind it, so participants can apply the principle when a site doesn’t match the textbook.
Short polls, worked examples and design exercises check understanding throughout. On Day 2, participants lay out the grounding for a cell site and a telecom room and audit sample installations against a checklist.
General power grounding is reviewed only as it applies to telecom sites. Participants who need more depth can continue with EFTI’s NEC Article 250, CEC Section 10, Lightning Protection and Shielded Cable Grounding courses.
2026 NEC Grounding and Bonding – Article 250
Module 1: Telecom Grounding Fundamentals and Standards
Module 2: Grounding Electrode Systems and Soil
Module 3: Ground Resistance and Bonding Testing
Module 4: Telecommunications Bonding Networks
Module 5: Central Office and DC Power Grounding
Module 6: Tower and Wireless Site Grounding
Module 7: Telecom Rooms and Data Centers
Module 8: Utility Substation Communications and Ground Potential Rise
Module 9: Surge Protection and EMI Control
Module 10: Inspections, Audits and Case Histories
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Start: 10:00 a.m. ET
Finish: 4:30 p.m. ET
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