Level 1 · Use · AIE-100
AI Essentials
Certifies that you can use these tools on your own work and catch it when the output is wrong.
- Content
- 2h 30m
- Pace
- 2 weeks
- Practice
- 2 applications
- Assessment
- 10 questions · 80%
Four levels.
One clear path.
Learn to use AI, apply it across real work, delegate bounded jobs to agents, and automate the stable systems. Lessons and exams are free; the credential is paid only after you pass.
Free to learn with a free account. Pay once for the certificate.Built for 20 minutes a dayTool-agnostic, no vendor pays for placementEvery certificate is publicly verifiable
Choose your level
What changes at each step
Start at the first outcome you cannot already do confidently. Each level is free to learn and assess; the price shown is only for an issued, verifiable certificate after you pass.
Level 2 · Apply · AIW-200
AI at Work
Certifies that you can rebuild a recurring workflow other people depend on, and answer for what it produces.
- Content
- 4h 35m
- Pace
- 4 weeks
- Practice
- 3 applications
- Assessment
- 15 questions · 80%
Level 3 · Delegate · AID-300
AI Agents & Delegation
Certifies that you can delegate bounded multi-step work to an AI agent, control its access, and verify the evidence before any consequential action.
- Content
- 5h
- Pace
- 4 weeks
- Practice
- 3 applications
- Assessment
- 15 questions · 80%
Level 4 · Automate · AIA-300
AI Automation
Certifies that you can design, ship and stay accountable for an automation that runs unattended against real systems.
- Content
- 6h 30m
- Pace
- 6 weeks
- Practice
- 4 applications
- Assessment
- 20 questions · 80%
What you actually get
- A certificate with your name and your scoreNot a participation badge. It states the competencies assessed and what you scored on the exam.
- A credential ID anyone can verifyA recruiter, a client or your manager can check it without an account and without contacting us.
- A record of what you builtThe live applications are done against your own work, so you finish with something real to point at, not a course project nobody cares about.
- Honest limits, stated up frontIt's issued by Automate Basics and it isn't accredited by a national qualifications body. We say so on the certificate, on the verification page and in our terms.
Automate Basics
Certificate of Competency
AIE-100
This certifies that
Sample Learner
has passed the final assessment of the AI Essentials certification with a score of 9/10.
Credential ID
A real sample credential — check it yourself. Live applications are self-assessed against a published rubric, stated on the certificate and on the verification page.
Or start with a short course
8 focused courses for one tool or job. No exam, no certificate and nothing to pay. The first lesson opens without an account; a free one saves your progress after that.
Free short course · 80 min
ChatGPT, Start to Finish
Make an account, understand what you are looking at, and learn the features most people never find.
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Claude, Start to Finish
What Claude is, how it differs from ChatGPT, and what Projects, Artifacts and Skills actually do.
View courseFree short course · 90 min
AI in the Tools You Already Have
Use the AI already built into Gmail, Docs, Outlook, Word, Excel and Teams, the one your employer has probably already approved.
View courseFree short course · 1h 35m
Prompting That Works
Examples, constraints, decomposition and self-critique: the four things that actually improve output, and the myths that do not.
View courseFree short course · 90 min
AI for Your Job Search
Uncover transferable skills, tailor applications honestly, and rehearse interviews against a tough questioner.
View courseFree short course · 2h
AI for Small Businesses
Handle enquiries, marketing, reviews and admin faster, without spending money or putting customer data somewhere it should not be.
View courseFree short course · 85 min
AI for Students
Use AI to understand material faster and test yourself properly, without crossing your institution's line or fooling yourself.
View courseFree short course · 1h 40m
AI for Educators
Cut planning and admin time, design assessments that survive AI, and get straight answers about detection and student use.
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Not sure which one?
Start with AI Essentials. If the first two lessons are already obvious to you, skip to AI at Work. Nothing is locked, and you've lost ten minutes.
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