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QAI conducts the Certified Software Quality Analyst (CSQA)
and Certified Software Tester (CSTE) examinations every quarter
at various locations worldwide.
A candidate for this Certification must meet certain pre-requisites
with regard to education and experience, receive a personal
reference from someone aware of their character and skills,
and successfully pass a comprehensive four-part written examination.
Registration
Process
Individuals
applying for Certification candidacy need to submit:
1) A completed
'Certification Candidacy Application'.
2) A completed 'Candidate Character Reference' form.
3) A $300 (USD) non-refundable, non-transferable fee
(payable by check or credit card).
All application
forms, references, supporting documents and required fees
must be submitted at least 60 calendar days prior
to any examination date selected. The forms
can be downloaded from www.softwarecertifications.com.
Visit the "Examination Schedule" section on www.softwarecertifications.com
for regular updates on scheduled dates/venues.
Examination
Candidates for certification must pass a four-part written
examination in order to obtain certification. The examination
evaluates the candidate's knowledge and practice of the skill
areas defined in the Body of Knowledge.
Candidates who do not successfully pass the examination may
resit for the examination up to two times within two years
of intial approval, by submitting a retake application and
paying all required fees. Subsequent additional examination
efforts require reinitiating the entire application process.
Recertification
CSQAs, CSTEs and CSPMs must demonstrate
Continuing Professional Education (CPE) activities designed
to maintain the skill sets associated with the respective
Common Body of Knowledge.
To assure
that the certificant is maintaining knowledge and skills that
are state-of the-art in the field, the certificant must demonstrate
continuing professional education (CPE) activities.
This
may be done by:
- Submitting
a Recertification Journal of qualified Continuing Professional
Education activities, OR
- Taking
an Examination for Recertification to demonstrate your competence
and skill in the certification knowledge domains.
The certificant
must maintain a current knowledge base of quality principles,
practices, and technical knowledge in the information technology
industry advances. By acquiring that, the candidates maintain
and increase their level of competency through various avenues
of education and activity.
For further
details on the Software Certification Program, visit www.softwarecertifications.com
or write to us at certifications@qaiasia.com
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History |
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Quality
Assurance Institute (QAI), USA was established
in 1980 as a professional association formed
to represent the software quality assurance industry.
Today, Software Certifications, administered
by QAI, is global.
Since its inception, Software Certifications has
certified over 20,000 professionals in
Australia, Barbados, Belgium, Bermuda, Brazil,
Canada, China, Egypt, Hong Kong, India, Israel,
Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Saudi
Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, United Kingdom,
United Arab Emirates, and the United States..
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| Recognizing
Leadership, Creating
Champions |
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India, organisations who have certified personnel… |
| Hewlett
Packard, KPMG, Satyam, Texas instruments, Tata Infotech,
Motorola, Polaris, Nucleus, Siemens, Syntel, TCS,
Infosys, Datamatics, Honeywell Technology Solutions
Lab, IBM, Cognizant Technology Solutions India,
HCL Technologies, Covansys, BAAN Info Systems, CSC
India, Larsen & Toubro Ltd, Techspan, Birlasoft
…and many more |
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