AI Foundations for Every Role
A facilitated introduction for staff who have little or no structured experience with AI tools. Participants leave having used AI on their own real work, with a clear view of what these systems can and cannot do.
What participants can do afterwards
- Describe in plain language how a large language model produces an answer
- Complete three tasks from your own role using an AI assistant
- Recognise the common failure modes: fabrication, staleness, and confident error
- Decide when a task is and is not appropriate for an AI tool
- Plan your first week of unsupervised use before leaving the room
Modules
4 modules, 7 facilitated hours.
1.What these systems actually do
1.5 hrsA non-technical account of how a model produces an answer, and why that shape explains most of its failures.
- Explain a model output to a colleague without jargon
2.Hands on with your own work
3 hrsParticipants bring three real tasks and work them through with an assistant, facilitated.
- Complete three role-relevant tasks with AI assistance
3.Where not to use it
1.5 hrsBoundaries: confidentiality, decisions that need a person, and tasks where AI is simply slower.
- Decide when a task is unsuitable for an AI tool
4.Your first week after the course
1 hrsEach participant leaves with three named tasks for the following week and a simple way to check how they went.
- Leave with a concrete plan for your first unsupported week
How it is delivered
A facilitator runs the course live, in person or live online. Attendance is taken per session, participants submit work against the modules above, and a facilitator grades it. Those records stay with the organisation and can be exported.
Further reading
AI training needs analysis: stop guessing what your team needs is the public briefing that sits next to this course.