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AIDAAI Deployment Associatefor builders
AIMAAI Management Associatefor managers & leaders
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Start from the proof someone will ask for.
Credentials are useful only when they answer a real procurement, hiring, audit, or delivery question. Pick the pressure first.
Start free, then prove you can work with production AI.
AIFA is a free, verifiable PSF foundation — the place to start if you are protecting your career or looking for work. From there, CAAE proves to employers you can build and ship production AI.
Start free with AIFA →Turn credentials into a client-facing practice.
MSPs and consultants should capture the launch pack first, then decide whether Integrator status is the next proof layer.
Get MSP launch pack →Roll out one standard across the people doing the work.
Use the team programme when leadership needs a roster, completion report, and shared production-AI vocabulary.
Plan team rollout →Assessment beats another certificate.
If the question is whether a deployment is production safe, begin with a DSA evidence scope against the published PSF.
Start DSA scope →If you searched for a generic AI certification, start with the role.
The public pages below answer the common search terms, then route visitors into the actual PAI credential path that fits the work.
For managers, risk owners, compliance teams, and AI leads.
Open guide →For evidence review, PAI-8 maturity, and assurance work.
Open guide →For safety, governance, audit, and control responsibilities.
Open guide →For builders and operators responsible for production safety.
Open guide →Every exam has an AI coach built in.
Stuck on a question? The coach sitting beside it teaches the underlying idea — never the answer — so you finish by understanding. On the free foundation exams you learn as you go: you can't fail, you can only finish.
Free, verifiable, and the coach is built in.
Evidence Coach turns real work into a submission plan.
For CPAP, CPAA, Certified AI Integrator, and Production Safe assessment, the problem is not another lesson. The problem is knowing what proof to gather, how to frame it, and what to show first.
Build proof first. Submit with confidence.
How exams are developed and refreshed. Design process, item review, and pass standards are documented in Exam development. The public PSF text, incidents, Lab output, free foundation credentials, and Studio access remain open. Advanced credentials, portfolio assessments, and organisational programmes support the review work that keeps exams current. Governance and independence: Governance · Independence.
Start here when you need a shared PSF vocabulary. Foundation credentials are free, immediately issued, and verifiable on the public registry.
CAOP: Certified Agent Operator
The practitioner credential for professionals who deploy, monitor, and operate AI agents in production. As organisations move from AI pilots to always-on agentic systems, agent operators are the practitioners keeping those systems safe, reliable, and aligned: the CAOP is their professional benchmark.
Align your organisation to the PAI-8 standard
PAI-8 is the organisational companion to the PSF: an audit framework for governance, risk, data stewardship, oversight, incident response, audit trail, and vendor controls. Organisations can self-assess against PAI-8, then commission independent review when external proof is required.
Auditor credential
CAIA
Certified AI Audit & Documentation Specialist. Qualified to conduct formal PAI-8 assessments for organisations.
View CAIA →Role-specific evidence for practitioners who need to show depth in a production AI discipline. Scenario-based, PSF-mapped, and registry-verifiable.
For professionals who assess organisations against PAI-8. Tests maturity determination, evidence sampling, and findings communication.
Evidence-based credentials for experienced practitioners. Submit real production AI work, assessed against PSF criteria by a PAI assessor.
Organisation-level proof that your team can deploy AI in accordance with the Production Safety Framework.
Apply on behalf of your organisation. Includes team credential support, organisational review against published requirements, and programme documentation suitable for procurement conversations.
Which proof pathway fits your role?
| If you are... | Start with | Then advance to |
|---|---|---|
| An AI engineer or ML practitioner | AIDA | CAOP, CAAE or CLOE → CPAP |
| An agent operator or AI workflow manager | AIDA | CAOP → CPAP |
| A manager, PM or delivery lead | AIMA | CAIG → CPAP |
| A security or safety engineer | AIDA | CAIS → CPAP |
| A governance, legal or compliance professional | AIMA | CAIG → CAIA |
| An AI auditor or risk assessor | AIMA | CAIA |
| A voice AI or telephony engineer | AIDA | CVAE → CPAP |
| A principal engineer or architect | CPAP | CPAA |
| An organisation or AI consultancy | CAI Integrator application | N/A |
All credentials map back to the public PSF and PAI-8 standards · Verifiable on the PAI public registry · Assessment fees are published on each pathway page