Software Tester
Competency-based
ONET: 15-1211.00
1
Years
21
Skills
144h
Related instructions
Classroom instruction topics
- Technical Competencies
- Automated Testing
- Tools
- Agile Methodology
- Terminology
- Employee Onboarding (Anti-sexual harassment training, Anti-discrimination policy)
On-the-job training
- Apprentice: Software testing fundamentals
- Show a basic understanding of how a programming language works.
- Understand the relationship between business needs and software development requirements.
- Understand the goals of a software development project and determine whether the end product fulfills the stated requirements.
- Learn basic unit testing.
- Learn basic integration testing.
- Apprentice: Study secondary and tertiary subjects.
- Understand how standard tools and software environments contribute to the development of a codebase in a team environment.
- Understand the processes, procedures, and methodologies that software development teams depend on to maintain efficient workloads, collaboration, and quality.
- Learn standardized tools for automated code testing.
- Apprentice: Work with a team.
- Attend daily and weekly meetings. Communicate and contribute to the discussions which foster success in an Agile environment.
- Assist other apprentices with their learning and progression.
- Strive to limit the effects of "Imposter Syndrome." Become comfortable asking for and receiving help when needed.
- Apprentice: Pass incremental interviews.
- Demonstrate technical and non-technical skills in an interview setting.
- Jr. Quality Assurance Apprentice: In-house software testing.
- Work on a team developing an in-house project.
- Apply skills and techniques learned during the Apprentice phase.
- Develop additional skills learned in the Jr. Quality Assurance Apprentice phase.
- Adapt to new environments and procedures unique to the assigned in-house project team.
- Jr. Quality Assurance Apprentice: Client work.
- Work on a team testing software for a client.
- Apply skills and techniques learned during the Apprentice phase.
- Develop additional skills learned in the Jr. Quality Assurance Apprentice phase.
- Adapt to new environments and procedures unique to the assigned client.
- Interact with product owners and project managers to maintain product quality.
FIND APPRENTICESHIPS BY STATE
AlabamaAlaskaAmerican SamoaArizonaArkansasCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutDelawareFloridaGeorgiaGuamHawaiiIdahoIllinoisIndianaIowaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMaineMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriMontanaNebraskaNevadaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNew YorkNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaNorthern Mariana IslandsOhioOklahomaOregonPennsylvaniaPuerto RicoRhode IslandSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennesseeTexasUtahVermontVirginiaVirgin IslandsWashingtonWashington D.C.West VirginiaWisconsinWyoming
Made in the USA.