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Anyone with minimum computer coding knowledge can take up the role of Software Tester. Usually, when employees get into an organization, companies train its employees according to their requirement.

Many freshers and people with work experience will be getting hired by software companies to provide service to their clients. After meeting the requirements of the client then the developed software which is developed by programmers will be tested by the Software testers from the Testing department.

We can see that most people from different Engineering backgrounds like CSE, IT, ECE, EEE, ECM and ME get into software field. It is not a problem for the students who are not from CSE/IT background in their engineering, because training sessions will  be held and employees will be trained in different programming languages like C, C++, C#, Dot Net, JAVA, etc right from the basic stuff irrespective of them being hired for development or testing roles.

These are courses which are exclusively for people who wanted to get into software testing field:

Selenium, UFT, ALM and Cucumber.

Certifications:

It is always recommended to do a few related certifications, which shows the interest of the candidate to the recruiter.

1. Professional testing certifications:

• Certified Software Test Professional Associaite Level (CSTP-A)
• Certified Software Test Professional Practicioner Level (CSTP-P)
• Certified Software Test Professional Master Level (CSTP-M)

2. Agile testing certifications:

• Certified Agile Software Test Professional Practioner Level (CASTP-P)
• Certified Agile Software Test Professional Master Level (CASTP-M)

3. Test Automation Certifications:

• Certified Software Test Automation Specialist (CSTAS)
• Certified Software Test Automation Architect (CSTAA)

4. Test Management Certifications :

• Certified Software Test Lead (CSTL)
• Certified Test Manager Practioner Level (CTM-P)
• Certified Test Manager Master Level (CTM-M)

5. Mobile Test Certifications and Quality Management Certifications.

Courses :

1. General Testing Courses

2. Mobile Testing Courses

3. Agile Testing Courses

4. Automation Testing Courses

5. Database courses

6. Test Management Courses

One can take up free courses on International Institute for Software Testing (IIST) on online.