Applied AI for Professionals

Course highlights

• Practical activities focused on real workplace tasks and scenarios
• Weekly live online sessions with an ACS facilitator
• Curated self-paced learning through ACS Skillsoft
• Guided use of generative AI for planning, communication, research and productivity
• Development of a personal AI toolkit that can be adapted to the learner’s workplace
• Focus on responsible AI use, including accuracy, bias, usefulness and risk

Course Outcomes

By completing this course, learners will be able to:

• Explain key generative AI concepts and how they apply in professional work

• Use structured prompting techniques to improve AI-generated outputs

• Evaluate AI outputs for accuracy, usefulness, bias and risk

• Apply AI to support brainstorming, planning and workplace problem-solving

• Use AI to improve workplace communication, summaries and presentations

• Use AI to support simple data interpretation, measurement and reporting

• Identify responsible and ethical considerations when using AI at work

• Build a practical AI toolkit that can be adapted to their own workplace context

Course Structure

• 4–5 hours per week over six weeks

• Weekly live online sessions with an experienced industry professional

• Interactive Q&A and facilitated discussion

• Online video content and knowledge checks

• Practical workplace activities that support development of an AI toolkit