Certifications
Certifying an artificial intelligence skill
The field attracts claims; it is certified on deliverables. The documents awarded here name what the person actually put into production, assessed and documented — with the matching supervised volume.
What is assessed, and on which outputs
An artificial intelligence skill is judged on what runs: a dataset built and documented, a model assessed against metrics stated in advance, a monitored deployment, a business decision informed by the result. Assessment bears on those outputs, and the awarded document names them in the vocabulary a technical team recognises.
- Build and document a usable dataset
- Train a model and assess it against stated metrics
- Deploy to production and monitor drift over time
- Frame a use case with a business owner and quantify its effect
- Set the rules for model use inside an organisation
Supervised hours, qualification by qualification
- Data and Annotation Operator
- 600 (21 %)
- Data and Applied AI Technician
- 700 (25 %)
- AI Project Manager
- 800 (29 %)
- Chief Data and AI Officer
- 700 (25 %)
Four rungs, from annotation to leadership
| Professional qualification | Duration | Credits | Supervised hours | Blocks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data and Annotation Operator | 9 months | 60 | 600 h | 5 |
| Data and Applied AI Technician | 10 months | 70 | 700 h | 5 |
| AI Project Manager | 1 year | 80 | 800 h | 5 |
| Chief Data and AI Officer | 9 months | 70 | 700 h | 5 |
Paths in the catalogue
Three formats answer three needs: the long specialisation, the certification for a team tooling a use case, and the short format for leaders making the call. Fees are shown in Guinean francs.
| Programme | Duration | Credits | Supervised hours | Fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial Intelligence programme — Bac+5 level | 2 years | 120 | 1200 h | 7 800 000 GNF per year |
| Applied AI for Business Certificate | 4 months | 12 | 120 h | 3 200 000 GNF in total |
| Certificate in Artificial Intelligence for Business Decisions | 5 months | 15 | 150 h | 3 600 000 GNF in total |
What we are asked about this field
What exactly does an AI certification prove?
It attests the assessed acts, listed on the document and repeated on the public page: building a dataset, assessing a model, deploying it, framing a use case. A recruiter therefore reads a list of acts, not a general label.
Is programming needed to enter this field?
The entry rung is level 4, where the work bears on the data itself: building, annotating, quality control. The catalogue holds 20 qualifications at that level, and each one publishes its real prerequisite on its page.
Is there a format suited to an executive?
Yes: a short professional certification, designed for deciding rather than building, and a level 7 qualification for whoever carries the function in the organisation. Both appear in the tables above with their real volumes.
Is the work based on real cases?
At levels 6 and 7, assessment bears on a case run inside your organisation, with the starting situation, the options examined and the measured result. The file handed in is the one you then present internally.
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