Free role programme · Art. 4 AI literacy

Compliance Officer Programme

An in-depth programme for compliance officers covering the full scope of EU AI Act obligations, risk management, conformity assessment, post-market monitoring, and preparing for an audit.

Compliance / Legal / GRC8h · self-paced8 modulesPass mark 80%Free · certificate of completion

Syllabus · 8 modules

39 lessons · each module ends with a short check
1The Compliance Officer's Role Under the EU AI Act4 lessons · 60 min
  1. Your mandate and authority12 min
  2. Key articles affecting compliance officers14 min
  3. Building a compliance team structure14 min
  4. Reporting lines and board engagement15 min
  5. Module check · 5 questions5 min
2Risk Classification Mastery5 lessons · 60 min
  1. Deep dive into Article 6 decision tree11 min
  2. Annex III categories with real-world examples13 min
  3. Article 6(3) exceptions and when they apply11 min
  4. Profiling override (Article 6(3) final paragraph)9 min
  5. Documenting classification justification10 min
  6. Module check · 5 questions5 min
3Obligation Mapping and Tracking5 lessons · 60 min
  1. Provider obligations (Articles 16–21) — full breakdown14 min
  2. Deployer obligations (Article 26) — full breakdown11 min
  3. Importer and distributor obligations10 min
  4. Building an obligation matrix per AI system9 min
  5. Priority ordering by deadline and penalty severity11 min
  6. Module check · 5 questions5 min
4Risk Management System (Article 9)5 lessons · 60 min
  1. Continuous iterative risk management lifecycle12 min
  2. Risk identification methodologies for AI systems11 min
  3. Likelihood x severity assessment matrix10 min
  4. Mitigation measure design11 min
  5. Residual risk acceptance criteria and review cycles12 min
  6. Module check · 5 questions5 min
5Technical Documentation and Record-Keeping5 lessons · 60 min
  1. Annex IV requirements — section by section walkthrough11 min
  2. What goes into each documentation section10 min
  3. Version control and change management11 min
  4. Record-keeping requirements (Article 12)12 min
  5. Automatic event logging design10 min
  6. Module check · 5 questions5 min
6Conformity Assessment5 lessons · 60 min
  1. Self-assessment (Annex VI) vs third-party (Annex VII)10 min
  2. Route determination logic11 min
  3. Self-assessment procedure step by step11 min
  4. Working with notified bodies11 min
  5. EU Declaration of Conformity and CE marking12 min
  6. Module check · 5 questions5 min
7Post-Market Monitoring and Incidents5 lessons · 60 min
  1. Post-market monitoring plans (Article 72)10 min
  2. Setting up monitoring frameworks10 min
  3. Serious incident definition (Article 3(49))11 min
  4. Serious-incident notification deadlines (Article 73)13 min
  5. Root cause analysis and corrective action planning11 min
  6. Module check · 5 questions5 min
8Audit Readiness and Continuous Compliance5 lessons · 60 min
  1. What national competent authorities look for12 min
  2. Building the documentation package you produce for an audit10 min
  3. Compliance drift detection11 min
  4. Regulatory update tracking10 min
  5. Annual compliance review cycle and the compliance officer's ongoing calendar12 min
  6. Module check · 5 questions5 min
Final assessment

8 questions drawn from a bank of 24

Answers are checked on our server when you submit, so the certificate means the same thing for everyone. You need 7 of 8 (80%) to pass. If you don’t pass, you can try again straight away with a new set of questions.

Topics

Compliance officer mandateRisk classificationObligation mappingRisk managementTechnical documentationConformity assessmentPost-market monitoringAudit readiness

What you get

  • A hash-sealed certificate of completion — “EU AI Act Compliance Officer — Certificate of Completion” — with a public verify URL.
  • A training record your employer can count towards its Art. 4 AI-literacy duty; if your employer has a Veritome workspace, you can choose to share it to their AI literacy register.
  • Your progress saved as you go, on any device, with a one-time email sign-in link and no password.

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8h · 8 modules · self-paced
Certificate
Of completion, checkable online
Language
English
Version
v1 · 06.10.2026