After this training you can structure your organisation's use of AI around ISO/IEC 42001. You will set the scope, record AI systems, settle responsibilities, assess risks and decide what evidence is needed. You will also understand how internal audits and improvements fit together. The course suits you if you work in compliance, data protection, quality, IT or a business team and are about to take charge of AI topics. You do not need programming skills.
What you’ll take away.
- Apply the requirements of ISO/IEC 42001 to how your organisation uses AI
- Define the scope, roles and responsibilities of an AI management system
- Assess AI risks and effects on the people concerned in a structured way
- Build policies, evidence and an internal audit programme for AI systems
Your training in detail
- Who is it for?
- Professionals in compliance, data protection, quality, IT and business teams who are asked to coordinate AI topics in their organisation.
- Prerequisites
- You should know how AI applications work in principle and be familiar with how organisations operate. Experience with management systems helps but is not required.
- Format & planning
- Standard length: 5 training days. A different length can be arranged for companies.
Agenda: from understanding to application
Our independently developed agenda proposal. Focus areas, lab environment and scope are agreed before booking.
Structure of ISO/IEC 42001 and how it sits alongside other management systems
Context, scope and an inventory of AI systems
Leadership, AI policy, roles and accountability
Risk assessment, risk treatment and impact assessment for AI systems
Controls along the AI life cycle: data, development, operation and suppliers
Links to the EU AI Act and data protection
Performance evaluation, internal audit and continual improvement
You build an AI register for a sample company, assess two use cases and derive controls with the evidence they need.
Exams, licences & credentials
This course does not prepare for an exam set by a certification body. "AI Officer" describes a role within a company and is not a protected qualification. Certifying an organisation against ISO/IEC 42001 is a separate process with a certification body and is not included. It is not an ISO course.
Vendor references & review date
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Your learning content
These objectives describe the training topic. The specific syllabus, dates and trainer are agreed before booking; the written offer is binding.
Frequently asked questions
Is ISO/IEC 42001 mandatory?
No, the standard itself is not a law, although customers or contracts may require it in individual cases. It is aimed at organisations that develop, provide or use AI-based products or services.
Will I be certified as an AI Officer afterwards?
No. The course does not lead to a personal certificate from a certification body. It gives you the knowledge and working methods for the role.
Does AI Officer based on ISO/IEC 42001: running an AI management system include a certificate?
This course does not prepare for an exam set by a certification body. "AI Officer" describes a role within a company and is not a protected qualification. Certifying an organisation against ISO/IEC 42001 is a separate process with a certification body and is not included. It is not an ISO course.