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AICA publishes the standard others gate. Download a candidate blueprint for any credential, read the full Curriculum Standard, check the exam policies and Code of Ethics, and use the verification tools. All open, no sign-up required.

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Candidate Blueprints

Six Credentials. Six Printable Blueprints.

Each blueprint is a print-ready summary of a credential: the exam specification, course learning objectives, the six learning units with hours, the assessment weightings and the credential terms. Open one, then print it or save it as a PDF.

Foundation
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CAIP
Certified AI Practitioner
Foundation

The baseline credential for professionals applying AI in their daily work.

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Professional Track
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CAIGP
Certified AI Governance Professional
Professional Track

For practitioners who implement AI governance day to day.

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CAAP
Certified Agentic AI Professional
Professional Track

For practitioners who design, build and operate agentic AI systems.

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Executive Track
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CCAIO
Certified Chief AI Officer
Executive Track

For executives accountable for enterprise AI strategy and value.

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Certified Chief AI Governance Officer
Executive Track

For executives who own AI risk, compliance and ethics at the highest level.

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Certified Chief Agentic AI Officer
Executive Track

For executives leading agentic AI strategy, deployment and governance.

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The Published Standard

The Curriculum Standard, Governance and Verification.

Every AICA credential is certified against the AICA Curriculum Standard v1.0. The standard, its policies and its verification machinery are published in full below.

For developers: AICA publishes its verification keys at aicauthority.org/.well-known/did.json. Independent systems can verify AICA signatures, and each certificate exports as an Open Badges 3.0 verifiable credential.

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