Maor Academy has 4 hi-tech courses, and none of them lists previous experience among its admission requirements: QA Tester at 220 academic hours, and Data Analyst, Cyber and Information Security Analyst and Cloud Network Management at 320 academic hours each. The QA course asks for willingness to learn and succeed; the other three ask for basic English, and two of them also for analytical thinking ability. Graduates receive a certificate of completion from the college.
What are the admission requirements and hours of each course?
- QA Tester: 220 academic hours. Admission requirement: willingness to learn and succeed. The course is also meant for people with no professional background in the field.
- Data Analyst: 320 academic hours. Admission requirements: basic English and analytical thinking ability.
- Cyber and Information Security Analyst: 320 academic hours. Admission requirement: basic English. The course trains people with no background who want to enter the field.
- Cloud Network Management: 320 academic hours. Admission requirements: basic English and analytical thinking ability. It also fits people who want to enter the hi-tech world and have no experience.
What does a QA tester do and what do you study?
A QA tester makes sure that a product or service, for example software, an app or a system, meets the quality standards. In the course you study types of tests, writing test scripts, running tests, defect management and the SQL language, and you finish with a final project.
What does a data analyst do?
A data analyst collects and processes the organization's data and investigates it, in order to support business decisions. In the course you study EXCEL, statistics, SQL, Python, visualization and Tableau.
What does a cyber and information security analyst do?
A cyber and information security analyst protects the organization's information from outside threats: watching, tracking, locating and decoding any anomaly that could harm the organization's digital assets. In the course you study networking, virtualization and operating systems, Linux, Python, cyber tools and methodologies.
What does a cloud network manager do?
A cloud network manager is responsible for planning, setting up and maintaining the organization's computing and communication infrastructure. In the course you study networking, virtualization and operating systems, Linux, Python and AWS technologies.
According to the course page, it fits people who love computers and communication systems and are less drawn to programming, and people who like working with internal and external clients.
How do you choose between the 4 courses?
Start with what you would like to do day to day: test products and find defects (QA), investigate data and present it (Data Analyst), protect information (Cyber) or set up and maintain infrastructure (Cloud Networks).
Then check the requirements: QA is the only course that does not list basic English among its admission requirements. Finally, check the scope: the QA course is shorter, 220 hours compared with 320. Want to check your fit? Reach us on the contact page.
Which certificate do you receive at the end?
In all 4 courses graduates receive a certificate of completion from the college. You can see every course on the all courses page.
