PECB Certified Artificial Intelligence Professional Course & Exam Australia
The technical AI credential — machine learning, deep learning, NLP, computer vision, robotics, plus AI security, ethics, and governance. Published Self-Study enrolment starts from $578 + GST and includes the official exam access stated on this page. Training is delivered online. Available formats and booking arrangements are listed on this course page.
Available Australia-wide, in New Zealand and across Asia Pacific — and, because self-study and eLearning are delivered online through the myPECB platform, from anywhere in the world. Academy training is online only. Where a course offers live online teaching, dates and booking arrangements are confirmed before booking. Base prices are published in AUD, and course pages quote other supported currencies when a live quote is available; to pay in New Zealand dollars or pounds sterling, buy through aegentra.co.nz or aegentra.co.uk instead. An Australian billing address adds 10% GST; a non-Australian billing address has no Australian GST.
The PECB PECB Certified Artificial Intelligence Professional (CAIP) Self-Study course costs A$578 excluding GST through Aegentra Academy, an official PECB authorised training partner in Australia. That price includes the official PECB examination voucher, the full course materials, 12 months of myPECB access, and one free exam resit within 12 months. Typical total learning effort is 40–50 hours. A separate eLearning option is not currently published. For non-Australian billing addresses, Australian GST is not charged and any applicable local taxes are determined at checkout.
Academy training is online only. Check the available formats and booking arrangements on this page. Any published live online option is arranged by enquiry; Self-Study is available without waiting for a cohort.
This course publishes 12 months of material access. Course-material access, examination and retake deadlines, and any certificate-application deadline are separate. Confirm the material-access start date in your booking confirmation and check the deadlines recorded in myPECB before scheduling your examination. PECB’s partner-course policy sets a 12-month examination and included-retake cycle from purchase for Self-Study and eLearning, or from course completion for instructor-led training. A failed attempt does not restart that cycle. The first retake requires at least 15 days after the unsuccessful examination; booking rules and the recorded myPECB deadline also apply.
/ Purchase order
PECB Certified Artificial Intelligence Professional (CAIP) course price and enrolment options
Complete the exam, included retake and application within 12 months of purchase. The first retake requires at least 15 days after an unsuccessful attempt. PECB reviews eligibility before awarding a credential; buying a bundle does not guarantee certification. PECB exam and fee conditions.
An Australian billing address adds 10% GST at checkout. For non-Australian billing addresses, Australian GST is not charged; any applicable local taxes are determined at checkout.
Live online class
Ask Aegentra Academy about the online formats currently available for this course and their booking arrangements. An enquiry does not confirm live-class availability.
What's included in the PECB Certified Artificial Intelligence Professional (CAIP) course fee
The official PECB course and exam package starts at A$578 + GST — with no separate exam fee after enrolment. Optional Aegentra Labs exam preparation is clearly priced separately.
Course materials
PECB Certified Artificial Intelligence Professional slide deck (digital)
Practical examples and exercises throughout
12 months access via myPECB
Attestation of course completion worth 31 CPD credits
Exam package
Certification and examination fees included in the course price
Three-hour exam across seven competency domains
One free retake within 12 months of the initial exam date
PECB Certified Artificial Intelligence Professional credential pathway after an exam pass and approved PECB application
Hands-on labs
Practical labs delivered in a virtual environment, accessed through the browser
Machine learning workflow — supervised and unsupervised
Neural networks and deep learning architectures including CNNs
NLP with transformers and large language models
/ Exam requirements & credential
PECB Certified Artificial Intelligence Professional (CAIP) exam format, duration and pass mark
The exam voucher is included in your enrolment, and so is one free resit if you don’t pass first time. Both the exam and the credential are issued directly by PECB.
Format
Open-book, multiple-choice
Duration
3 hours
Questions
80 multiple-choice questions in the current English PECB examination record
Pass mark
70%
Language
English; confirm other languages against the current PECB examination listing
Credential experience requirements
After passing, apply to PECB for the eligible AI Professional credential. PECB lists a Provisional pathway and requires two years of professional experience, including one in artificial intelligence, for the full credential. Its current course page lists no project-hours requirement, while its candidate handbook lists 200 hours. Obtain written confirmation from PECB of the applicable project requirement before relying on either figure. PECB validates the application and requires its Code of Ethics.
An exam pass is the first step. You must submit PECB's certification application and required declarations and references. PECB decides whether the requirements for the requested credential tier are met.
/ Before you enrol
Clear answers about price, tax, exams, and certification.
These answers use this course's current catalogue record and PECB's published exam, certification, and maintenance policies.
What is included in the PECB Certified Artificial Intelligence Professional (CAIP) course fee?
The published price is A$578 for Self-Study, before tax. It includes the official PECB course materials, the first exam attempt, one free retake, and the certification application fee. This course publishes 12 months of material access. Course-material access, examination and retake deadlines, and any certificate-application deadline are separate. Confirm the material-access start date in your booking confirmation and check the deadlines recorded in myPECB before scheduling your examination. PECB’s partner-course policy sets a 12-month examination and included-retake cycle from purchase for Self-Study and eLearning, or from course completion for instructor-led training. A failed attempt does not restart that cycle. The first retake requires at least 15 days after the unsuccessful examination; booking rules and the recorded myPECB deadline also apply. PECB’s partner-course policy also includes the first year of the Annual Maintenance Fee where maintenance applies; Foundation and Provisional credentials are maintenance-exempt. There is no separate first-exam or certification-application charge after enrolment.
What will PECB charge to maintain the PECB Certified Artificial Intelligence Professional (CAIP) credential?
PECB’s maintenance policy exempts Foundation, Provisional and Transition credentials. Other credentials have tier-specific CPD requirements and maintenance fees. Confirm the applicable amount and currency directly with PECB before renewal; its public fee table uses an unqualified dollar symbol, which must not be read as an Australian-dollar quote. Course-completion CPD credits and ongoing credential maintenance are separate requirements.
Which currencies can I pay in, and when is Australian GST added?
Every course supports AUD, USD, SGD, INR, EUR, AED, MYR, PHP, IDR and VND when a live quote is available. Paying in New Zealand dollars? Buy through our New Zealand site at aegentra.co.nz instead. Paying in pounds sterling? Buy through our United Kingdom site at aegentra.co.uk instead. Currency and tax are separate: an Australian billing address adds 10% GST, a United Kingdom billing address adds 20% UK VAT, and any other billing address has no tax added.
What is the difference between Self-Study and eLearning for PECB Certified Artificial Intelligence Professional (CAIP)?
The currently published self-paced option is Self-Study at A$578 before tax, using the official PECB slide-based materials. A separate recorded eLearning price is not currently published for this course. The official exam package is still included. Check this course page for any separately published private live online option; an enquiry does not confirm availability.
Can I sit the PECB Certified Artificial Intelligence Professional (CAIP) exam remotely from New Zealand or another time zone?
Yes. PECB publishes remote online exam sessions that candidates can take from home or another suitable location through the PECB Exams application. The published course record lists these exam facts: duration — 3 hours; format — Open-book, multiple-choice; assessment — 80 multiple-choice questions in the current English PECB examination record; pass mark — 70%; language — English; confirm other languages against the current PECB examination listing. New Zealand candidates should choose a published session that suits their local time, meet PECB’s identity and technical requirements, and complete the system check before exam day. PECB’s general exam policy does not publish a New Zealand restriction.
Which credential tier will I receive after the PECB Certified Artificial Intelligence Professional (CAIP) exam, and who assesses it?
After passing, apply to PECB for the eligible AI Professional credential. PECB lists a Provisional pathway and requires two years of professional experience, including one in artificial intelligence, for the full credential. Its current course page lists no project-hours requirement, while its candidate handbook lists 200 hours. Obtain written confirmation from PECB of the applicable project requirement before relying on either figure. PECB validates the application and requires its Code of Ethics. Passing the exam does not by itself award a credential or guarantee the highest experience-based tier. PECB requires an online certification application and reference contact details, and its Certification Department decides whether the education, professional experience, and field-related project activity requirements are met.
What evidence does PECB accept for the experience or project hours for PECB Certified Artificial Intelligence Professional (CAIP)?
PECB’s public certification-process page does not publish a closed list of documents that automatically proves project hours. It requires the online application and contact details for references who may be contacted to validate your experience. Keep a dated activity log showing the organisation or client, your role, the field-related project activity, dates, responsibilities, and hours; retain employer or client confirmations, statements of work, timesheets, or similar records in case PECB asks for support. The PECB Certification Department assesses the application and makes the final decision.
What you should know before starting PECB Certified Artificial Intelligence Professional (CAIP)
PECB recommends basic programming knowledge.
Expect technical material covering data analysis, machine learning and AI model development.
/ Who this course is for
Who should take the PECB Certified Artificial Intelligence Professional (CAIP) course
AI professionals actively involved in developing and implementing AI technologies
Experienced AI practitioners refining their knowledge and leadership skills
Data scientists developing and optimising AI models
IT managers overseeing AI projects and initiatives
Risk and compliance officers managing AI-related risks and regulatory compliance
Executives — CIOs, CEOs, and COOs — involved in AI decision-making
Professionals moving toward executive-level AI roles
/ What you'll learn
By the end of this course you’ll be able to:
Explain the foundational principles of AI and its various applications.
Conduct data analysis and create meaningful visualisations to support AI projects.
Apply machine learning techniques to real-world problems — supervised, unsupervised, and reinforcement learning.
Implement simple neural networks and advanced deep learning architectures such as CNNs.
Understand NLP systems and computer vision methodologies.
Understand robotics and expert systems for AI-driven automation.
Identify and mitigate AI risks while ensuring compliance with regulations.
Develop ethical AI strategies aligned with organisational values and societal needs.
/ Curriculum
PECB Certified Artificial Intelligence Professional (CAIP) course curriculum
5 modules, fully on-demand. Click any module to see the topics inside.
01Day 1 — Foundations of AI and data analysis
Training course objectives and structure
Fundamental concepts and principles of artificial intelligence
Data analysis and visualisation
02Day 2 — Machine learning
Foundations of data science and machine learning
The machine learning workflow
Supervised learning
Unsupervised learning
Advanced ML and broader applications
03Day 3 — Natural language processing and deep learning
Foundational NLP concepts
Classical and intermediate NLP techniques
Modern NLP — transformers and large language models
NLP applications and future directions
Fundamental concepts of deep learning
Deep learning architectures and advanced techniques
04Day 4 — Computer vision, robotics, AI governance, ethics, and security
Generative models and specialised architectures
Deep learning and future directions
Computer vision
Robotics
AI security
AI ethics
AI governance and strategy
05Day 5 — Certification exam
PECB Certified Artificial Intelligence Professional exam
Three hours across the seven competency domains
/ Career signal
Why employers value PECB Certified Artificial Intelligence Professional (CAIP).
The technical half of the PECB AI pair
CAIM is about governing an AI portfolio; CAIP is about the systems themselves — how a model is built, what a transformer does, why a computer vision pipeline fails. If your role requires you to challenge a vendor’s technical claims or review a data scientist’s approach rather than only their documentation, this is the credential that supports it.
Breadth is the point
Seven exam domains span AI fundamentals, data analysis, machine learning, deep learning and NLP, computer vision and robotics, AI security, and AI ethics and governance. That breadth suits people who need working fluency across the whole AI stack rather than depth in one model family — technical leads, consultants, and executives who must make judgement calls across all of it.
Where it shows up in Australian job descriptions
AI Engineer, AI Solutions Architect, Data Science Lead, Head of AI, and technical consulting roles. It also suits risk and compliance officers who have inherited AI oversight and need genuine technical literacy — not just policy vocabulary — to review use cases credibly.
AI security is its own domain
Domain 6 covers AI security specifically, which is unusual in a general AI credential — model integrity, data poisoning, and the security posture of AI systems rather than only their outputs. It pairs naturally with an ISO 27001 or ISO 42001 credential.
/ Where this lands in Australia
Industries that hire PECB Certified Artificial Intelligence Professional (CAIP) talent.
Organisations building AI rather than buying it
Where an in-house team is training or fine-tuning models, the governing questions become technical: whether the data supports the claim, whether the architecture suits the problem, whether the evaluation is honest. CAIP is aimed at the people answering those.
Financial services and insurance
Model risk management requires people who can interrogate a model rather than only its documentation. The machine learning and deep learning domains support that conversation directly.
Defence, government, and critical infrastructure
AI security as a discrete competency domain matters where systems are adversarially exposed. Understanding how AI systems fail under attack is a different skill from understanding how they perform in testing.
Consulting and advisory
Advisers reviewing client AI programmes need enough technical range to assess what has actually been built. The breadth across ML, NLP, computer vision, and robotics is well matched to that reviewing role.
/ Study plan
How to prepare for the PECB Certified Artificial Intelligence Professional (CAIP) exam.
The exam is open-book, but the questions reward fluency, not lookup. Plan your study around these checkpoints.
01Study to the seven domains rather than the five days — the exam splits AI security and AI ethics/governance into separate domains even though both sit inside Day 4.
02Be able to place each technique: supervised vs unsupervised vs reinforcement learning, and which problems each suits. Domain 3 rewards knowing when to reach for what.
03Understand what a transformer changed about NLP relative to classical techniques. Modern NLP is explicitly on the agenda and is the fastest-moving part of the syllabus.
04Do the labs rather than reading them. Implementing even a simple neural network makes the deep learning domain substantially easier to reason about.
05Treat AI security as its own subject — model-specific failure modes, not general information security. It carries a full domain.
06Practise connecting the technical and the ethical: the final domain asks you to develop AI strategies aligned with organisational values, which is a judgement question, not a recall one.
Price, delivery and course content are generated from Aegentra’s authoritative catalogue record. The official PECB course page and exam policy are linked directly below. Source-link checks and substantive human review are tracked separately so one is never presented as the other.
Harry Sidhu owns publication of this record. A separate course-specific substantive reviewer has not yet been recorded.
Substantive review status
Official source links are checked separately. A course-specific substantive review date will be published when completed.
/ Accreditation
How can I verify the PECB Certified Artificial Intelligence Professional (CAIP) credential pathway?
Official PECB training through an authorised partner. PECB is accredited by IAS and UKAS as a personnel certification body under ISO/IEC 17024 and by ANAB as a certificate issuer under ANSI/ASTM E2659-24. Accreditation is program- and scope-specific—verify the applicable credential before enrolment.
Official PECB training and credential pathway. Check PECB’s current accreditation information and the applicable program scope before enrolment.
This official PECB course is sold and supported by Aegentra Academy. PECB supplies the course material, examination and professional credential scheme. Aegentra's wider practice also runs governance, risk and compliance engagements and Microsoft 365 hardening for Australian organisations. Named eLearning trainers are credited separately on this page when the course record supplies them.
Published Self-Study and eLearning courses run online through the myPECB platform, so professionals across Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Canberra and New Zealand enrol online. Any live online option and its booking arrangements are stated on the relevant course page. Physical classroom and onsite Academy training are not offered. Multi-seat team pricing is available for five or more seats — email Academy@aegentra.com.au for an enterprise quote. Tax invoices with GST and ABN are issued automatically at checkout.
/ Frequently asked
PECB Certified Artificial Intelligence Professional (CAIP) — frequently asked.
Do you run live or in-person classes for this course?
Aegentra Academy training is delivered online; physical classroom and onsite training are not offered. The published option is self-paced study. Available formats and booking arrangements are listed on this course page. Email Academy@aegentra.com.au with your requirements.
What is the difference between CAIP and CAIM?
CAIP is the technical credential — machine learning, deep learning, NLP, computer vision, robotics, and AI security, aimed at people designing and managing AI systems. CAIM is the management credential — governance, data readiness, Power BI dashboards, and no-code automation in n8n, aimed at people leading AI initiatives. CAIP goes deeper into how AI works; CAIM goes deeper into how AI is governed and reported. Many organisations want one of each rather than two of the same.
How does CAIP relate to ISO 42001?
They answer different questions. ISO/IEC 42001 is a certifiable management system standard — an organisation is audited against it. CAIP is an individual technical credential about building and securing AI systems. If you need the AIMS for a certification audit, start with ISO 42001. If you need people who can genuinely assess the systems inside that scope, CAIP is the better fit.
Do I need a data science background?
It helps. CAIP is the technical track and covers model building, deep learning architectures, and NLP techniques. The course starts from foundations, but a working understanding of data concepts will make the pace comfortable. If you want AI leadership content without the model-building depth, CAIM is the better starting point.
What does the exam cover?
Three hours across seven competency domains: fundamental concepts and principles of AI; data analysis and visualisation; building machine learning models; deep learning and natural language processing; computer vision and robotics; AI security; and AI ethics, governance, and strategy.
Are there hands-on labs?
Yes. PECB delivers practical labs in a virtual environment accessed through a web browser, so there is nothing to install locally. The labs run across the machine learning, deep learning, and NLP material.
What experience do I need for the credential?
After passing, apply to PECB for the eligible AI Professional credential. PECB lists a Provisional pathway and requires two years of professional experience, including one in artificial intelligence, for the full credential. Its current course page lists no project-hours requirement, while its candidate handbook lists 200 hours. Obtain written confirmation from PECB of the applicable project requirement before relying on either figure. PECB validates the application and requires its Code of Ethics.
What CPD credits do I earn?
Thirty-one CPD credits — an attestation of course completion is issued on finishing the course. These count toward the CPD requirements of ISACA, IIA Australia, and other professional bodies on submission.
Can my employer pay or reimburse?
Yes. Either complete checkout yourself and forward the Stripe tax invoice for reimbursement, or write to Academy@aegentra.com.au and we will issue an invoice direct to your organisation with payment terms. For group enrolments, request a written quote confirming the current price, payment terms and inclusions before purchase.
How long does the PECB Certified Artificial Intelligence Professional (CAIP) course take?
Self-Study — Typical total learning effort: 40–50 hours. Course-day equivalent: approximately 5 training days. A separate eLearning option and workload are not currently published for this course. These are typical total-learning-effort estimates. They are separate from course-material access, exam duration, any live-class calendar span, and professional-experience requirements.
When can I start the course?
After payment, the Academy team confirms your enrolment with PECB and you receive login details by email — usually within one business day.
How long do I have access to the course?
This course publishes 12 months of material access. Course-material access, examination and retake deadlines, and any certificate-application deadline are separate. Confirm the material-access start date in your booking confirmation and check the deadlines recorded in myPECB before scheduling your examination.
What if I fail the exam?
One PECB-issued resit is included under the applicable conditions. PECB’s partner-course policy sets a 12-month examination and included-retake cycle from purchase for Self-Study and eLearning, or from course completion for instructor-led training. A failed attempt does not restart that cycle. The first retake requires at least 15 days after the unsuccessful examination; booking rules and the recorded myPECB deadline also apply. Aegentra does not publish a pass-rate claim without an audited cohort dataset.
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