Exams and pricing / Applied AI Specialist (L2)

Your profession.
Your AI expertise.

Demonstrate how you apply AI to the work of your profession.

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01 / The exam

Real tasks.
Your decisions.

Three tasks with the assistant and two sets of questions, over 45 minutes. 75% of the marks come from the work you hand in, 25% from the questions.

See the 5 exam steps
  1. 1A task with the assistantIntermediate
  2. 2A task with the assistantIntermediate
  3. 3Questions about the workIntermediate
  4. 4A task with the assistantAdvanced
  5. 5Questions about the workAdvanced

The clock does not pause. The only AI you may use is the one the exam provides. At zero we submit work saved on the server by the deadline. You then answer follow-up questions about your own work, and those answers are marked too.

An example of the task format. Your exam uses different questions approved by the Examination Board.

02 / Your result

Know what to improve.
Build on what works.

You receive feedback on your submitted work whether your result is pass or not yet.

Included in your result

Ratings

See how you performed in each assessed area.

Feedback

Learn which decisions helped your answer and what to change next time.

A credential when you pass

Share your public verification page and a badge for your profile.

AI examiners mark every exam, and while the Examination Board has not approved automatic release, a person reviews each result before you see it. People decide every appeal. Read the technical manual

How marking and sign-off work

Three AI examiners mark your work independently, and a majority sets each score. You receive a rating for each area: Emerging, Developing, Proficient, Accomplished. A strong overall result cannot make up for an area below its minimum.

AI examiners mark the evidence, and a named person countersigns your result because you hold this one for life. Every exam carries a documented starting pass mark, reviewed every two years. A panel replaces it once enough exams are marked.

Who signs off your result.

Briefing the assistant
Choosing what to hand to the assistant, and giving it the context, limits and format it needs.
Checking its work
Finding the errors, invented facts and gaps in what the assistant produces, and testing its claims against the source.
Judgement
Knowing when to trust the assistant, when to verify, when not to use it, and owning what goes out.
Safety and confidentiality
Handling confidential and personal data, seeing compliance, ethical and reputational risk, and declining unsafe requests.
The finished piece
Turning the assistant's output into something a colleague could use: editing it, combining it and adding original thinking.

03 / Before you start

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Who this exam is for
Practitioners responsible for the quality of AI-assisted work in their field.
Identity check
You verify your email address. Government ID checks are not available.
If you need another attempt
If you do not pass, you may take it again after 30 days. A retake is a separate purchase.
Credential validity
Held for life

Subject requirements

Choose a work area for tasks relevant to your profession. Your credential names that area alongside Applied AI Specialist.

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If your work area is not listed, choose General during checkout. Your exam then draws from the whole Standard.

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