RFIDiQ Technician

Module 1 · T01 · 60-75 minutes

RFID Technician's Role in Event Integrity

• Distinguish a tag observation from a supported business event.
• Identify the four framework elements in a field scenario.
• Explain which issues a technician corrects and which require escalation.
• Explain the engineer and technician survey roles and the installation handoff.

Module 2 · T02 · 90-105 minutes

RFID Hardware Fundamentals and Site Surveys

• Trace the power, RF, network, and trigger paths through a station.
• Identify the purpose of the main Gen2 memory banks.
• Record hardware characteristics that affect repeatability.
• Conduct and document the technician portion of an engineer-led site survey.
• Recognize the information required to release an installation package to another technician.

Module 3 · T03 · 90-105 minutes

Fixed Reader Installation from the Site Survey

• Bring a fixed reader into service using an approved configuration.
• Verify physical antenna mapping and observation output.
• Capture a restorable configuration baseline.
• Install from the released survey and resolve discrepancies through engineering.
• Produce an as-built record that another technician can use.

Module 4 · T04 · 75-90 minutes

Antennas and RF Behavior

• Explain why orientation and surroundings change observations.
• Compare one-variable RF adjustments using recorded trials.
• Choose a configuration based on inclusion and exclusion evidence.

Module 5 · T05 · 90 minutes

Controlled Read Zones

• Define an intended area and an explicit exclusion area.
• Apply the six-stage read-zone workflow.
• Demonstrate zone performance with boundary and challenge tests.

Module 6 · T06 · 75-90 minutes

Transition Portals

• Distinguish presence near a portal from completed passage.
• Verify physical geometry, triggers, and timing against the approved design.
• Test forward, reverse, and non-transition scenarios.

Module 7 · T07 · 75-90 minutes

Handheld RFID

• Prepare a handheld reader for an approved inventory or locate workflow.
• Control the mobile read zone during a search.
• Verify identity before any authorized memory operation.

Module 8 · T08 · 90 minutes

Commissioning and Tag Verification

• Execute the approved encode and verify workflow on a training tag.
• Detect mismatches and duplicate EPCs without hiding them.
• Record replacement and retirement through the approved lifecycle process.

Module 9 · T09 · 90-105 minutes

Troubleshooting

• Use a structured fault isolation sequence.
• Separate symptoms from supported causes.
• Verify repairs by repeating affected and neighboring tests.

Module 10 · T10 · 105-120 minutes

Validation and Documentation

• Distinguish configuration verification from outcome validation.
• Measure misses and false positives using explicit trial definitions.
• Produce a Technician Deployment Readiness Report with traceable evidence.