PCEP Certification Course in Australia

The PCEP credential proves you understand core programming logic and can write working Python, the language employers ask for most across web, data, automation and AI roles. It is the recognised first step on the Python Institute pathway and a clear signal on a junior resume.

With Logitrain the official PCEP-30-02 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 in real time anywhere in Australia, with the exam delivered online on demand through the OpenEDG Testing Service.

There are no prerequisites for this course. It is built for people who have never written a line of code.

Basic computer literacy is all you need. If you want to build confidence before certifying, our Python programming course gives extra hands on practice with the same foundations.

Candidates can achieve this certification by passing the following exam.

• PCEP-30-02, Certified Entry-Level Python Programmer

You can book and sit the exam within three months of finishing your course. It is delivered online on demand through the OpenEDG Testing Service with live online proctoring, so you can take it from home, the office, or any private space with a webcam, microphone and reliable internet connection.

Exam format: 30 single-select, multiple-select, drag and drop, gap fill and coding items, 40 minutes, with a passing score of 70 percent.

This course includes the full PCEP-30-02 course material in digital format, yours to keep for revision before the exam.

• Explain the difference between compilation and interpretation and how Python runs code
• Use Python literals, variables, comments and the print and input functions
• Apply numeral systems, operators and operator precedence correctly
• Perform type casting between integers, floats, strings and booleans
• Build conditional logic with if, elif and else statements
• Write while and for loops and control them with break, continue and range
• Create and manipulate lists, including indexing, slicing and list methods
• Work with tuples, dictionaries and strings and understand mutability
• Define functions with parameters, arguments, return values and scope
• Use recursion for simple repeating problems
• Handle errors with try, except, else and finally and raise exceptions
• Debug and run simple multi part Python programs with confidence

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.

• Absolute beginners learning to program for the first time
• Career changers moving into software, data or IT
• Students and graduates wanting a recognised Python credential
• Help desk, support and operations staff adding coding skills
• Analysts, testers and administrators who want Python foundations
• Team leaders and project managers who work alongside developers

• Fundamental concepts: interpreting versus compiling, the Python interpreter
• Python keywords, instructions, indentation and the role of comments
• Literals: booleans, integers, floats and strings
• Numeral systems: binary, octal, decimal and hexadecimal
• Variables, naming conventions and assignment
• The print function: arguments, sep and end
• The input function and reading user data
• Arithmetic, string, assignment, comparison and logical operators
• Operator precedence, associativity and bitwise operators
• Type casting and converting between data types
• Conditional statements: if, if-else, if-elif-else
• Nesting conditional blocks
• The while loop and loop conditions
• The for loop and the range function
• Controlling loops with break and continue
• The loop else branch
• Lists: creating, indexing and slicing
• List methods: append, insert, remove, sort and reverse
• Iterating through lists and building lists in loops
• Two dimensional lists
• Tuples: creating, indexing and immutability
• Dictionaries: keys, values, items and iteration
• Modifying and processing dictionaries
• Strings as sequences and common string operations
• Mutability versus immutability across collection types
• Defining functions with def
• Parameters, positional and keyword arguments and default values
• Returning results and the meaning of None
• Variable scope, local and global names
• Recursion and simple recursive functions
• Exceptions: try, except, else and finally
• Raising exceptions and reading common built in exceptions
• Debugging and testing simple Python programs

• PCAP Certified Associate Python Programmer course: the next step up, covering object oriented programming, modules and file handling.
• Python programming course: skills focused practice in the same foundations, ideal extra hands on time.
• PCED Certified Entry-Level Data Analyst with Python course: a data focused next step once you know Python basics.
• 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 PCEP Certified Entry-Level 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 PCEP certification?

PCEP, Certified Entry-Level Python Programmer, is an entry level credential from the OpenEDG Python Institute that proves you understand core programming concepts and can write, debug and run simple Python programs.

Is the exam included in the course fee?

Yes. The official PCEP-30-02 exam fee is included in the course price, and you can sit the exam within three months of finishing the course.

Do I need any experience before this course?

No. The course is designed for complete beginners and starts from first principles, so no programming background is required.

Which exam version does this course cover?

The course prepares you for the current PCEP-30-02 exam.

How long is the PCEP course?

Two days full time, or two weeks part time if you study in the evenings or on weekends.

Where can I train?

In person in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Canberra, or live online in real time anywhere in Australia, all delivered live with a trainer.

Should I do PCEP or PCAP first?

Start with PCEP. It builds the foundations, then the PCAP Certified Associate Python Programmer course takes you into object oriented programming and more advanced topics.