software tester
Software testers perform software tests. They may also plan and design them. They may also debug and repair software although this mainly corresponds to designers and developers. They ensure that applications function properly before delivering them to internal and external clients.
Also called: application software tester, unit tester, application tester, software application tester, tester, module tester, software testers, software testing specialist
- 10
- essential skills
- 70
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 2519
- ISCO-08 group
Where you can go from here
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- ICT accessibility tester6 skills in common
- ICT test analyst6 skills in common
- ICT usability tester6 skills in common
- ICT quality assurance manager4 skills in common
- ICT security technician3 skills in common
Optional skills
70- ABAP
- Agile project management
- AJAX
- APL
- application usability
- ASP.NET
- Assembly (computer programming)
- audit techniques
- C#
- C++
- COBOL
- CoffeeScript
- Common Lisp
- computer programming
- conduct ICT code review
- debug software
- develop automated software tests
- develop ICT test suite
- digital systems
- Erlang
- execute integration testing
- Groovy
- hardware components
- Haskell
- ICT debugging tools
- ICT performance analysis methods
- ICT project management methodologies
- Java (computer programming)
- JavaScript
- LDAP
- lean project management
- LINQ
- Lisp
- manage schedule of tasks
- MATLAB
- MDX
- measure software usability
- Microsoft Visual C++
- ML (computer programming)
- N1QL
- Objective-C
- OpenEdge Advanced Business Language
- Pascal (computer programming)
- perform software recovery testing
- Perl
- PHP
- plan software testing
- Process-based management
- Prolog (computer programming)
- Python (computer programming)
- query languages
- R
- resource description framework query language
- Ruby (computer programming)
- SAP R3
- SAS language
- Scala
- Scratch (computer programming)
- Smalltalk (computer programming)
- software components libraries
- SPARQL
- Swift (computer programming)
- tools for ICT test automation
- trading software
- TypeScript
- unstructured data
- use scripting programming
- VBScript
- Visual Basic
- XQuery
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