Certificate Course · AI Skills

Work With AI Every Day.

Maybe you keep hearing that AI will change your job, and you would rather be the one using it than the one wondering. This course shows you the tools, how to prompt them well, and how to check what comes back.

From $29per week, flexible plan
~15 hoursof self paced study
6 monthsof course access
No examsever
Anytimestart today, fully online
At a Glance

Course Snapshot

Study AreaBusiness & Management
Course TypeCertificate Course
Study Time~15 hours
Access6 months
Study ModeFully online, start anytime
AssessmentScenario-based, no exams
PaymentsFrom $29 a week
Comes with
  • 10-day money back guarantee
  • No deposit, no credit check
  • Unlimited tutor support in business hours
  • You build your own AI project
Who It’s For

Why Do This Course

Be The One Who Knows AI

Your workplace is working this out right now. Learn the tools, learn how to prompt them, and you become the person people come and ask. The course is short and built around office tasks.

Put AI Skills On Your CV

A whole module covers how to talk about AI skills in a CV and in an interview. You finish with a skills statement written and a certificate you can share on SEEK.

Short Enough To Finish

Around fifteen hours, fully online and self paced, with no exams to sit. You can start tonight and go at whatever pace your week allows.

Where The Skills Fit

Where These Skills Could Take You

AI skills are turning up in office and admin job ads all over the place. The work is easy to picture: drafting the email, cutting a long document down to the point, and getting the dull half of the day done faster.

Administrative Assistant

Drafting, summarising and tidying up documents. Prompting well turns an hour of that into a few minutes.

Office Coordinator

Juggling schedules, notes and follow ups. The workflow module is built around this kind of load.

Team Administrator

Keeping a team's paperwork moving. Knowing which tool suits which task saves everyone time, not only you.

Customer Support Officer

Writing replies that sound human and land right. Prompting and checking the answer both matter here.

Operations Support Officer

Reports, trackers and routine writing. The project module shows you how to build a workflow you can repeat.

Project Support Coordinator

Notes, updates and status writing. Prompt chaining helps when the task is too big for one go.

Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. Every role is different, and some need more study or experience.

The Course

What You'll Learn

Seven modules and a scenario-based assessment, from the basics through to your own project.

01
Getting Your Head Around AI
What it is, what it does well, and where it falls over.
AI foundations and mindset
AI tools and everyday productivity
AI in the real world: work and life use cases
02
Working With AI Well
The skills that turn a useless answer into a good one.
Prompting skills: the new digital literacy
Safe, ethical and responsible use of AI
03
Putting It To Work
Build something of your own, then turn it into a career move.
Hands on: build your first AI project
AI career and lifelong learning action plan
Scenario-based assessment
Included

What You’ll Get

In the Course

  • Seven modules, foundations, tools, prompting, ethics, project and career plan
  • Around 15 hours of study, with six months of access
  • Scenario-based assessment, no exams, ever
  • Practical labs, including a prompt improvement exercise

As a Student

  • Unlimited tutor support, by phone and email in business hours
  • Career coaching, CV help and interview preparation
  • Career Centre access, job listings, CV templates and a personalised CV review
  • Certificate of Achievement, with a SEEK Pass link to share
Why This One

What Makes It Different

Here is what stands out in this course.

01
Prompting Taught As A Skill

A whole module on how AI reads a prompt, a structure you can follow, and what to do when the answer comes back weak. There is a lab where you fix bad prompts.

02
You Build Something Real

The hands on module walks you through your own first AI project: pick the problem, design the prompts, test it, refine it, and turn it into a workflow you keep using.

03
Where AI Gets It Wrong

One module covers made up answers, privacy, bias and copyright. You learn how to check what the tool gives you before you send it on to anyone.

04
A Plan For What Comes Next

The last module is about what AI skills mean for your work, how to say so in a CV and an interview, and what to keep learning after this.

The Credentials

What You'll Earn

CERTIFICATE COURSE

Certificate in AI Essentials

Certificate of Achievement · The Career Academy

A Certificate of Achievement

Awarded by the college when you complete the course, ready to go on your CV.

CPD Certified Study

You earn a certificate from e-Careers and the CPD Certification Service, so the study counts as professional development.

A SEEK Pass Link

When you finish you get a SEEK Pass link for your certificate, so you can share it on SEEK with your profile.

Getting Started

How It Works

Step one

Ask About the Course

Send an enquiry and a course advisor gets back to you with the course guide, current pricing and straight answers on whether it fits what you are after.

Step two

Enrol When You're Ready

Start any time. Go on the flexible weekly plan from $29 a week with no deposit and no credit check, or pay upfront in one payment.

Step three

Work Through the Modules

Short modules with labs along the way, fully online and self paced. Tutors answer by phone and email in business hours.

Step four

Finish With Your Certificate

Complete the scenario-based assessment and receive your Certificate of Achievement, with a SEEK Pass link you can share.

The Investment

How to Get Started

$29 / week
Flexible weekly payment plan with no deposit and no credit check, or pay upfront in one payment.
10-day money back guarantee
No deposit, no credit check
Start anytime, fully online
Unlimited tutor support
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Good to Know

Common Questions

Do I need any AI experience?

None. The course is built for people with little or no AI knowledge. It starts with what AI is and how it learns, in plain words.

What does it cost each week?

From $29 a week on a flexible payment plan, with no deposit and no credit check. You can also pay upfront in one payment. Enquire for the full options.

How long does the course take?

Around 15 hours of study, split into short modules, at your own pace. You get six months of access.

Which AI tools will I learn to use?

You focus on everyday work tasks such as writing email, drafting documents and summarising content with generative AI tools. The course is built around Microsoft 365 style workflows, so it carries over to Microsoft Copilot tasks.

How is the course assessed?

With a scenario-based assessment, not an exam. You work through a situation and show what you would do.

Is this course accredited?

You earn a certificate from e-Careers and the CPD Certification Service, which is accreditation for professional development. The college is also an ICOES accredited centre. It is not NZQA accredited and it is not a national qualification. That is a different thing. For AI skills at work, what counts is what you can do with the tools, and this course is built to give you that.

Can I get my money back if it is not for me?

Yes. There is a 10-day money back guarantee, so you can enrol, look through the modules and decide.

Delivered By

About the College

This course is delivered by The Career Academy, an online course provider in New Zealand with more than fifteen years behind it.

Courses run fully online and self paced, with no exams. Tutor support is unlimited by phone and email in business hours. Career coaching comes with your enrolment, including CV help and interview preparation, plus access to the Career Centre.

Career coaching includedUnlimited tutor supportNo exams, everCPD Standards Office recognised
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