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AI Trainer Academy Learning Modules

Foundation, core skills, technical paths, and domain expert tracks — free, self-paced, and built for AI trainers.

Foundation Track

Everyone starts here. No prior knowledge needed.

F1Foundation
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20 minutes

How AI Training Jobs Work

Find out what AI annotation is, what the work looks like day-to-day, what separates people who get consistent work from people who don't, and how to figure out which income tier you can target.

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F2Foundation
25 minutes

Passing the Screening Process

Most candidates fail screening not because they lack the skills, but because they don't know what is being tested. This module breaks down every stage, the most common failure modes at each, and how to prepare for the real thing.

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F3Foundation
30 minutes

Your First Annotation Task

Walk through a complete pairwise comparison task step by step. By the end you've made a real annotation decision, written a rationale, and know what quality means in practice.

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Core Curriculum

Essential skills every annotator needs regardless of specialisation.

F4Beginner
UPDATED
30 minutes

Foundations of RLHF

Understand the full RLHF pipeline — from pretraining to PPO — and learn exactly what annotators do, why quality signals matter, and how your feedback shapes model behavior.

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F5Intermediate
UPDATED
1 hour

Ground Truth Research Method

Learn how to research claims rigorously, build verifiable rationales with primary sources, and meet the evidence standards required for high-paying expert reviewer roles.

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F6Intermediate
UPDATED
1.5 hours

Advanced Instruction Following

Master the skill of parsing complex, multi-part instructions, handling constraint conflicts, and evaluating whether AI responses genuinely follow instructions or only appear to.

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F7Intermediate
1 hour

Markdown & JSON Formatting Mastery

Learn the formatting standards that AI training platforms enforce: proper Markdown, valid JSON, structured outputs for tool use. Discover how formatting errors degrade model training.

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C4Beginner
NEW
45 minutes

Safety & Content Policy Triage

Learn when an AI must refuse, when it must help, and how to catch the error no annotator can afford to miss — the over-flag. Master the triage judgment that separates trusted reviewers from suspended accounts.

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C6Intermediate
NEW
1.5 hours

Final Practice: Full Task Simulation

Zero theory. Ten unguided, high-fidelity tasks covering every skill in the Core curriculum — hallucination hunting, constraint parsing, safety triage, ground truth verification, JSON auditing, tone evaluation, and multi-constraint judgment.

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Technical Path

Take this if you'll work on Python, SQL, or data evaluation tasks.

T1Intermediate
2 hours

Python for AI Training

Learn what coding interview tasks and code review sessions test: correctness, complexity, edge cases, and style. Discover how to evaluate AI-generated Python as a professional annotator.

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T2Intermediate
1.5 hours

SQL & Data Handling

Build the SQL and data reasoning skills needed to evaluate AI-generated queries, spot logic errors in data analysis, and succeed in data science interview tasks.

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Domain Expert Tracks

Only take the track that matches your background — you don't need all of them.

CW1Intermediate
2 hours

Creative Writing & Style Guide Adherence

Learn what creative writing tasks in AI training require: style guide adherence, prompt engineering, brainstorming quality, red teaming for creative content, and what writing interviewers look for.

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MED1Advanced
2 hours

Medical Scribing & HIPAA for AI

Understand clinical case study format, core medical terminology, HIPAA's implications for AI training data, and how to evaluate AI medical responses against provided sources — even without a clinical background.

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STEM1Advanced
2.5 hours

STEM & LaTeX (Math Solving)

Learn to write and evaluate mathematical reasoning with LaTeX, verify AI-generated STEM solutions step by step, and understand what olympiad-level and quantitative reasoning tasks require.

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Free Mock Practice Exam

20 questions in the same format as the real exam. No time pressure, no payment required, and full answer explanations are provided. Retake as many times as you like.

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Certified AI Training Fundamentals

The official exam. Pass at 80% to earn a verifiable digital credential. Add it to your CV, portfolio, and LinkedIn to stand out to top platforms hiring remote AI training specialists.

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