ISTQB Certified Tester Test Automation Engineer (CTAL-TAE) V2.0 NEW

Course highlights

• Duration: 3-day intensive training (9 am–5 pm)
• Format: available in Virtual and Classroom formats
• Content: based on the ISTQB Advanced Test Automation Engineer v2.0 syllabus — including test automation strategy, tool evaluation, infrastructure, CI/CD integration, test reporting, and continuous improvement
• Exam preparation: tutor-led review, practice with scenario-based questions, and comprehensive revision sessions
• Accreditation: fully accredited by UKITB on behalf of ISTQB
• SFIAplus level: rated at Level 5 by BCS (consistent with other Advanced certifications)
• Assessment: 40 scenario-based multiple-choice questions in 90 minutes (112.5 minutes for non-native English speakers), with a 65% pass mark

Why you should attend

The ISTQB Advanced Test Automation Engineer (CTAL‑TAE) course is designed for professionals looking to design, implement, and manage effective and scalable test automation solutions within Agile, DevOps, or traditional environments.

Attending this course will help you:

• Advance your career in test automation with a globally recognised certification
• Gain practical skills to build maintainable, modular automation frameworks
• Integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines and support modern delivery models
• Choose and implement the right tools and technologies for your organisation
• Measure, monitor, and optimise the effectiveness of your automated testing
• Reduce manual effort and increase test coverage, reliability, and repeatability
• Position yourself as a key player in improving software quality at scale

Who is the course for?

This course suits a wide range of software professionals involved in test automation, including:

• Testers, Test Automation Engineers, Test Architects, Analysts
• Test Consultants, Test Managers, Developers with automation duties
• Project Managers, Quality Managers, Business Analysts, IT Directors, those seeking a foundational understanding of automation

Next steps in your testing career

Holders of this certification may progress to further ISTQB qualifications, such as Advanced Level Test Manager, Technical Test Analyst,  within the Core stream. Those focusing on Agile can advance to the Agile Technical Tester (CTAL-ATT), while Specialist certifications such as Security Testing provide opportunities to deepen expertise in specific domains.

About ISTQB and the ‘certified tester’ scheme

Founded in 2002, ISTQB (International Software Testing Qualifications Board) is a not-for-profit association comprising 47 national boards (including the UKTB) covering 71 countries worldwide.

ISTQB has defined the Advanced certification as part of their ‘Certified Tester’ scheme that, with over 957,000 certifications, has become the de facto world-wide standard for software testing qualifications.

The ‘Certified Tester’ scheme:

• Provides a set of professional qualifications widely-recognised by employers, customers and peers;
• Enables software suppliers to hire and train certified testers and thereby gain commercial advantage over their competitors by advertising their tester recruitment and development policies; and
• Enables comparison of testing skills across different countries, testers to move across country borders more easily, and multi-national/international projects to have a common understanding of testing issues.