Free role programme · Art. 4 AI literacy

Technical Team Programme

A hands-on programme for engineers and data scientists covering the technical requirements of the EU AI Act, including data governance, documentation, accuracy, robustness, human oversight design, and testing.

Engineering / Data Science / ML6h · self-paced6 modulesPass mark 80%Free · certificate of completion

Syllabus · 6 modules

29 lessons · each module ends with a short check
1EU AI Act Essentials for Engineers4 lessons · 60 min
  1. Why engineers need to understand the EU AI Act11 min
  2. Technical requirements overview15 min
  3. How the Act affects system design decisions13 min
  4. Key articles for technical teams16 min
  5. Module check · 5 questions5 min
2Data Governance (Article 10)5 lessons · 60 min
  1. Training data requirements: relevance, representativeness13 min
  2. Validation and testing data standards10 min
  3. Bias detection and mitigation techniques10 min
  4. Data provenance and lineage documentation9 min
  5. Special category data (GDPR Article 9 intersection)12 min
  6. Module check · 5 questions5 min
3Technical Documentation (Annex IV)5 lessons · 60 min
  1. System description requirements11 min
  2. Algorithm and model documentation10 min
  3. Training methodology documentation11 min
  4. Performance metrics and testing results10 min
  5. Known limitations documentation12 min
  6. Module check · 5 questions5 min
4Accuracy, Robustness, and Cybersecurity (Article 15)5 lessons · 60 min
  1. Accuracy metrics and benchmarks12 min
  2. Robustness testing — adversarial examples, edge cases11 min
  3. Cybersecurity measures for AI systems11 min
  4. Resilience requirements11 min
  5. Testing and validation frameworks11 min
  6. Module check · 5 questions5 min
5Human Oversight Design (Article 14)5 lessons · 60 min
  1. Designing for human-in-the-loop11 min
  2. Human-on-the-loop vs human-in-command12 min
  3. Override mechanisms and kill switches11 min
  4. Interface design for oversight effectiveness10 min
  5. Automation bias awareness in system design11 min
  6. Module check · 5 questions5 min
6Testing and Validation Requirements5 lessons · 60 min
  1. Pre-deployment testing requirements12 min
  2. Real-world testing conditions10 min
  3. Performance monitoring in production10 min
  4. Drift detection implementation10 min
  5. Logging requirements (Article 12)13 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

EU AI Act essentials for engineersData governanceTechnical documentationAccuracy and robustnessHuman oversight designTesting and validation

What you get

  • A hash-sealed certificate of completion — “EU AI Act Technical Compliance — 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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6h · 6 modules · self-paced
Certificate
Of completion, checkable online
Language
English