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Your CCTV Design Pack

The capstone project for CCTV Installation: Design, Install and Secure Camera Systems — a free Trades course. Pass it and you earn a certificate anyone can verify.

Start the course free Download the project workbook

The project unlocks once you complete the lessons. The workbook is free to download now so you can see exactly what is expected.

What you will submit

One shared link (a Google Doc, or a folder with view access) containing every part, with photos and the plan. Do not include footage or photos of identifiable people, or the client's address beyond the town.

What to do, step by step

  1. Part 1. Survey: choose a real home or small business (with the owner's permission). Record entrances, valuables and problem areas, lighting by day and at night, mounting surfaces, cable routes, power, and where the recorder would go, with photos. Do not climb anything for this project: survey from the ground.
  2. Part 2. Purpose and privacy: for every camera, say what it is for and the detail level it needs (detect, observe, recognise or identify). List the areas that must never be filmed and any masking. Write the text of the CCTV sign, the retention period and who may view and export footage.
  3. Part 3. Placement sums: for each camera, the scene width at the target and the pixel density it will give (camera horizontal pixels ÷ scene width), compared with 25, 62.5, 125 or 250 pixels per metre. Show the working. Note mounting height and angle, and any backlight or night-time problems.
  4. Part 4. Plan and cabling: a camera plan (hand-drawn and photographed is fine) with every camera numbered, cable routes and lengths, and the cable type. Keep every run within the 90 m planning limit and say how outdoor runs are protected.
  5. Part 5. Power and storage: the PoE budget (each camera's maximum draw, the total and the share of the recorder's or switch's budget), the UPS you would use and why, and the storage sum for your retention period with the bitrate you assumed.
  6. Part 6. Security: a checklist of how the system will be secured (passwords, user accounts and rights, firmware, UPnP off, no port forwarding, how the owner will view remotely).
  7. Part 7. Equipment list, method statement and commissioning: every item with its specification and a current price you collected (name where); how you checked the main items are genuine and type-approved; the order of work with the safety controls for ladders, drilling and any mains work (and who the qualified installer and electrician would be); and a commissioning checklist with what you expect to see.

Files to work with

Project workbook (fill in, then submit)The whole brief, an evidence checklist, the grading rubric as a self-check and the link-sharing steps in one file. Opens in Word, Google Docs or WPS.Word · 7 KB

How it is graded

CriterionWeight
Survey and camera purposes are real and specific, with the detail level for each camera15%
Privacy is designed in: no-go areas, masking, signage text, retention and access are clear and lawful20%
Pixel-density, cable-length, PoE and storage sums are correct with the working shown25%
The security checklist closes the common holes (defaults, UPnP, port forwarding, shared admin accounts)15%
The equipment list and method statement are realistic and control the safety hazards, with qualified supervision named15%
The commissioning checklist is complete and usable10%

You need 70% overall to pass. A human examiner also reviews this safety-critical project before any certificate is issued. A failed submission comes back with feedback and can be revised and resubmitted.

Before you submit: make your link public

If your work lives in Google Drive or Google Docs, open Share → General access and change “Restricted” to “Anyone with the link” (Viewer). Then paste the link into a private browser window: if it opens without sign-in, you are ready. A private link cannot be graded — it is the single most common reason a good project fails.

Frequently asked questions

Do I have to finish CCTV Installation: Design, Install and Secure Camera Systems before submitting the project?

Yes. The submission screen opens once every lesson in CCTV Installation: Design, Install and Secure Camera Systems is marked complete. The lessons are where the methods, the Nigerian context and the worked examples the project depends on are taught.

How is the project graded?

An examiner scores each rubric criterion from 0 to 100 and weights them as shown on this page; you need 70% overall to pass. Because this is a safety-critical trade, a human examiner also reviews every submission before a certificate is issued.

Can I resubmit if I fail?

Yes. A failed project comes back with feedback; revise the weak parts and resubmit. A passed project is final — the certificate is issued and cannot be re-rolled.

What do I actually submit?

A write-up of what you did (under 5,000 characters) plus a public link to your work — a Google Drive folder, Google Doc, spreadsheet, GitHub repository or video. The link must open without sign-in; a private link cannot be graded. The free project workbook on this page walks you through all 7 steps.

Is the certificate real?

Yes. Passing this project issues a certificate with a unique verification code. Anyone — an employer, a client, a school — can open the verification page and see that the certificate is genuine and which project earned it.

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