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Top RPA Training Courses to Become an RPA Developer [2024]

Top RPA Training Courses to Become an RPA Developer [2024]Top RPA Training Courses to Become an RPA Developer [2024]

The growing popularity of RPA also increases the demand for RPA developers. Thus, RPA training courses play a critical role in providing the necessary knowledge to raise new RPA developers and satisfying the demand. Today, RPA software companies and online education providers have various RPA training courses for you to become a successful RPA developer. 

What is an RPA developer?

An RPA developer is mainly responsible for strategically improving the process before implementation and automating a business process by building and designing workflow diagrams. These two tasks can be separated but it is beneficial for RPA developers to understand process efficiency and suggest improvements as necessary.

In businesses, they work closely with business operations and business analysts to create and optimize workflow processes. They can be responsible for all or some of these tasks: the coding, debugging, and testing for RPA initiatives.

You can read our in-depth RPA developer guide to learn more about being an RPA developer.

What skills are required along with RPA courses?

As there are good RPA training courses provided by both RPA vendors and online teaching platforms, they give fundamental knowledge for those who want to become RPA developers. While these courses offer a full understanding of how to deploy new RPA projects for companies, RPA developers also need specific skills to perform successful RPA projects. An RPA developer should also have the following set of skills:

  • Strategic Planning Skills: Mapping an effective workflow and setting correct project goals will make RPA implementation easier.
  • Strong Analytical Skills: An RPA developer should be able to analyze a process and make improvement recommendations to enhance the process workflow.
  • Debugging Skills: RPA projects may include errors and not work smoothly for the first time. A successful RPA developer should be responsible for testing and bug fixes. The ability to debug a robot will save time and stress, as any error that comes along can be handled.
  • Understanding of Programming Languages: Although there are also low-code / no-code RPA training courses, experience, and knowledge in programming languages like C/C++, Python and Java will be an advantage. 

Why is RPA training relevant now?

The increasing popularity of RPA technology leads companies to implement RPA initiatives in their business processes. As seen in Figure 1, the popularity of RPA has risen significantly in the last few years, and this situation increases the demand for RPA developers. It is estimated that the global RPA market will reach ~$13 billion by 2030, and Deloitte shares that 78% of companies have already implemented RPA expect to increase investment in RPA over the next three years significantly.

Time-series graph of online interest in RPA.
Figure 1: Interest in RPA has risen since 2016. Source: Google Trends

RPA training courses play a significant role in teaching people for RPA development and provide them the necessary knowledge to satisfy the demand for RPA initiatives. With the certification given by these RPA training courses, you can successfully find an RPA-related job and implement RPA projects in your business.

RPA Training Courses

We get a lot of questions from those who want to learn to be RPA programmers. There is  a few good trainings we have noticed and categorized:

Training providerType of providerTrainingRPA platformPriceDuration
Argos LabsRPA platformVideo tutorialsArgos LabsFreeSelf-paced
Automation AnywhereRPA platformVideo tutorialsAutomation AnywhereFreeSelf-paced
Blue PrismRPA platformInstructor led online and offline trainingBlue PrismPrice not shown on the websiteSelf-paced
Cloud FoundationOnline IT education companyVideo tutorials and instructor led online trainingAutomation Anywhere
Blue Prism
Pega RPA
Uipath
0-$16025-26 hours
Digital Workforce AcademyOnline RPA education companyInstructor led online and offline trainingBlue PrismDepends on training packageIndividual or classroom learning
EdgeVerve AssistEdgeRPA platformVideo tutorialsEdgeVerve AssistEdgeFreeSelf-paced
edureka!Online IT education companyInstructor led online trainingUiPath$35024 hours
Kryon RPARPA platformVideo tutorialsKryon RPAFreeSelf-paced
MindMajixOnline IT education companyInstructor led online trainingBlue Prism
UiPath
Price not shown on websiteMost popular course was 30 hours long
Multisoft Virtual AcademyOnline IT education companyInstructor led online trainingBlue Prism$39030 hours
simplilearnOnline IT education companyInstructor led online trainingAutomation Anywhere
Uipath
$799-$99936 hours
UdemyOnline education companyRecorded video lecturesBoth platform agnostic courses and UiPath courses$5Self-paced
15 hours of lecture available in 3 courses
UiPathRPA platformVideo tutorialsUiPathFreeSelf-paced
WorkFusionRPA platformVideo tutorialsWorkFusionFreeSelf-paced

Below, you can find links to a few of the selected specific courses and learn more about the RPA training providers:

RPA software companies

Automation Anywhere

Though Automation Anywhere is not freely available, Automation Anywhere University offers online trainings. It offers both free and paid classes delivered in class and online. Its partners includes leading RPA training providers. At the end of each program, students are evaluated and rewarded with certificates if they pass the evaluation.

Blue Prism

Blue Prism University delivers self-paced, instructor-led training via classrooms and virtually to teach Blue Prism interface. It provides a moderated forum for learners to support them further. In the end, Blue Prism University provides proctored exams to reward specialized certifications depending on the types of courses.

EdgeVerve AssistEdge

EdgeVerve provides video training and tutorials to support developers working with the community edition of their tool.

IBM

IBM provides a deep dive hands-on lab courses for developers and clients to learn the features and functions of IBM Robotic Process Automation (RPA). The course comprises of different training assets for associates and beginners, professionals, and advanced developers.

UiPath

UiPath’s Community Edition is one of the top free RPA solutions and they have an extensive training package to build UiPath developer community

RPA training programs normally focus on RPA developers. Recently UiPath launched RPA training programs for RPA related roles beyond RPA developers. Program covers education for these roles & capabilities:

  • RPA Solution Architect
  • RPA Infrastructure Engineer
  • RPA Business Analyst
  • RPA Implementation Methodology
  • RPA Awareness

WorkFusion

WorkFusion Express is a relative newcomer as a free RPA solution but already has a vibrant community of developers and a digital training academy: WorkFusion Automation Academy

Online education providers

Udemy

Udemy is one of the top online learning platforms. Udemy RPA courses include:

Face to face RPA training providers

We have covered every category except face to face courses. There’s a cottage industry of RPA training providers that provide face-to-face classes. Since there are numerous training providers in every major city, we decided not to cover this category in detail. If you have some insights into which trainings are valuable, feel free to give us a shout in the comments below.

There are a few best practices to follow while assessing face to face trainings. You can check reviews of previous customers, understand their policy of refunds, examine the experience of the trainers and ideally talk to a former student.

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6 Comments
John Balch
May 05, 2021 at 22:10

Hi, I have been doing automation for approx. 2 years now first Automation Anywhere, now I am doing UiPath automation, each I have been thrown in and told to learn it and do it.. I have now been approved to take classes in UiPath automation but prefer face to face or instructor led. I live in Fort Lauderdale, FL and I understand there still may not be any classroom settings offered at this time, but I do want to be the best at what I do.. currently I do a lot of UiPath automations in combination with SharePoint Online, etc. I also use Power Automate.. So if anyone can recommend something for me, I would greatly appreciate it now that I have the funding 🙂

Mohit
Sep 01, 2020 at 06:05

Hi, very much helpful information, thank-you for that. Just a question, can a Mechanical engineer learn RPA with very little knowledge of programming?

Cem Dilmegani
Sep 13, 2020 at 13:16

Sure, RPA bots are quite easy to program, you do not need in-depth experience in computer science to get started.

Ans
Aug 21, 2019 at 04:21

Is there a option to learn f2f from a training academy

AIMultiple
Aug 26, 2019 at 15:34

There are numerous companies providing that service in most major cities, we haven’t compiled a list of them yet. We will do that but can’t commit to a timeline now. You can find them on Google for now.

Digvijay
Jul 24, 2019 at 10:48

Good details! thanks for sharing it. I think you have missed JANBASK TRAINING name from your list, My many friends have taken certification from this online learning platform.

david eddins
Jan 24, 2019 at 11:41

Hi ,
Thanks for sharing good articles this is very useful information keep updating .
thanks

swamyrab
May 07, 2018 at 14:44

Hi, thanks for sharing this informative article,
Could you pls enlighten, as to what are the prerequisites for learning RPA Courses

appliedAI
May 09, 2018 at 18:10

Well, RPA programming is relatively simple compared to things like backend or frontend programming. Being able to use a computer is probably the only prerequisite. Knowing basics of programming would also help of course.

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