CompTIA, Inc. releases CompTIA AI Essentials (V2) course
CompTIA, Inc. released CompTIA Artificial Intelligence (AI) Essentials (V2), an immersive training option intended to develop staff skills in the foundations of AI and to teach use of AI assistants such as ChatGPT, Copilot and Gemini.
CompTIA said the course delivered training to help employees, students and other learners develop and strengthen skills for business use of AI tools. Just 34% of companies currently require AI skills training, and CompTIA research revealed most companies planned to offer a mix of foundational and advanced AI skills training covering platforms, workflows, compliance and security.
CompTIA AI Essentials was built on a research-based framework for presenting instruction that helped learners gain knowledge and build skills related to course objectives and job task requirements. The course provided instruction intended to improve retention and the ability to apply learned material to job scenarios and focused on practical prompting techniques, security and data privacy fundamentals and the ability to spot and assess AI use cases; it was followed by a 15-minute competency assessment to enable organizations to evaluate and verify employees' foundational AI skills.
The offering targeted any employee in a knowledge or desk-based role who was expected to use AI assistants and was new to those tools, and the organization said employees with AI experience could complete the competency assessment to verify skills and “test out” of the core course material.
“Companies are in various stages of evaluation and experimentation with AI, but to truly glean the value and return on investment desired, it is important that they invest in staff training and consider the change management aspects of AI on staffing and job roles,” said Katie Hoenicke, chief product officer, CompTIA. “Simply providing employees with access to AI tools does not guarantee success. The emphasis needs to be on fluency and the acquisition of skills.”
“The focus is on exactly what matters: foundational understanding of AI in workplace settings,” said Henry Mann, senior director, product development, CompTIA. “Our highly interactive, scenario-based approach ensures employees don't just passively watch. They gain real, job-ready competency in under three hours.” CompTIA research revealed that most companies planned to offer a mix of foundational and advanced AI skills training in platforms, workflows, compliance and security.