AI Engineer Level 6 Apprenticeship
The AI Engineer Level 6 apprenticeship helps businesses embrace AI-driven transformation by developing specialists with the skills to design, build, and deploy Generative AI and Machine Learning solutions.
Apprentices gain hands-on AI engineering expertise that enables organisations to accelerate innovation, improve efficiency, and turn AI opportunities into measurable business outcomes.
Why choose the AI Engineer apprenticeship?
As Generative AI shifts from novelty to necessity, a new breed of AI engineers are required.
Accelerate your AI capabilities by injecting the talent to build AI solutions into your teams, optimising business processes and decision-making to help your organisation stay ahead in the AI age.
AI Engineer apprentices will empower organisations to:
- Drive AI innovation
- Optimise business processes
- Enhance decision-making
Level 6 AI Engineer programme details
Course overview
- Details of standard: Machine Learning Engineer
- Level: 6
- Total cost: £22,000
- Programme duration: 23 months
- Live instructor sessions: 28 days
This programme covers everything needed to design, build, deploy, and validate machine learning and artificial intelligence solutions.
Acceptable qualifications include any of:
- Two A-levels in one or more similar subject plus B in A-Level maths.
- Two A-levels in one or more similar subject plus 2-years work experience in tech.
- Level 4 or 5 apprenticeship in a similar technical subject.**
International Baccalaureate at Level 3 in a similar subject. - 3+ years in a similar subject-related role.
- A first degree in a numerate discipline (but excluding Computer Science as not fundable).
The AI Engineer programme integrates live and online workshops with self-paced learning, employing a guided discovery approach for individual learner contexts.
Learners are assigned a Digital Learning Consultant (DLC) for personalised coaching and support. These specialists ensure their successful progress, wellbeing, and readiness for assessments.
Modules | 19 months
Module 1: Building & Automating with Generative AI
Module 2: Optimising Business Processes with AI
Module 3: Assessing Security, Ethics & XAI
Module 4: Developing & Testing AI Solutions
Module 5: Leveraging Deep Learning & Transformers
Module 6: Deploying & Monitoring AI Systems
Module 7: Major Work-Based Project
Module 8: Leading AI & Future Innovation
EPA | 4 months
Project report with presentation
Professional discussion
Qualification awarded
You have achieved your qualification.
AI is for everyone, not just technical teams. Every QA apprenticeship programme includes built-in Microsoft Copilot training for every learner.
- No extra cost, no separate programme, just built-in AI modules
- Practical AI training designed for every role
- Develop AI readiness across your organisation
Job roles
This programme is suitable for multiple roles, such as:
- AI Engineer
- ML Engineer
- ML Operations (MLOps) Engineer
- Data Engineer
- Data Scientist
- DevOps
- Software Development
There is no cost to you as an apprentice. Apprenticeships are fully funded through your employer.
If you are an employer, the maximum funding for this programme is £22,000. Expenses for travel to QA centres should be covered by the employer.
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Project management & collaboration:
- Azure DevOps
- Power BI
Data exploration & preparation:
- Azure Databricks
- Azure Cognitive Search
- Azure Data Factory
- Azure Synapse
Model development:
- Azure OpenAI Service
- Semantic Kernel
- GitHub Copilot / Microsoft 365 Copilot
- DeepSeed
- MosaicML
Model evaluation:
- Azure Machine LearningMLflow on Azure Databricks
Deployment & monitoring (MLOps):
- Azure Machine Learning Endpoints
- Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
- Azure Monitor
Digital by Design
Our market-leading approach accelerates skill development and achievement through our Discover, Practise, Apply methodology, ensuring that both learners and employers are fully supported throughout their programme.
Leveraging QA’s learning platform, learners follow a development path focused on their job role.
Learners come together for instructor-led training sessions, practising their skills through hands-on labs and sandboxes in a safe environment.
These learnings are applied through work-based activities at key and sequenced stages, supported by Digital Learning Consultants.
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“What I'd hope that people take out of the program is confidence in being able to navigate the increasingly chaotic environment of AI and everything that goes around it and be able to use it. Because I think everybody needs to be able to use AI and to future-proof themselves.”
“The reason I chose to do the AI apprenticeship is because it allows you to do projects regarding the subjects you're learning. If I did it on my own time, I wouldn't have got the exposure to actually be able to use it at work... The trainers have been very enthusiastic and very nice. Anytime I've asked for help, they've been really helpful.”
“An AI apprenticeship will give you the breadth and some of the depth to demystify what the term AI means. The apprenticeship is a really good opportunity for learners to demystify this massive black box that everyone's talking about.”
AI skills. Built in.
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AI is for everyone, not just technical teams. Every QA apprenticeship includes Microsoft Copilot training for every learner, at no extra cost, delivering AI readiness that benefits your entire organisation.
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