AI companies pay people all over the world to record, photograph, research and write the data their models learn from. Eight self-paced courses teach the craft, the specifications and the review standards that decide who keeps getting work.
Start free with Data Collection Basics; pass all eight to become a Certified Data Collector.
Certification requires 8 courses — currently 8 available.
Taking individual courses? Complete any 8 courses from this programme to earn the DCF certificate. Requirements may be updated as the programme develops.
Programme Fee
What You'll Learn
8 self-paced modules covering the fundamentals of data collection. Each paid module earns its own certificate, included in the fee. The free course's certificate is the one optional extra.
BASICS
Learn how paid AI data collection really works: read a spec, judge whether you qualify and hand in work that passes review.
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Record speech that passes review: the room, the distance, the script, and the privacy rules every voice project enforces.
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Write both sides of a conversation with an AI, to a style guide, with the safety and originality rules that decide what gets accepted.
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Judge AI answers for a living: apply a rubric, rank responses and stay consistent enough that your ratings can train a model.
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Photograph to a specification: framing, metadata, authenticity, and the consent line an image must never cross.
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From speech to page and language to language: transcription and translation done to spec, with document rights handled properly.
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Film ordinary chores the way robotics teams need them: the right mount, natural movement, and a home kept private on camera.
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Search the web on assignment: find sources you can defend, record findings exactly and meet the bar reviewers hold.
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8 practical modules ·
Not sure yet? Start with Data Collection Basics, data-gtm-item-slug="data-collection-foundations" data-gtm-item-type="programme" free. Its certificate counts as one of the 8.
Everything you need to know about this programme.
All 8 courses, the certificate for each one as you pass it, and the Certified Data Collector award when you have them all. There is nothing extra to buy. Taking courses individually instead, you buy each paid course (certificate included) and the free course's certificate separately — the programme fee covers the lot.
You have one year to complete the programme, counted from the day you sign up. Within that window every course is self-paced and always open; your progress is saved automatically and you can return whenever suits you.
