IQ Forge Packages

Data Literacy Essentials (DL-01)

~18h

Builds the shared vocabulary of data across an organization: reading charts, interpreting metrics, and reasoning with numbers so that every employee can participate in data-driven conversations.

Data Literacy Certification

Excel Fundamentals (MS-01)

~22h

Core spreadsheet skills for the modern workplace: formulas, functions, tables, and clean data entry. The practical foundation for anyone who works with numbers day to day.

Excel proficiency

SQL for Analysts (SQL-01)

~28h

Teaches learners to query, filter, join, and aggregate data with SQL — the essential language for pulling answers directly from databases. Leads to the SQL Associate certification.

SQL Associate Cert

Python Programming Foundations (PY-01)

~35h

A structured introduction to Python for data work — syntax, data structures, and libraries — building toward eligibility for the Python Data Associate certification.

Python Data Associate Cert eligibility

Data Governance & Privacy (DL-02)

~16h

Covers how data is protected, governed, and kept compliant. Introduces GDPR and EU AI Act principles, data handling responsibilities, and privacy-by-design thinking for teams that touch personal or sensitive data.

GDPR, EU AI Act, Data Governance certs

Excel Fundamentals (MS-01)

~22h

Core spreadsheet skills for the modern workplace: formulas, functions, tables, and clean data entry. The practical foundation for anyone who works with numbers day to day.

Excel proficiency

Power BI — Full Track (MS-02)

~36h

An end-to-end path through Microsoft Power BI, from connecting data sources to building interactive dashboards, leading to the PL-300 Data Analyst certification.

Power BI Data Analyst Cert (PL-300)

Tableau — Full Track (VIZ-01)

~35h

A complete path through Tableau, from connecting data to designing polished, interactive dashboards, leading to the Tableau Certified Data Analyst credential.

Tableau Certified Data Analyst

Python Programming Foundations (PY-01)

~35h

A structured introduction to Python for data work — syntax, data structures, and libraries — building toward eligibility for the Python Data Associate certification.

Python Data Associate Cert eligibility

Machine Learning Fundamentals (ML-01)

~40h

Introduces the core concepts and workflows of machine learning: supervised and unsupervised models, training, evaluation, and how to apply them to real problems.

Core ML skills

NLP & Text Analytics (ML-02)

~40h

Teaches how to work with language data — sentiment, classification, and text modelling — the foundation of chatbots, search, and document intelligence.

NLP and text modelling

Decision Making with Data (DL-03)

~14h

Teaches how to turn data into sound decisions — framing questions, weighing evidence, and avoiding common analytical traps — so leaders and staff can act on data with confidence.

Applied data-thinking skills

AI Strategy & Governance (AI-01)

~26h

Equips leaders and teams to set AI direction responsibly — governance, risk, and compliance under frameworks like the EU AI Act — alongside AI fundamentals.

EU AI Act, AI Fundamentals certs

LLM Application Development (AI-02)

~37h

Hands-on development of applications built on large language models, covering prompting, integration, and deployment, toward the AI Engineer for Developers certification.

AI Engineer for Developers Cert

RAG & Vector Databases (AI-03)

~21h

Teaches retrieval-augmented generation and vector databases — the techniques that let AI systems answer from an organization’s own documents and data.

Production RAG pipeline skills

Agentic AI Systems (AI-04)

~30h

Covers the design of autonomous, multi-agent AI systems that can plan and act, the leading edge of applied AI development.

Multi-agent system design

Advanced SQL & Database Engineering (SQL-02)

~38h

Goes beyond querying into performance tuning, advanced joins, and database design across SQL Server and PostgreSQL, for those who build and maintain data systems rather than just read from them.

SQL Server & PostgreSQL proficiency

Data Engineering Foundations (DE-01)

~28h

Introduces the building blocks of data engineering — pipelines, storage, and moving data reliably at scale — for those who supply data to the rest of the organization.

Pipeline & data engineering skills

Snowflake — Full Track (DE-02)

~31h

A full track on the Snowflake cloud data platform, from architecture to hands-on use, toward the SnowPro Core certification.

SnowPro Core Certification

Databricks & Spark (DE-03)

~34h

Teaches large-scale data processing with Apache Spark on Databricks, the standard toolset for big-data engineering.

Big data with Databricks & Spark

AWS Cloud Track (CL-01)

~19h

Foundational Amazon Web Services skills and cloud concepts, leading to the AWS Cloud Practitioner certification.

AWS Cloud Practitioner Cert

Microsoft Azure Track (CL-02)

~34h

Covers the Microsoft Azure platform from fundamentals through developer-level skills, spanning two certification pathways.

Azure Fundamentals + Azure Developer

Google Cloud Infrastructure (CL-03)

~46h

A deep track on Google Cloud infrastructure and services, following the Associate Cloud Engineer certification pathway.

Google Cloud ACE Cert pathway

Kubernetes & Containers (CL-04)

~28h

Teaches containerization and Kubernetes orchestration — how modern applications are packaged, deployed, and scaled in production.

Kubernetes production skills

Data Literacy Essentials (DL-01)

~18h

Builds the shared vocabulary of data across an organization: reading charts, interpreting metrics, and reasoning with numbers so that every employee can participate in data-driven conversations.

Data Literacy Cert

Data Governance & Privacy (DL-02)

~16h

Covers how data is protected, governed, and kept compliant. Introduces GDPR and EU AI Act principles, data handling responsibilities, and privacy-by-design thinking for teams that touch personal or sensitive data.

GDPR, EU AI Act, Data Governance certs

Microsoft Copilot for Business (MS-03)

~22h

Shows staff how to use Microsoft 365 Copilot to draft, summarize, analyze, and automate everyday work across Word, Excel, Outlook, and Teams — turning AI into a daily productivity partner.

Microsoft 365 Copilot productivity

Workflow Automation with AI (AI-07)

~16h

Shows non-technical teams how to automate repetitive business processes using AI tools, saving time without writing code.

Business process automation with AI

Decision Making with Data (DL-03)

~14h

Teaches how to turn data into sound decisions — framing questions, weighing evidence, and avoiding common analytical traps — so leaders and staff can act on data with confidence.

Applied data-thinking skills

AI Strategy & Governance (AI-01)

~26h

Equips leaders and teams to set AI direction responsibly — governance, risk, and compliance under frameworks like the EU AI Act — alongside AI fundamentals.

EU AI Act, AI Fundamentals certs

Finance Fundamentals (FIN-01)

~18h

Introduces essential financial concepts and valuation, giving non-finance and finance staff alike a common grounding in how money and value are measured.

Core financial concepts & valuation

Microsoft Copilot for Business (MS-03)

~22h

Shows staff how to use Microsoft 365 Copilot to draft, summarize, analyze, and automate everyday work across Word, Excel, Outlook, and Teams — turning AI into a daily productivity partner.

Microsoft 365 Copilot productivity

Finance Fundamentals (FIN-01)

~18h

Introduces essential financial concepts and valuation, giving non-finance and finance staff alike a common grounding in how money and value are measured.

Core financial concepts & valuation

Quantitative Finance & Risk (FIN-02)

~44h

An advanced track in quantitative finance and risk analytics, for those who model markets, pricing, and financial risk.

Quant finance & risk analytics

Applied ML — Finance & Business (ML-05)

~36h

Applies machine learning to concrete business domains such as finance, fraud detection, and marketing, connecting model-building to measurable commercial outcomes.

Domain ML in finance, fraud, marketing

Python for Data Analysis & Visualization (PY-02)

~44h

Applies Python to real analytical work: cleaning data, running analysis with pandas, and producing clear visualizations for reporting and insight.

Advanced Python analytics

Python Software Engineering (PY-03)

~38h

Focuses on writing production-grade Python — testing, packaging, and engineering practices — for developers who ship software rather than one-off scripts.

Production Python dev skills

Advanced SQL & Database Engineering (SQL-02)

~38h

Goes beyond querying into performance tuning, advanced joins, and database design across SQL Server and PostgreSQL, for those who build and maintain data systems rather than just read from them.

SQL Server & PostgreSQL proficiency

Version Control & GitHub (CL-05)

~15h

Core version control with Git and GitHub, including GitHub Copilot, the collaboration foundation every software team relies on.

GitHub Foundations + Copilot certs

Claude & Anthropic Ecosystem (AI-05)

~25h

Focuses on building with Claude and the Anthropic ecosystem — including Claude Code and the Model Context Protocol — for agentic coding and tool integration.

Claude Code, MCP, agentic coding

AI for Everyone (AI-00)

~55h

A gentle, non-technical entry point to artificial intelligence. Learners come to understand what AI can and cannot do, how to use everyday AI tools responsibly, and the basics of AI regulation — no coding or prior background required.

EU AI Act Literacy Cert; AI Fundamentals Cert eligibility

Data Literacy Essentials (DL-01)

~18h

Builds the shared vocabulary of data across an organization: reading charts, interpreting metrics, and reasoning with numbers so that every employee can participate in data-driven conversations.

Data Literacy Cert

Microsoft Copilot for Business (MS-03)

~22h

Shows staff how to use Microsoft 365 Copilot to draft, summarize, analyze, and automate everyday work across Word, Excel, Outlook, and Teams — turning AI into a daily productivity partner.

Microsoft 365 Copilot productivity

Data Governance & Privacy (DL-02)

~16h

Covers how data is protected, governed, and kept compliant. Introduces GDPR and EU AI Act principles, data handling responsibilities, and privacy-by-design thinking for teams that touch personal or sensitive data.

GDPR, EU AI Act, Data Governance certs