A one-day course on EN 18286, the primary supporting standard for AI Act compliance
EN 18286 is the European standard that provides detailed guidance on implementing the quality management system required by the EU AI Act, in particular Article 17. This one-day fundamentals course covers the structure, intent and application of that standard for organisations developing or deploying high-risk AI systems.
The day is how EN 18286 turns legal obligations into operating practice. Emphasis sits on proportionality, risk-based thinking, and the seven essential requirements that form the backbone of conformity assessment.
Duration: one full day. Timings: 09:00 to 16:30. Format: taught course with practical examples. Dates are on the training calendar.
The mandatory nature of QMS requirements under the EU AI Act, timelines for compliance, and the role of EN 18286 in how presumption of conformity is approached.
How to define and document the intended purpose of an AI system, and why that definition is foundational for the rest of the compliance framework: scope, risk, data, oversight and monitoring.
How fundamental-rights protection sits next to practical regulatory adherence, including the ethical and legal drivers behind the standard.
Risk-based and proportionate approaches to the QMS, including how the same clauses are applied at different intensity. Special considerations for SMEs are part of this block.
A working pass through the seven core pillars of EN 18286 that support conformity assessment.
Iterative identification, evaluation and mitigation of risk across health, safety and fundamental rights, through the life cycle of the system.
Data quality, bias management, provenance and governance, aligned with Article 10.
What must be documented, to what level of detail, and how that file is kept current through the AI life cycle.
Retention obligations (including the ten-year period where it applies), traceability, and how records are managed so an activity can be reconstructed.
Communication obligations and instructions for use that a deployer can actually follow.
How human-in-the-loop mechanisms and oversight protocols are designed so a person can understand, monitor and intervene.
Technical measures for reliable, secure and resilient systems, including how adaptive models are treated after release.
Quality, compliance, risk and product leads who need EN 18286 as a whole before they take a clause-specific day. The course assumes the Act is already known in outline.
