The PCET Certified Entry-Level Tester with Python course teaches software testing fundamentals, static and dynamic testing, assertions and debugging, and prepares you for the PCET certification exam.
Certified Entry-Level Tester with Python Training with the Exam Included
PCET Certified Entry-Level Tester with Python Course
The PCET, Certified Entry-Level Tester with Python course is the entry point into software testing using Python, a fast growing skill across development and DevOps teams. Over two days you learn the principles of testing and how to apply Python to find and fix defects, with a trainer and a live class.
The course covers software testing fundamentals, key testing techniques, static and dynamic testing, basic Python for testing, assertions, debugging tools, and the basics of code quality, and it prepares you for the PCET exam. It suits anyone starting a career in testing, quality assurance or development.
Where PCET leads
PCET is the step before the PCAT Certified Associate Tester with Python course, which moves into automated testing with unittest and pytest. Basic Python helps, so the PCEP Certified Entry-Level Python Programmer course is a useful companion, and our software testing courses cover the wider field.
Logitrain has trained more than 15,000 professionals since 2004, and the official exam fee is included in the course price.
The PCET credential proves you understand how software testing works and can use Python to write and run basic tests, the foundation for a tester or quality assurance career. It signals to employers that you grasp the lifecycle of a defect and the discipline behind reliable software.
With Logitrain the official PCET 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, with the exam delivered online on demand through the OpenEDG Testing Service.
There are no hard prerequisites. PCET is built for people new to testing.
A little Python makes the practical work easier, so the PCEP Certified Entry-Level Python Programmer course or equivalent basic Python is a recommended starting point.
Candidates can achieve this certification by passing the following exam.
- PCET-30-01, Certified Entry-Level Tester with Python
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: single-select and multiple-select items across four blocks, with a passing score of 75 percent.
This course includes the full PCET course material in digital format, yours to keep for revision before the exam.
- Explain why software testing matters and where it fits in development
- Describe the software testing lifecycle
- Identify levels of testing from unit to acceptance
- Apply key testing techniques and approaches
- Distinguish static testing from dynamic testing
- Write and run simple tests using Python
- Use assert statements to verify expected behaviour
- Use basic debugging tools and workflows
- Identify the root cause of common defects
- Apply basic principles of code quality
- Document test cases and results clearly
- Collaborate effectively between developers and testers
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.
- Aspiring software testers and QA analysts
- Career changers moving into testing
- Junior developers who want to test their own code
- Support and operations staff entering quality assurance
- Students and graduates targeting testing roles
- The importance and purpose of software testing
- Quality, defects and the cost of failure
- The software testing lifecycle
- Planning, execution and closure phases
- Levels of testing: unit, integration, system and acceptance
- Functional and non functional testing
- Key testing techniques and approaches
- Test case design basics
- Static testing concepts
- Reviews and walkthroughs
- Dynamic testing concepts
- Positive and negative test scenarios
- Python fundamentals for testing
- Writing simple test scripts in Python
- Using assertions to check results
- Interpreting test outcomes
- Debugging workflows and tools
- Reading tracebacks and error messages
- Identifying the root cause of defects
- Logging defects clearly
- Principles of code quality
- Readability and maintainability basics
- Collaboration between developers and testers
- Communicating test results to a team
- Introduction to test automation concepts
- Where automation fits in modern testing
- Manual versus automated testing
- Documenting test plans and cases
- Testing best practices for beginners
- Preparing for the associate level path
- PCAT Certified Associate Tester with Python course: the associate next step into automated testing with unittest and pytest.
- PCEP Certified Entry-Level Python Programmer course: the Python foundations that support testing.
- Software testing courses: the wider Logitrain testing category.
- Software Testing Job Ready Program: training, projects and work experience for a testing career.
- Programming and coding courses: the full Logitrain programming category.
Got a team to train? Logitrain can deliver the PCET Certified Entry-Level Tester with Python 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 PCET certification?
PCET, Certified Entry-Level Tester with Python, is an entry level credential from the OpenEDG Python Institute that proves you understand software testing fundamentals and can use Python to write basic tests.
Is the exam included in the course fee?
Yes. The official PCET exam fee is included, and you can sit the exam within three months of finishing the course.
Do I need experience before this course?
No. PCET is built for beginners, though some basic Python helps with the practical exercises.
Which exam version does this course cover?
The course prepares you for the current PCET-30-01 exam.
How long is the PCET course?
Two days full time, or two weeks part time across evenings or weekends.
Where can I train?
In person in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Canberra, or live online in real time anywhere in Australia.
Should I do PCET or PCAT first?
Start with PCET for the foundations, then move to the PCAT Certified Associate Tester with Python course for automated testing.
What is included with the Certified Entry-Level Tester with Python Course?
Includes Official Exam Fee
Take the certification exam within 3 months of course / module completion
Authorised Test Centre
Take the official certification exam at Logitrain, a local VUE test centre or online
Includes Course Material
Course material in digital format is included for flexibility and ease of use
Includes Practise Questions
Practise questions are provided for better understanding of the key concepts
Instructor-led Training
Attend the course with an instructor at our training centre or from anywhere
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