diff --git a/.github/workflows/pylint_check.yaml b/.github/workflows/pylint_check.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d57037..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/pylint_check.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-name: Enforcing pylint checks
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - master
-      - develop
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - master
-      - develop
-    tags:
-      - v*
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  update_python:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    name: Running pylint checks
-    steps:
-      - name: Current python version
-        run: python3 --version || echo python3 not installed
-      - name: Install Python 3.7
-        run: sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends python3.7 python3-pip && sudo ln -sfn /usr/bin/python3.7 /usr/bin/python3
-        id: install_python_3_7
-      - name: Updated python version
-        run: python3 --version
-      - name: PYTHONPATH environment variable
-        run: echo ${PYTHONPATH}
-      - name: Update pip
-        run: python3 -m pip install --upgrade --no-cache-dir pip
-        id: pip-install
-      - name: Fetch/update setuptools
-        run: python3 -m pip install --upgrade --no-cache-dir setuptools
-        id: setuptools-install
-      - name: Fetch/update pylint
-        run: python3 -m pip install --upgrade --no-cache-dir pylint
-        id: pylint-install
-      - name: Fetch source code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        id: fetch-source
-      - name: Finding files
-        run: find . -type f -name "*.py" > action_pylint_files.txt
-        id: find-python-files
-      - name: Install system requirements
-        shell: bash
-        run: 'sudo apt-get install -y python3-gdal gdal-bin libgdal-dev gcc g++ python3.7-dev'
-        id: install-gdal-other-reqs
-      - name: Install Python numpy
-        shell: bash
-        run: 'python3 -m pip install --upgrade --no-cache-dir numpy wheel terrautils'
-        id: install-python-numpy
-      - name: Install Python pygdal
-        shell: bash
-        run: 'sudo python3 -m pip install --no-cache-dir pygdal==2.2.3.5'
-        id: install-python-pygdal
-      - name: Install system requirements from source
-        shell: bash
-        run: '[ -s "packages.txt" ] && (cat packages.txt | sudo xargs apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends) || (echo "No addtional packages to install")'
-        id: install-system-reqs
-      - name: Install Python requirements from source
-        shell: bash
-        run: '[ -s "requirements.txt" ] && (python3 -m pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt) || (echo "No Python packages to install")'
-        id: install-python-reqs
-      - name: Run action pylint script
-        shell: bash
-        run: '[ -s ".github/workflows/action_pylint.sh" ] && (chmod +x ".github/workflows/action_pylint.sh" && ./.github/workflows/action_pylint.sh) || (echo "Error running shell script")'
-        id: run-special-action-script
-      - name: Fetching pylint.rc file
-        run: wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AgPipeline/Organization-info/master/pylint.rc
-        id: fetch_pylint_resource
-      - name: Listing
-        run: ls -la
-      - name: Files to be linted
-        run: cat action_pylint_files.txt
-      - name: Running pylint
-        run: cat action_pylint_files.txt | xargs python3 -m pylint --rcfile ./pylint.rc
diff --git a/.github/workflows/testing_checks.yaml b/.github/workflows/testing_checks.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4433f21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/testing_checks.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+name: Enforcing testing checks
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+      - develop
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - master
+      - develop
+    tags:
+      - v*
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  update_python:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: Running test checks
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+          app: [pylint, pytest]
+          include:
+            - app: pylint
+              pip_installs: pylint pytest
+              test_command: cat action_test_files.txt | xargs python3 -m pylint --rcfile ./pylint.rc
+            - app: pytest
+              pip_installs: pytest pytest-cov
+              test_command: python3 -m pytest --cov=. -rpP --cov-report=xml > coverage.txt
+              artifacts: coverage.txt
+    steps:
+      - name: Current python version
+        run: python3 --version || echo python3 not installed
+      - name: Install Python 3.7
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.7'
+      - name: Updated python version
+        run: python3 --version
+      - name: PYTHONPATH environment variable
+        run: echo "PYTHONPATH is ${PYTHONPATH}"
+      - name: Update pip
+        run: python3 -m pip install --upgrade --no-cache-dir pip
+      - name: Fetch/update setuptools
+        run: python3 -m pip install --upgrade --no-cache-dir setuptools
+      - name: Install python-apt
+        run: sudo apt-get install -y python-apt
+      - name: HACK to fix apt-get update problem w/ different python versions
+        run: 'cd /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages && sudo cp apt_pkg.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so apt_pkg.so'
+      - name: Update apt-get
+        run: sudo apt-get update
+      - name: Fetch/update testing pip installations
+        run: python3 -m pip install --upgrade --no-cache-dir ${{ matrix.pip_installs }}
+      - name: Fetch source code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Finding files to process
+        run: find . -type f -name "*.py" > action_test_files.txt
+      - name: Install system requirements
+        shell: bash
+        run: 'sudo apt-get install -y python3-gdal gdal-bin libgdal-dev gcc g++ python3.7-dev'
+      - name: Install Python numpy
+        shell: bash
+        run: 'python3 -m pip install --upgrade --no-cache-dir numpy wheel'
+      - name: Install Python pygdal
+        shell: bash
+        run: 'python3 -m pip install --no-cache-dir pygdal==2.2.3.5'
+      - name: Install system requirements from source
+        shell: bash
+        run: '[ -s "packages.txt" ] && (cat packages.txt | sudo xargs apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends) || (echo "No additional packages to install")'
+      - name: Install Python requirements from source
+        shell: bash
+        run: '[ -s "requirements.txt" ] && (python3 -m pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt) || (echo "No Python requirements to install")'
+      - name: Run action pylint script
+        shell: bash
+        run: '[ -s ".github/workflows/action_pylint.sh" ] && (chmod +x ".github/workflows/action_pylint.sh" && ./.github/workflows/action_pylint.sh) || (echo "No action shell script found to run")'
+      - name: Fetching pylint.rc file
+        run: wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AgPipeline/Organization-info/master/pylint.rc
+        if: ${{ matrix.name }} == "pylint"
+      - name: Set execution permission for testing
+        run: chmod +x transformer.py
+      - name: Listing
+        run: ls -la
+      - name: Files to be tested
+        run: cat action_test_files.txt
+      - name: Running test
+        run: ${{ matrix.test_command }}
+      - name: Upload testing artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: testing_artifacts
+          path: ${{ matrix.artifacts }}
+        if: ${{ matrix.artifacts }}
+      - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v1
+        if: ${{ matrix.app == 'pytest' }}
diff --git a/tests/test_transformer_simple.py b/tests/test_transformer_simple.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b21d46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_transformer_simple.py
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Tests plotclip.py
+"""
+import argparse
+import os
+import re
+from subprocess import getstatusoutput
+
+from agpypeline.environment import Environment
+
+from configuration import ConfigurationInfo
+
+# The name of the source file to test and it's path
+SOURCE_FILE = 'transformer.py'
+SOURCE_PATH = os.path.abspath(os.path.join('.', SOURCE_FILE))
+
+# Path relative to the current folder where the testing data files are
+TESTING_JSON_FILE_PATH = './test_data'
+
+
+def test_exists():
+    """Asserts that the source file is available"""
+    assert os.path.isfile(SOURCE_PATH)
+
+
+def test_usage():
+    """Program prints a "usage" statement when requested"""
+    for flag in ['-h', '--help']:
+        ret_val, out = getstatusoutput(f'{SOURCE_PATH} {flag}')
+        assert re.match('usage', out, re.IGNORECASE)
+        assert ret_val == 0
+
+
+def test_add_parameters():
+    """Checks that the add_parameters function is callable without error"""
+    # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
+    from transformer import TemplateTransformer as tt
+
+    new_tt = tt()
+    arg_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    new_tt.add_parameters(arg_parser)
+
+
+def test_check_continue():
+    """Checks that the check_continue function is callable without error"""
+    # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
+    from transformer import TemplateTransformer as tt
+
+    new_tt = tt()
+    ret_val = new_tt.check_continue(Environment(ConfigurationInfo()),  {}, {}, [])
+
+    assert ret_val == 0
+
+
+def test_perform_process():
+    """Checks that the perform_process function is callable without error"""
+    # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
+    from transformer import TemplateTransformer as tt
+
+    new_tt = tt()
+    ret_val = new_tt.perform_process(Environment(ConfigurationInfo()),  {}, {}, [])
+
+    assert 'code' in ret_val
+    assert ret_val['code'] == 0
diff --git a/transformer.py b/transformer.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index ca22c1b..4dafabe
--- a/transformer.py
+++ b/transformer.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
 """My nifty transformer
 """