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These online automation courses can prepare you for a role as an RPA developer, tester, solution architect and more.

Learning about some of the core competencies involved in automative technologies will stand to you in your career. A good grounding in automation and machine learning is beneficial for developers, tech entrepreneurs and anyone with an interest in solving problems.

Some of the most in-demand jobs in the automation sector at the moment include RPA developers, solution architects, RPA controllers, testers and process mining consultants.

These roles require people who are willing to upskill and keep on top of the fast developments in the sector. Many businesses have embraced automation and machine learning to make their operations more efficient. Therefore, automation roles require a mix of technical skills and soft skills.

Doing a short course is a great way of ensuring your technical skills are up to industry standards. Whether youre a beginner or you have some experience, theres a course out there for you. Many on this list are free, and all are relatively inexpensive compared to college degrees.

Heres our pick of some of the best automation courses out there

Intelligent process automation (IPA) is a nascent aspect of the already widely used robotic process automation (RPA).

Both courses offer quick video tutorials that you can watch in your own time. Theyre run by Automation Anywhere and aimed at business users and developers.

The course provider recommends that you do the RPA course before the IPA course if you dont already have a good grounding in the former.

Despite its no frills title, this course actually offers a lot. It includes more than nine hours of on-demand video and 95 downloadable resources designed to help you in your quest to automate the boring stuff.

Aimed at office workers, administrators and academics who want to improve their productivity, its a good fit for beginners. It takes you through the process of downloading and installing Python.

Google offers a fast-paced practical introduction to machine learning. The 15-hour course features 25 lessons and around 30 exercises.

You can learn from Googles ML researchers using real-world examples and interactive visualisations of the algorithms at work.

Its recommended that you have some experience with programming and Python prior to doing the course.

This course is run by Google on Coursera as part of the tech giants Google Career Certificates training scheme. It is free to enrol.

At the end of the course, youll get a certificate which is shareable on LinkedIn. The programme can be completed in around six months if you put in around 10 hours a week as suggested. The course work can be completed in your own time and deadlines can be set based on your schedule.

Youll learn how to automate tasks by writing Python scripts, Use Git and GitHub for version control and solve IT problems.

Developed by lecturers from the University of Minnesota, this course is aimed at beginner to intermediate software developers.

It is free and takes around four months to complete. You will learn about black-box and white-box testing, automated testing, web and mobile testing, as well as formal testing theory and techniques.

By the end of the course, you will be able to plan and perform effective testing of your software.

For those looking for a longer course on automation, this Level 7 Springboard courses next intake is in January 2023.

Run by South East TU, it is Government subsidised for unemployed people. It lasts one year and delivery is a mix of online classes and in-person lectures on campus.

The course was developed in consultation with several automation and manufacturing companies in the south east region.

Learners will graduate with the skills to work in an in demand sector.

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