Course Details
Topic 1: Prepare for AI engineering
- Define artificial intelligence
- Understand AI-related terms
- Understand considerations for AI Engineers
- Understand considerations for responsible AI
- Understand capabilities of Azure Machine Learning
- Understand capabilities of Azure Cognitive Services
- Understand capabilities of the Azure Bot Service
- Understand capabilities of Azure Cognitive Search
Topic 2: Provision and manage Azure Cognitive Services
- Create and consume Cognitive Services
- Secure Cognitive Services
- Monitor Cognitive Services
- Deploy cognitive services in containers
Topic 3: Process and translate text with Azure Cognitive Services
- Extract insights from text with the Language service
- Translate text with the Translator service
Topic 4: Process and Translate Speech with Azure Cognitive Speech Services
- Create speech-enabled apps with the Speech service
- Translate speech with the speech service
Topic 5: Create a Language Understanding solution with Azure Cognitive Services
- Build a Language Understanding model
- Publish and use a Language Understanding app
Topic 6: Build a question answering solution
- Understand question answering
- Compare question answering to language understanding
- Create a knowledge base
- Implement multi-turn conversation
- Test and publish a knowledge base
- Use a knowledge base
- Improve question answering performance
- Create a question answering bot
Topic 7: Build custom text analytics solutions
- Create custom text classification solutions
- Custom named entity recognition
Topic 8: Create conversational AI solutions
- Create a bot with the Bot Framework SDK
- Create a Bot with the Bot Framework Composer
Topic 9: Create computer vision solutions with Azure Cognitive Services
- Analyze images
- Analyze video
- Classify images
- Detect objects in images
- Detect, analyze, and recognize faces
Topic 10: Extract text from images and documents
- Read Text in Images and Documents with the Computer Vision Service
- Extract data from forms with Form Recognizer
Topic 11: Implement knowledge mining with Azure Cognitive Search
- Create an Azure Cognitive Search solution
- Create a custom skill for Azure Cognitive Search
- Create a knowledge store with Azure Cognitive Search
- Enrich a search index using Language Studio
- Implement advanced search features in Azure Cognitive Search
- Build an Azure Machine Learning custom skill for Azure Cognitive Search
- Search data outside the Azure platform in Azure Cognitive Search using Azure Data Factory
- Maintain an Azure Cognitive Search solution
Topic 12: Develop AI solutions with Azure OpenAI
- Get started with Azure OpenAI Service
- Build natural language solutions with Azure OpenAI Service
- Apply prompt engineering with Azure OpenAI Service
Final Assement
- Written Assessment (SAQ)
- Practical Performance
Course Info
Promotion Code
Promo or discount cannot be applied to WSQ courses
Minimum Entry Requirement
Knowledge and Skills
- Able to operate using computer functions with minimum Computer Literacy Level 2 based on ICAS Computer Skills Assessment Framework
- Minimum 3 GCE ‘O’ Levels Passes including English or WPL Level 5 (Average of Reading, Listening, Speaking & Writing Scores)
Attitude
- Positive Learning Attitude
- Enthusiastic Learner
Experience
- Minimum of 1 year of working experience.
Target Year Group : 21-65 years old
Minimum Software/Hardware Requirement
Software:
You need to sign up a Azure account (Credit Card is required).
Hardware: Windows and Mac Laptops
About Progressive Wage Model (PWM)
The Progressive Wage Model (PWM) helps to increase wages of workers through upgrading skills and improving productivity.
Employers must ensure that their Singapore citizen and PR workers meet the PWM training requirements of attaining at least 1 Workforce Skills Qualification (WSQ) Statement of Attainment, out of the list of approved WSQ training modules.
For more information on PWM, please visit MOM site.
Funding Eligility Criteria
Individual Sponsored Trainee | Employer Sponsored Trainee |
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SkillsFuture Credit:
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Absentee Payroll (AP) Funding:
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Steps to Apply Skills Future Claim
- The staff will send you an invoice with the fee breakdown.
- Login to the MySkillsFuture portal, select the course you’re enrolling on and enter the course date and schedule.
- Enter the course fee payable by you (including GST) and enter the amount of credit to claim.
- Upload your invoice and click ‘Submit’
SkillsFuture Level-Up Program
The SkillsFuture Level-Up Programme provides greater structural support for mid-career Singaporeans aged 40 years and above to pursue a substantive skills reboot and stay relevant in a changing economy. For more information, visit SkillsFuture Level-Up Programme
Get Additional Course Fee Support Up to $500 under UTAP
The Union Training Assistance Programme (UTAP) is a training benefit provided to NTUC Union Members with an objective of encouraging them to upgrade with skills training. It is provided to minimize the training cost. If you are a NTUC Union Member then you can get 50% funding (capped at $500 per year) under Union Training Assistance Programme (UTAP).
For more information visit NTUC U Portal – Union Training Assistance Program (UTAP)
Steps to Apply UTAP
- Log in to your U Portal account to submit your UTAP application upon completion of the course.
Note
- SSG subsidy is available for Singapore Citizens, Permanent Residents, and Corporates.
- All Singaporeans aged 25 and above can use their SkillsFuture Credit to pay. For more details, visit www.skillsfuture.gov.sg/credit
- An unfunded course fee can be claimed via SkillsFuture Credit or paid in cash.
- UTAP funding for NTUC Union Members is capped at $250 for 39 years and below and at $500 for 40 years and above.
- UTAP support amount will be paid to training provider first and claimed after end of class by learner.
Job Roles
- AI Developer
- Cloud Solutions Architect
- Data Scientist
- Machine Learning Engineer
- Azure AI Engineer
- Cloud Technical Specialist
- Data Analyst
- AI Solutions Architect
- Business Intelligence Developer
- IT Project Manager (focused on AI initiatives)
- DevOps Engineer (with AI integration)
- Software Developer (seeking AI capabilities)
- Technical Consultant (Azure-focused)
- Innovation Manager
- Cloud Product Manager
Trainers
Dwight Nuwan Fonseka: Dwight Nuwan Fonseka is a ACLP certified trainer. He have a degree in Biotechnology from NUS, Advanced diploma in Pharmaceutical management from MDIS and Masters in Education from NTU. He have 8 years experience of teaching biology at O and A levels/ IB level in international schools in Singapore and overseas.
Sanjiv Venkatram: Sanjiv i is an ACTA certified experienced leader with a proven track record in business / finance consulting and in developing i) business intelligence (BI) solutions ii) data analytics/analysis solutions and iii) IOT lead BI solutions. Sanjiv's goal through Prudentia Consulting, is to promote the simple joy and excitement of actively using the Microsoft Platform. He believes that the agility afforded by the Microsoft platform helps businesses get time back for deeper business thinking and to spend more time with their end customers.
Sanjiv has rich experiences in diverse/complex high-tech businesses, turn around environments and strategic transformations. His functional expertise is in sales analytics, financial planning and analysis, engineering and program management. He has worked across discrete manufacturing, professional services and higher education verticals. He also has a working knowledge of equities portfolio management within the financial services domain.Sanjiv is the CEO of Prudentia Consulting, an organization committed to promoting the active usage of the Microsoft Platform. Prior to this, he has worked at Microsoft (US & APAC: 9.2 years), Cognizant Tech Solutions (3.3 years), Yazaki North America (8 years) and until recently at Oracle. Here are a few of his BI/analytics projects driven at scale: Built APAC wide BI dashboard using the Power BI umbrella tool set (Power BI online, Power BI desktop and Power Pivot) and a KPI lake (SQL DB), Helped develop key KPIs – identified key KPIs and helped land this in the DB, Developed a budget audit tool that captured budget inputs from a host of countries across the globe, Developed a business unit P&L reporting tool (functional architecture) in Business Objects for the world-wide financial planning and analysis team
Dr. Alfred Ang: Dr. Alfred Ang is ACE-certified developer, and ACTA-certified facilitator. As an experienced adult educator and lifelong learner, I am passionate about helping training providers, IHL, and CET centres develop high-quality Skills Framework-aligned WSQ and IBF curricula. At Tertiary Infotech Pte Ltd, I serve as the Founder, Managing Director and Chief Training Officer, overseeing a team of associate DACE/DDDPL certified curriculum developers and associate ACTA/ACLP facilitators who share my mission of upskilling people to stay relevant in today's rapidly changing world. In addition, I am GCWPL Certified Workplace Learning Consultant (from IAL), CAIEG Certified AI Ethics and Governance Professional (from NTU) , Microsoft Certified Power BI Data Analyst (PL-300), Power App Maker (PL-100), Data Scientist (DP-100) and AI Engineer Associate (AI-102).