PCAP Certification Course in Australia

The PCAP credential proves you can write structured, object oriented Python and work with modules, files and exceptions, the skills that separate a hobbyist from a junior developer. It is the certification employers recognise most across the Python ecosystem and the gateway to professional and specialist credentials.

With Logitrain the official PCAP-31-03 exam fee is included, you keep the digital course material, and every course carries our price beat guarantee. Train in person in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, or live online across Australia. As a Pearson VUE test venue, Logitrain lets you sit the exam at our test centre, any other Pearson VUE centre, or online.

There are no hard prerequisites, but you should be comfortable with Python fundamentals before you start.

We recommend completing the PCEP Certified Entry-Level Python Programmer course or having equivalent experience with variables, loops, functions and basic data structures.

Candidates can achieve this certification by passing the following exam.

• PCAP-31-03, Certified Associate Python Programmer

You can book and sit the exam within three months of finishing your course. Sit it at the Logitrain test centre, at any other Pearson VUE test centre, or online through Pearson VUE online proctoring from a private space.

Exam format: 40 single-select and multiple-select items, 65 minutes, with a passing score of 70 percent.

This course includes the full PCAP-31-03 course material in digital format, yours to keep for revision before the exam.

• Import and use modules and manage packages with PIP
• Build and structure your own modules and packages
• Work with selected Python Standard Library modules
• Process strings using methods, slicing and character encoding
• Write list comprehensions and use lambda functions
• Create and use generators, iterators and closures
• Read from and write to files and handle file streams
• Understand the exception hierarchy and create custom exceptions
• Apply the core principles of object oriented programming
• Define classes, objects, attributes and methods
• Use inheritance, polymorphism and encapsulation
• Understand method resolution order in class hierarchies
• Design, debug and refactor multi module Python programs

This course is likely to add to the employment related skills of the participants. The skills developed are likely to be used in the course of being an employee or working in a business.

• Junior developers building job ready Python skills
• PCEP holders progressing to the associate level
• Career changers targeting Python developer roles
• Data analysts and testers who use Python professionally
• Automation and operations staff writing larger scripts
• Engineers and IT professionals adding object oriented Python

• Importing modules and qualifying names
• Working with the math, random, platform and other Standard Library modules
• Creating and using your own modules
• Building packages and package hierarchies
• Installing and managing packages with PIP
• The nature of strings and character encoding, ASCII and Unicode
• String methods for searching, replacing and formatting
• Slicing and indexing strings
• Comparing and sorting strings
• List comprehensions and conditional expressions
• Lambda functions and their use cases
• The map, filter and reduce style operations
• Generators and the yield statement
• Iterators and the iterator protocol
• Closures and how they capture state
• Opening, reading and writing text and binary files
• File streams, buffering and the with statement
• Processing CSV and structured text files
• The exception hierarchy and built in exception classes
• Defining and raising custom exceptions
• The principles of object oriented programming
• Defining classes and creating objects
• Instance variables and class variables
• Methods, constructors and the self reference
• Encapsulation and access to attributes
• Inheritance and extending classes
• Polymorphism and overriding methods
• Method resolution order in complex hierarchies
• Introspection and special methods
• Working with shallow and deep copies of objects
• Designing multi module programs
• Debugging and refactoring intermediate Python code

• PCEP Certified Entry-Level Python Programmer course: the prerequisite foundations in Python.
• PCPP1 Certified Professional Python Programmer course: the professional next step, for which PCAP is required.
• PCED Certified Entry-Level Data Analyst with Python course: branch into data analysis.
• PCET Certified Entry-Level Tester with Python course: branch into software testing.
• Developer Job Ready Program: training, projects and work experience for a developer career.
• Programming and coding courses: the full Logitrain programming category.

Got a team to train? Logitrain can deliver the PCAP Certified Associate Python Programmer course in house at your premises anywhere in Australia, with the same trainer, course material, mock test and included official exam as the public courses. It suits teams who want everyone trained together on dates that suit the business.

What is the PCAP certification?

PCAP, Certified Associate Python Programmer, is an associate level credential from the OpenEDG Python Institute that proves you can write object oriented Python and build multi module programs.

Is the exam included in the course fee?

Yes. The official PCAP-31-03 exam fee is included, and you can sit the exam within three months of finishing the course.

Do I need PCEP before PCAP?

It is not compulsory, but we recommend PCEP or equivalent Python experience, since PCAP assumes you already know the fundamentals.

Which exam version does this course cover?

The course prepares you for the current PCAP-31-03 exam.

How long is the PCAP course?

Two days full time, or two weeks part time across evenings or weekends.

Where can I sit the exam?

PCAP is a Pearson VUE exam. You can sit it at the Logitrain test centre, any other Pearson VUE centre, or online through Pearson VUE proctoring.

Should I do PCAP or PCPP1 first?

Do PCAP first. It is the required step before the PCPP1 Certified Professional Python Programmer course.