QA Testers Accessibility Training (Advanced): On-demand

  • 7 hours of self-paced content, available anytime
  • Laptop required
  • Annual subscription (auto-renews)
  • Max 24 seats, please get in touch if you need more

INTRODUCTORY OFFER – ENDS 30th November 2026

QA Testers Accessibility Training (Advanced) is self-paced, practical training that teaches QA teams how to confidently test websites and apps for accessibility – without needing to become accessibility auditors. It’s designed for QA professionals who want to embed accessibility into everyday workflows and reduce risk, rework and reliance on external audits.

Why This Course Is Different

Unlike generic accessibility training, this programme:

  1. Is built specifically for QA testers
  2. Focuses on real testing decisions, not theory
  3. Separates baseline capability from expert-level auditing
  4. Reflects how accessibility issues actually appear in QA cycles
  5. Is designed by practitioners with real-world delivery experience

The training is self-paced and broken into short, focused lessons that can be revisited whenever you like.

Our QA Fundamentals Training must be completed before taking the QA Advanced Training. Contact us to enquire about the QA Fundamentals training.  

You will learn how to...

  • Reframe Accessibility in QA Practice: understand why accessibility belongs in QA, what "advanced" really means, and how your role fits into wider delivery teams.
  • Develop advanced WCAG interpretation skills: move beyond links and checklists. Learn how to interpret WCAG, apply it consistently, and avoid false positive and false negative results.
  • Build a solid foundation in desktop accessibility testing; including structure, keyboard navigation, focus, errors, and semantics.
  • Demystify screen readers. Learn when to use them, what to listen for, and how to report issues clearly and reproducibly.
  • Mobile accessibility testing: test mobile websites and apps with confidence, including touch gestures, orientation, reflow, and platform-specific accessibility roles.

Who is it for?

This programme is designed for QA professionals responsible for testing websites or apps, who lead embedding accessibility into standard QA workflows. It is also suitable for teams seeking to reduce accessibility risk and reliance on external audits.

Benefits

To you

  • Test digital products with confidence, knowing exactly what good accessibility QA looks like.
  • Interpret WCAG 2.1 AA without ambiguity, reducing false positives, misunderstandings, and rework.
  • Use the right testing techniques at the right time, including when to bring in assistive technology.
  • Communicate issues clearly and credibly, so developers understand the impact and how to fix them.

To your organisation

  • Identify real accessibility barriers earlier, preventing issues from reaching production.
  • Strengthen accessibility capability across your QA function, reducing reliance on external audits.
  • Lower delivery risk by embedding accessibility checks into everyday QA processes.
  • Most learners complete the programme over 2-4 weeks, applying skills immediately in their QA work.

Prerequisites

Skills

  • Completion of the QA Testers Fundamentals course. Get in touch with the Hassell Inclusion team if you need to book this.
  • No prior assistive technology expertise required.

Tech

  • The training content is on video, so access to a computer (laptop or desktop) is required.

Meet one of our trainersAbout Usman

Usman is a hugely experienced technical lead and accessibility specialist.

His background is in the strategic development of component libraries and the delivery of full websites and applications across the public, private and third sectors.

He has brought accessibility as a value and skill to his development, and that of his teams, since 2008. For UK Parliament, he led, managed and mentored a team of engineers within a multi-disciplinary environment with an objective of delivering their a…

Find out more about Usman

Usman Afzal

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