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AIAC AI ASSURANCE COUNCIL™

Membership · for individuals

Membership keeps a credential current

A certification attests to competence on the date you were assessed. Membership is what keeps it worth holding — the member rate on every examination, CPD that counts toward revalidation, and a register listing an employer can check.

§ 1 — What you get

Join as a member

Every benefit below applies from the day you join, whether or not you hold a credential yet.

Fees are set in line with those of comparable international bodies.

Apply — candidate portal

Open · apply through the candidate portal

Membership carries the member rate on every further examination and on revalidation, CPD toward the two-year term, early sight of specimen materials and draft scheme documents for comment, listing on the member network, and use of the post-nominal where a current credential is held.

All nine member benefits, in full

§ 2 — The plan

One plan, renewed annually

Membership is separate from certification. You can be a member without a credential, and you can hold a credential without being a member — the examination is open to anyone either way.

IndividualRenewed annually

Individual Membership Plan

Professionals in AI assurance, risk, audit, and governance — whether or not you currently hold a credential.

  • 30% off every examination and revalidation
  • CPD counted toward revalidation
  • Briefings and webinars as they are published
  • Sight of scheme changes in draft, for comment, before they take effect
  • Member network listing
  • Propose practitioner writing for Insights

Members holding a current credential are listed on the public register with consent, and may use the associated post-nominal. Members without one are listed as members, never as certified.

US$165 a year

Joining on behalf of an organisation — a certified team, cohort administration, reporting? That is corporate membership, held by the organisation rather than a person.

§ 3 — The ladder

Two standings, each one earned

Standing is derived from what you currently hold, never bought as a label. Becoming a Certified Applied AI Associate puts you on the register as Registered, and any paid examination makes you a Member for a year.

RegisteredNo annual fee · permanentMemberUS$165 a year · US$275 two years
How it startsBecoming a Certified Applied AI AssociateAny paid examination — the first year is included
Register listingName, certificate, and verification linkFull profile: grade, track, post-nominal, issue and expiry
Maintains a credentialNo — the certificate does not expireYes — if membership lapses, the credential expires
NewsletterMonthly public editionWeekly, plus members-only briefings
AI Skills IndexPublished summaryFull dataset, your own percentile over time, and peer benchmarks by function and region
Job boardView listingsApply with your verified credential shown to the employer; seven-day early access
Recruiter directoryNot listedOpt-in, searchable by recruiters and member employers
Retakes—50% of the fee paid
Additional tracksList priceMember rate
Standards consultation—Comment on draft competency frameworks
EventsPublic webinarsMembers-only sessions

A Registered certificate holder is never described as certified, and no tier is conferred by payment alone — the paid year that comes with an examination begins only when the examination is sat.

§ 4 — Limits

What membership is not

Membership is not a credential. A member who has not passed an examination has not been assessed, may not use any post-nominal, and does not appear on the register as a credential holder. Describing membership as certification is a breach of the code of conduct.

Membership confers no advantage in assessment. Members and non-members sit the same examination, marked to the same standard. Assessors are not told whether a candidate is a member.

Membership is not required to certify. Any candidate may register and sit without it. Members pay a reduced fee; nothing else differs.

§ 5 — Apply

Apply for membership

Individual membership is US$165 a year. There is no charge to apply, and applying commits you to nothing until you accept the member agreement.

Apply — candidate portal