The CTAP consortium is a non-for-profit collaboration of industry experts, consultancy organizations, end users, trainers and academics. All these participants believe that the automation of testing involves common approaches that should always be followed, regardless of a professional’s background, type of tooling used and industry. 

CTAP stands for Certified Test Automation Professional. The shared ambition of the consortium members and its founders is to ensure that professionals who are active within the testing domain have been certified in CTAP, and therefore can benefit from a common understanding of best practice in test automation. The aim is to also ensure a proper execution, enabling higher quality software and reusability of test automation. The Foundation level is the first level which is completed. Applying the CTAP accreditation will guarantee an assured quality level of test automation engineers. 

The Certification Council is an independent panel of test automation and certification experts, each representing different industries and interests. Council members are selected from member organizations of the CTAP consortium based on their experience, network and contributions to test automation. 

The Council provides advice on content-related matters and is responsible for auditing the Test Automation Certification based on market standards.