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AI courses and certifications

Member courses and certifications from the Enterprise Technology Association (ETA), plus free courses from trusted providers. Start the ETA certification free with Level 1: Foundations.

Certification program

ETA Certified AI Empowered Professional

A six-course curriculum in AI Fluency and Using AI Agents at Work, from foundations to advanced, with a knowledge check in every module and a final assessment in every course.

Level 1: Foundations is free. Levels 2 and 3 are included with ETA Pro membership and above, or $149 per level ($249 for both). Finish all three levels to earn the full certification.

  1. Level 1Free

    Foundations

    Start here: the essentials of AI and agents at work.

  2. Level 2$149

    Practitioner

    Reliable, repeatable results across your job.

  3. Level 3$149

    Advanced

    Lead, scale and govern AI and agent work for your team.

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    AI Fluency: Practitioner

    ETA Certified AI Empowered Professional · Level 2: Practitioner

    Go beyond the basics: write expert-level briefs, work with files and data, verify and protect, and turn what works into templates and team playbooks using the ETA ADAPT framework.

    $149 or with ETA Pro
    Intermediate · Self-paced online · 2.5 hrEarns 2 credit hours
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    AI Agents at Work: Practitioner

    ETA Certified AI Empowered Professional · Level 2: Practitioner

    Go beyond the basics: write agent specs that hold up, connect agents to your apps with least privilege, and design the approvals, verification and recovery steps that make agent work safe and worth it.

    $149 or with ETA Pro
    Intermediate · Self-paced online · 2.4 hrEarns 2 credit hours
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    Microsoft Copilot at Work

    ETA Specialist credential

    Use Microsoft Copilot well at work: understand what it can see, brief it clearly, verify recaps, drafts, numbers and decks, use agents at the right rung, and measure time saved honestly. Earns the ETA Specialist: Microsoft Copilot credential.

    $149 or with ETA Pro
    Intermediate · Self-paced online · 4.8 hrEarns 4 credit hours
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    AI for People Leaders

    ETA Specialist credential

    For managers, supervisors and team leads: set team AI norms, choose and pilot use cases, coach people, protect quality and trust, and measure value honestly, ending with a 90-day adoption plan for your real team.

    $149 or with ETA Pro
    Intermediate · Self-paced online · 4.2 hrEarns 4 credit hours
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    AI Governance and Security

    ETA Specialist credential

    For IT, security, risk and compliance leaders: build an AI governance program people follow, assess AI risk, secure assistants and agents, and monitor and respond to incidents, ending with a reviewed governance and security plan for your organization.

    $149 or with ETA Pro
    Intermediate · Self-paced online · 4.5 hrEarns 4 credit hours

Credentials and certification

Hours-based credentials: AI Explorer, AI Empowered Professional and AI Empowered Leader

Earned with verified credit hours: courses you complete here or on an AI Ready site, plus ETA workshops, AI Week sessions, masterclasses and other training you log on My learning. Each credential needs more hours than the last.

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Six-course certification: ETA Certified AI Empowered Professional

A curriculum certification, separate from the hours-based credentials: six courses across three levels, each with knowledge checks and a final assessment. Each level is recorded as you finish it, and finishing all three earns the certification.

About the certification