ICO AIMS 42001:2023 Officer

Knowing what ISO/IEC 42001 asks for is one thing. Building the management system, choosing the controls, defending them in an audit and keeping the whole thing alive as the AI landscape shifts is another. That work belongs to a named person, and in this scheme that person is the AI Officer.

This professional course prepares you for that role over three instructor led days. You move from the requirements of the standard to implementation: how to scope an AI management system, run impact assessments, select and justify Annex A controls, and keep the organisation on the right side of the EU AI Act. You leave with the working knowledge the role demands and the preparation for the certification that names it.

Who this course is for

• Future AI Officers, the people who will own AI governance in their organisation
• Compliance, risk and quality managers implementing ISO/IEC 42001
• Consultants advising clients on AI management systems and certification
• Internal auditors who will audit an AIMS
• IT and data leads responsible for AI systems already in production

What you will learn

• Scope and build an AI management system that fits the organisation rather than a template
• Run an AI system impact assessment and turn its findings into decisions
• Select, apply and justify the Annex A controls, and produce a defensible Statement of Applicability
• Read Annexes B, C and D and use their guidance where the normative text stops
• Connect the management system to the EU AI Act, the GDPR and sector rules, so one set of evidence serves several obligations
• Prepare the organisation for a certification audit and know what evidence an auditor will ask for

Course outline

Day one, the system in depth

• How the course and the exam are structured
• Terms and definitions at professional depth
• The AI management system clause by clause, with implementation decisions at each step

Day two, controls

• Annex A, the normative control objectives and controls, applied to real use cases
• Annexes B, C and D, the informative guidance and how to use it

Day three, AI and the law

• Artificial intelligence revisited, at the level a governing role needs
• AI laws and relevant regulations, with the obligations the EU AI Act places on providers and deployers
• Exam preparation and sample questions

Prerequisites

None that are formally required. We recommend the ICO AIMS 42001:2023 FND certificate or equivalent knowledge of the standard, because this course starts where the foundation level ends.

Exam and certification

The course prepares you for the ICO AIMS 42001:2023 PRO examination, awarded by ICO International Certification Organization GmbH. Passing both the foundation and the professional exam leads to the ICO AIMS Officer role certificate, issued without a further exam.

• 50 multiple choice questions, where one, several or all options may be correct
• 100 minutes, closed book
• Pass mark of 60 percent
• Taken online, at a time and place you choose

The exam is available as an optional add on to the course. Full details are published by the awarding body at ico-cert.org.

What is included

• Three days, 18 hours, of live instructor led online training in English
• Small groups, never more than 34 participants
• Complete course materials, exercises and sample exam questions
• Practical work on a case organisation running through all three days
• Certificate of attendance, with the ICO AIMS 42001:2023 PRO exam as an optional add on