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AIAC AI ASSURANCE COUNCIL™

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Frequently asked questions

What the Council is, what a credential attests to, and how the examination works. If something here is unclear or looks wrong, write to us and it will be corrected.

§ 1 — What the Council is

What the Council is

Is the AI Assurance Council a government or regulatory body?
No. The Council is a private industry certification body operated by Arthiq, Singapore. Its certifications are industry credentials. They are not government licensing, they are not required by law, and holding one does not confer any regulatory status. Any organisation claiming otherwise on the Council's behalf is misrepresenting it.
Is the Council accredited?
Not yet. The scheme is being built to the requirements of ISO/IEC 17024, the international standard for bodies certifying persons — separated examination and training, a documented competency framework, a defensible cut score, and an appeals process independent of the assessor. Accreditation against that standard is a later step and the Council will not claim it before it holds it.
Who operates the Council, and does that create a conflict of interest?
Arthiq, which operates the Council, sells commercial AI training. The Council itself sells no preparation of any kind, so the conflict sits with the operator rather than inside the scheme, and it is contained the same way any training partner's is — nobody who prepared a candidate may write or mark the items they sit, assessors are not told with whom or whether a candidate prepared, and pass rates by provider are published once a year. Set out in full on the About page.

§ 2 — The credentials

The credentials

How many certifications are there?
4 certifications and 1 endorsement. A certification stands alone and certifies a person in a domain. An endorsement is a specialist addition that sits on top of a base credential and is not claimable by itself — which is why it is named for its subject rather than carrying the "Certified" prefix.
Has anyone been certified yet?
No. No credential has been issued. The first cohort sits in October 2026, for the Certified AI Assurance Practitioner only. Anyone currently claiming to hold a Council credential is claiming something that does not exist, and can be reported through the contact page.
How long is a credential valid?
Two years, then revalidation. A lifetime credential in a field changing this fast would misrepresent current competence. Withdrawn and expired credentials remain on the public register with their status shown.
How does an employer check a credential?
Every credential carries a unique identifier of the form AIAC-2026-000001 and a public register entry, so a claim can be checked without contacting the holder. The register opens with the first cohort in October 2026. Holder names appear only where the holder has consented; without consent the register still confirms the credential is real, which is the part an employer needs.

§ 3 — The examination

The examination

What is the examination like?
Remotely proctored, taking no more than two hours, and built around a deployment the candidate has not seen before. Format varies by track and is fixed when that track’s syllabus is issued: scenario work is the core of every paper, and may be combined with other applied question types. Candidates are assessed on what they do with the deployment — scoping the system, prioritising the applicable requirements, and judging what evidence would be sufficient. It is not a test of whether you can recall what a framework says.
How should I prepare?
However suits you. The syllabus and competency framework are published, so self-study is a real route; approved training partners and employer programmes are others. The Council sells no preparation itself, and none of these routes affects the fee, the marking standard, or what an assessor sees.
Is my script marked by a human or by AI?
Both, in that order. Every script is first marked against the published rubric by an AI assessor, which produces a provisional mark and flags divergence from the rubric. A human assessor then marks it independently, and a result files only when both marks concur; where they diverge, the human assessor reviews the divergence and the human determination is final. Neither assessor is arbitrary — the Certification Panel appoints human assessors against defined competence criteria and approves the AI assessor before it is used, and can withdraw either. No result is issued on the automated mark alone, and no fail, suspension or withdrawal is ever made without a human assessor.
What happens if I fail?
You may re-sit after 21 days, up to three attempts in twelve months, on a different form. Results are reported as pass or fail with domain-level feedback rather than a percentage or a rank, because a percentage invites comparison between forms that are not comparable.
Can I appeal a result?
Yes. Appeals are decided by people who were not involved in the original assessment, against the published competency framework rather than against an opinion. The appeals and complaints policy sets out how to raise one and what timeframes apply.

§ 4 — Standards and recognition

Standards and recognition

Is the Council endorsed by ISO or NIST?
No. Curricula are mapped to ISO/IEC 42001, the NIST AI RMF, and ISO/IEC 23894. Curriculum mapping indicates alignment of learning content with published frameworks. It does not constitute endorsement by, or certification under, any standards organization or regulator. Any provider claiming to be "certified under" or "endorsed by" a standards body is describing something that does not exist — those bodies publish standards, they do not endorse training providers.
Will employers recognise this credential?
That depends on employers. No credentials have been issued and there are no holders, so there is no employer recognition to point to yet. What the Council can state is what the credential attests to: a published competency framework, an examination a candidate cannot pass by having bought a course, and a public register an employer can check.

Something not answered here? Write to the Council — questions asked more than once end up on this page.