Transform Your Team into Production-Ready AI Engineers
Build the internal engineering capability to deploy your own AI models securely and at scale with the AI Engineer apprenticeship.
Empowering AI Transformation at Industry Leaders
Delivering Measurable Business Impact
Build Sustainable Internal AI Capability
To build internal capability, you need a structured engine. We combine a Level 6 Technical Qualification with Strategic Business Delivery.
Reduce External Dependency
Build in-house expertise to manage the full AI lifecycle, ending reliance on contractors.
Accelerate Production Deployment
Equip teams with MLOps & CI/CD best practices to ship models faster.
Modernise Legacy Infrastructure
Apply advanced engineering to optimise legacy systems and resolve technical debt.
Ensure Compliant Scaling
Adhere to strict internal governance, security, and explainability standards.
A Curriculum Engineered for Production
We combine advanced theory with the industry-standard tooling your team needs to ship secure, scalable AI products.
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Foundations of Machine Learning Engineering
Master the software engineering fundamentals required for AI, including clean code principles and data preparation.
Practical Machine Learning Techniques
Build and validate supervised/unsupervised models that solve real business problems, focusing on accuracy and tuning.
Product Management for AI
Align AI projects with business objectives. Learn scoping, stakeholder management, and design thinking.
Neural Networks and Deep Learning
Design and optimise advanced architectures for complex tasks where traditional ML falls short.
Explainability and Interpretability
Open the "black box." Communicate AI decisions transparently to stakeholders and regulators.
AI Ethics and Governance in Practice
Navigate the regulatory landscape. Implement frameworks for data security, privacy, and bias mitigation.
Generative AI and Large Language Models
Leverage LLMs and Transformers for commercial applications like RAG chatbots and automation.
Hackathon
Rapidly prototype and demo a working AI solution in a collaborative, time-constrained environment.
Machine Learning in Production
The core of engineering. Transition prototypes to live environments using MLOps best practices.
Securing and Optimising ML Systems
Ensure your models are scalable, sustainable, and secure against adversarial attacks.
Secure, Browser-Based Engineering Sandbox
Learners practice engineering workflows in an isolated environment that mirrors a standard production stack (VS Code, Terminal). It runs entirely in the browser, eliminating local setup time and security risks.
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Isolated Execution: Practice safely in secure containers without risking live infrastructure or data.
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Zero Local Config: Tools (Python, Docker, Git) are pre-installed in the browser. No admin rights required.
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Automated Validation: Instant, automated feedback on code quality and logic.
Programme Delivery & Support
A structured ecosystem designed to maximise learner success and business value, with minimal disruption to your team's workflow.
Expert Support
A 360-degree support system. Data Mentors provide technical unblocking, Success Coaches drive career growth, and our AI, KATE, provides 24/7 assistance—ensuring learners are never stalled.
Measurable Impact
Coursework is applied directly to your backlog. Mentors guide learners to deliver ROI through Work-Based Projects, which are tracked via the Projects Dashboard in KATE, giving you visibility into the value generated.
Flexible Delivery
Designed for busy professionals. The programme is 100% virtual and fits around existing workflows. With our browser-based sandbox, there is zero setup time and no software installation required.
Suitable Roles & Strategic Capability
The Level 6 AI Engineer programme is your pipeline for enterprise-grade AI expertise.
Core AI & ML Engineering
AI Engineer / Machine Learning Engineer candidates focusing on designing, training, deploying, and maintaining production-ready ML models.
Data & AI Product Roles
AI Product Engineer and Applied Data Scientists who bridge business challenges with technical solutions, translating requirements into commercially valuable predictive models.
Specialised & Progression Paths
MLOps Engineer focusing on optimising production pipelines, automation, and system security, or AI Solutions Engineers managing complex client or internal requirements.
Eligibility, Funding & Commitment
The L6 AI Engineer Apprenticeship is ideal for employees in technical roles (data science, engineering, or software) who want to specialise in production-grade AI systems. They become the practitioners who make AI real in the business - building, deploying, and optimising models that are ethical, explainable, and commercially valuable.
Details for Employers
- Price / Funding Band - Fully funded by the Apprenticeship Levy, up to the maximum funding band of £22,000
- Non-Levy Cost - If you are a non-Levy payer (SME), the government funds 95% of the training cost. Your co-investment is only 5%.
- Apprentice Eligibility - Employed in England and resident in the UK or EEA for the last 3 years. No prior ML/AI Engineer degree or related experience is required.
Details for Managers
- Apprentice Time - Can commit to the minimum planned weekly hours off the job learning, which is required for the duration of the programme.
- Manager Time - 30-minute progress review meeting with the apprentice and their dedicated coach every 3-4 months.
- Compliance Support - We handle the administration. Our team manages compliance, funding applications, and Digital Apprenticeship Service (DAS) account administration.
Every organisation’s AI journey is unique.
We offer a free, no-obligation consultation with our AI education specialists.
Let's discuss your organisation’s specific data and AI challenges and opportunities, assess your team’s current data literacy, and identify the key areas for development. This allows us to tailor the programme precisely to your needs.
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FAQs
What delivery options do you offer?
We tailor our delivery to your workforce needs. This ranges from independent, immersive e-learning supported by EDUKATE.AI through to tailored bootcamps, to our structured apprenticeship programmes.
Are you able to tailor the programme to the organisation and sector?
Yes. We work with our clients to contextualise our programmes to their organisation and sectors they operate in. We do this through bespoke assignments and guest lectures from industry experts. We also work with a range of partners to create bespoke programmes for sectors, such as health and journalism.
What is the Apprenticeship Levy?
The UK government introduced the Apprenticeship Levy scheme in April 2017 as a way to drive investment in strengthening the country’s skills base.
All organisations with annual staff costs of over £3m have to pay 0.5% of their salary bill into a ring-fenced apprenticeship levy pot. The money is collected monthly via PAYE and can only be used for training on approved apprenticeship schemes (such as the Level 5 AI Leader Apprenticeship that we offer). Organisations must forfeit any levy funding left unspent for 24 months or more.



