Certificate in Applied AI and Workflow Automation

What you'll study

• AI capabilities, limitations and selecting suitable business tasks
• Writing clear instructions and evaluating generated outputs
• Process mapping and no-code automation
• Connecting forms, spreadsheets, email and approved APIs
• Document-based assistants, retrieval and source checking
• Privacy, permissions, human approval, error handling and cost monitoring

Proposed study themes — confirmed against the issuing body's module list where one applies.

This is applied business automation, rather than training to develop foundation AI models.

Entry requirements

• Age 16 or above; confident use of email, documents and spreadsheets.
• Basic English comprehension and access to a laptop.
• No coding experience required; bring a simple business or administrative process to improve.

How you'll study

Study mode

Live online

How classes run

Live online demonstrations and guided automation labs using sample business data. Compare manual and automated results, then document failures and recovery steps.

Teaching language

English; any additional language support must be confirmed for the cohort

Weekly commitment

4 guided + 4 independent hrs/week

Assessment

Build an enquiry-to-follow-up workflow with a human approval step and a short report measuring time saved and errors.

What you'll need

Laptop, internet and access to course-approved automation accounts; use synthetic or authorised data.

Fees

Total investment

LKR 55,000USD 275

Registration (included in total)

LKR 10,000USD 35

Balance after registration

LKR 45,000USD 240