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MELROSE PARK, IL -- Lincoln College of Technology and Nitek have partnered in the delivery of unshielded twisted pair (UTP) video solutions into the new curriculum for the CCTV section of the Electronic Systems Technician program.

Lincoln College "Smart House"

Everyone and everything is connected. Commercial and residential establishments need to be plugged in, whether it is cabling, audio/video circuits, computer networks, fiber-optic or telecommunications and satellite systems. Lincoln College of Technology provides the Electronic Systems Technician (EST) program to prepare their students in this field. Lincoln College campuses are equipped with a “smart house” – a real-world, in-house construction facility where students can practice, learn and gain valuable hands-on experience in a residential and commercial stick house. Nitek adds to the experience by providing some of the latest technology that is used in the field every day.

Providing CCTV customers with a UTP infrastructure today will promote future technologies and easy transitions. Lincoln College is constantly looking to improve the marketability of their graduates by providing knowledge and installation methods for the latest technologies. The assistance that Nitek and Lincoln College provides students is the hands-on approach that employers are looking for. Students install UTP video systems using the Nitek products, such as the XP4/439, VB43ATF and the UTPLinks system. The students perform installations for familiarization, and then a final install for a graded installation. Lincoln College instructor, Dan Drufke, notes, “The students enjoyed wiring the Nitek XP4/439 to the stick house and gave it a thumbs up!”

Companies are constantly looking for the best trained employees. CCTV installation companies, such as ADT and SimplexGrinnell can look at a Lincoln College graduate with confidence that they can immediately apply the real-world training they received on the Nitek equipment from the installations in the “smart house”. Melrose Park Lincoln College Education Supervisor, Mark Barzyk, explains, “Incorporating UTP into the EST CCTV curriculum adds the infrastructure for implementing future technologies. When employers review the graduates they now have a potential employee with the installation knowledge and hands-on to do both the traditional and future infrastructure. Now the graduates are exposed to the technologies that increase their value and marketability!”

Student installed camera using Nitek

Instructors, students and installation companies all find the ease of installation using Nitek UTP video solutions. UTP offers the ability to distribute video, power, and data in one Category 5E or 6 cable; as opposed to three types of wire to every camera as required in traditional coax installations. Student, Jose Villalpando agrees, “Installing UTP for CCTV is easy, quicker, has room for expansion, and is not susceptible to noise...Nitek products were ‘plug and play’.”

The Nitek twisted pair technologies also provide noise rejection to maintain a consistent clear video image, as well as other valuable features that has made the Nitek product the preferred technology in installations ranging from schools, airports, casinos, and many others. Students experienced with this technology will become versatile installers who can tackle any project that they may be faced with in the real world.

Lincoln College of Technology has remained a widely known and respected job skill training source since its founding in 1946. Lincoln College has consistently responded to employer needs and the changing times. Nitek adds over 20 years of UTP video transmission experience and products to this quality institution to give the students their greatest chance of employment following their experiences at Lincoln College.