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Study guide · 11 min AWS Certified Data Engineer – Associate (DEA-C01) Study Guide

Issuing body: Amazon Web Services (AWS) Jurisdiction: Global (vendor certification — not a legal license to practice) Level: Associate Prerequisites: None formal; AWS rec…

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Study guide · 11 min AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer – Associate (MLA-C02) Study Guide

Issuing body: Amazon Web Services (AWS) Jurisdiction: Global (vendor certification — not a legal license to practice) Level: Associate Prerequisites: Recommended 1+ year …

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Study guide · 12 min Databricks Certified Data Engineer Professional Study Guide

Issuing body: Databricks Jurisdiction: Global (vendor certification — not a legal license to practice) Level: Professional Prerequisites: None formal; the Data Engineer A…

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Study guide · 10 min Databricks Certified Machine Learning Professional Study Guide

Issuing body: Databricks Jurisdiction: Global (vendor certification — not a legal license to practice) Level: Professional Prerequisites: None formal; 1+ year hands-on ML…

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Study guide · 11 min Data/AI/ML — Good to Know: Rules of Thumb & Mastery Guide

This guide covers everything in the data-ai-ml catalogue without a standalone study file: the standard-practice and niche credentials, the standards and regulations you m…

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Study guide · 11 min Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer Study Guide

Issuing body: Google Cloud Jurisdiction: Global (vendor certification — not a legal license to practice) Level: Professional Prerequisites: None formal; experience with G…

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Study guide · 10 min Google Cloud Professional Machine Learning Engineer Study Guide

Issuing body: Google Cloud Jurisdiction: Global (vendor certification — not a legal license to practice) Level: Professional Prerequisites: None formal; 3+ years industry…

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Study guide · 12 min Microsoft Certified: Azure AI App and Agent Developer Associate (AI-103) Study Guide

Issuing body: Microsoft Jurisdiction: Global (vendor certification — not a legal license to practice) Level: Associate Prerequisites: Development experience with Python/C…

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Study guide · 10 min Microsoft Certified: Fabric Data Engineer Associate (DP-700) Study Guide

Issuing body: Microsoft Jurisdiction: Global (vendor certification — not a legal license to practice) Level: Associate Prerequisites: None formal; SQL/Python/Spark and da…

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Study guide · 3 min Data/AI/ML — Study Guides

Credential landscape Data/AI/ML has no legal practice license : no jurisdiction requires a license to build data pipelines, train models, or call yourself a data scientis…

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Compliance brief · 4 min EU AI Act

- Record: data-ai-ml-reg-001 — EU AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689) - Issuing body / enforcer: EU legislature; enforcement by national competent authorities and market-s…

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Compliance brief · 3 min ISO/IEC 42001:2023 — AI management systems

- Record: data-ai-ml-std-001 — ISO/IEC 42001:2023, Information technology — Artificial intelligence — Management system - Issuing body: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 (AI); certific…

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Compliance brief · 3 min NIST AI Risk Management Framework 1.0 (NIST AI 100-1)

- Record: data-ai-ml-std-003 — NIST Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework 1.0 (AI 100-1) - Issuing body: U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (…

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Certification · flagship AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer – Associate (MLA-C02) Amazon Web Services · Global (vendor) · Associate

Requires: Recommended 1+ year ML experience on AWS; AI Practitioner suggested as warm-up

Renewal: 3 years

Certification AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer – Associate (MLA-C01) Amazon Web Services · Global (vendor) · Associate

Requires: Recommended 1+ year ML experience on AWS

Renewal: 3 years

Certification AWS Certified Machine Learning – Specialty (MLS-C01) Amazon Web Services · Global (vendor) · Specialty

Requires: (was) 2+ years developing/architecting/running ML workloads on AWS

Renewal: retired; not renewable

Certification AWS Certified AI Practitioner (AIF-C01) Amazon Web Services · Global (vendor) · Foundational

Requires: None; recommended for beginners before MLA-C02

Renewal: 3 years

Certification · flagship AWS Certified Data Engineer – Associate (DEA-C01) Amazon Web Services · Global (vendor) · Associate

Requires: No formal prerequisites; AWS recommends 2-3 years data engineering + 1-2 years hands-on AWS

Renewal: 3 years (retake current exam or higher-level exam)

Certification · flagship Google Cloud Professional Machine Learning Engineer Google Cloud · Global (vendor) · Professional

Requires: None required; 3+ years industry experience (1+ year on Google Cloud) recommended

Renewal: 2 years

Certification · flagship Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer Google Cloud · Global (vendor) · Professional

Requires: None required; recommended experience with GCP data services

Renewal: 2 years

Certification Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate (AI-102) Microsoft · Global (vendor) · Associate

Requires: (was) familiarity with Python/C# and REST APIs

Renewal: retired; not renewable

Certification · flagship Microsoft Certified: Azure AI App and Agent Developer Associate (AI-103) Microsoft · Global (vendor) · Associate

Requires: Development experience with Python/C#; AI-102 knowledge transferable

Renewal: 1 year (free annual renewal assessment)

Certification · flagship Microsoft Certified: Fabric Data Engineer Associate (DP-700) Microsoft · Global (vendor) · Associate

Requires: None; SQL/Python/Spark and data engineering fundamentals recommended

Renewal: 1 year (free annual renewal assessment)

Certification Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate (DP-203) Microsoft · Global (vendor) · Associate

Requires: n/a (retired)

Renewal: retired; not renewable

Certification · flagship Databricks Certified Machine Learning Professional Databricks · Global (vendor) · Professional

Requires: No formal prerequisites; 1+ year hands-on ML on Databricks recommended

Renewal: 2 years (retake current exam)

Certification Databricks Certified Machine Learning Associate Databricks · Global (vendor) · Associate

Requires: No formal prerequisites; 6+ months hands-on recommended

Renewal: 2 years (retake current exam)

Certification · flagship Databricks Certified Data Engineer Professional Databricks · Global (vendor) · Professional

Requires: No formal prerequisites; Data Engineer Associate recommended as foundation

Renewal: 2 years (retake current exam)

Certification TensorFlow Developer Certificate Google (TensorFlow) · Global (vendor) · Foundational/Intermediate

Requires: n/a (program closed)

Renewal: closed; not renewable

Certification Snowflake SnowPro Core (COF-C03) Snowflake · Global (vendor) · Core

Requires: None; 6+ months hands-on Snowflake recommended

Renewal: 2 years (recertification exam COF-R02 or Continuing Education programme)

Certification Snowflake SnowPro Advanced: Data Engineer (DEA-C02) Snowflake · Global (vendor) · Advanced

Requires: Active SnowPro Core certification

Renewal: 2 years

Certification Confluent Certified Developer for Apache Kafka (CCDAK) Confluent · Global (vendor) · Intermediate

Requires: None formal; 6-12 months Confluent/Kafka experience recommended

Renewal: 2 years (typical; confirm at Confluent training site)

Certification Confluent Certified Administrator for Apache Kafka (CCAAK) Confluent · Global (vendor) · Intermediate

Requires: None formal; 6-12 months Confluent/Kafka experience recommended

Renewal: 2 years (typical; confirm at Confluent training site)

Certification DAMA Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP) DAMA International · Global · Professional

Requires: Experience + education mix; exam-based

Renewal: 3 years (recertification requirements; confirm current)

Standard · flagship ISO/IEC 42001:2023 — AI management systems ISO/IEC (JTC 1/SC 42) · Global · Organizational

Requires: n/a (organizational management-system standard)

Renewal: 3-year certification cycle via accredited body

Standard ISO/IEC 23894:2023 — Guidance on AI risk management ISO/IEC (JTC 1/SC 42) · Global · Organizational

Requires: n/a (guidance standard)

Renewal: n/a

Standard · flagship NIST AI Risk Management Framework 1.0 (NIST AI 100-1) NIST (US National Institute of Standards and Technology) · US (globally referenced) · Organizational

Requires: n/a (voluntary guidance)

Renewal: n/a

Standard · flagship ISO/IEC 27001:2022 — Information security management ISO/IEC · Global · Organizational

Requires: n/a (organizational management-system standard)

Renewal: 3-year certification cycle via accredited body

Standard DAMA-DMBOK (Data Management Body of Knowledge) DAMA International · Global · Professional body of knowledge

Requires: n/a (reference framework)

Renewal: n/a

Regulation · flagship EU AI Act European Union · EU · Law (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689)

Requires: n/a (regulation)

Renewal: n/a

Regulation · flagship General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) European Union · EU (extraterritorial effect) · Law (Regulation (EU) 2016/679)

Requires: n/a (regulation)

Renewal: n/a

Regulation Colorado SB 26-189 (replacing SB 24-205 Colorado AI Act) Colorado General Assembly · Colorado, US (state) · State law

Requires: n/a (regulation)

Renewal: n/a

Regulation California SB 53 — Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act State of California · California, US (state) · State law

Requires: n/a (regulation)

Renewal: n/a

Regulation FDA AI-enabled medical device regulation (PCCP guidance) US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) · US (federal) · Regulatory guidance (nonbinding)

Requires: n/a (regulation)

Renewal: n/a

Regulation SR 11-7 / OCC 2011-12 Model Risk Management Federal Reserve / OCC (US banking regulators) · US (federal, banking) · Supervisory guidance

Requires: n/a (regulation)

Renewal: n/a

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