Programme sheets

Five levels of responsibility, each ending in an examined rating

A HeliX programme is a coordinate, not a course name: level, pillar emphasis and vertical overlay. Every learner graduates with a rating that names the platform and the environment.

Fleet Operator

$9,500

Duration: 6 weeks · 250 h
Cohort size: 24
Delivery: Satellite hub or flagship; 60% simulation, 40% physical
Entry requirement: Open entry; secondary education or equivalent

On completion the learner can

Operate and supervise a certified fleet within its published envelope, and recognise when it has left that envelope.
Execute safe stop, isolation and recovery procedures without escalation delay.
Capture teleoperation demonstrations to protocol quality.
Identify and report anomalous machine behaviour that may indicate compromise rather than malfunction.

Module sequence

Weeks 1–2	PAI-101, AAI-101, CPS-101	105 h
Weeks 3–4	PAI-110, AAI-110	85 h
Weeks 5–6	PAI-120, CPS-110, practical consolidation	60 h

Credential issued

Operator type rating on one robot class and one environment class

Assessment

Continuous practical (40%), simulation gate (20%), live fleet practical examination with an independent examiner (30%), oral defence (10%). Pass mark 70%. A single safety violation is an automatic fail.

Physical AI Technician

$24,000

Duration: 16 weeks · 640 h
Cohort size: 20
Delivery: 55% simulation, 45% physical; overlay hours at flagship
Entry requirement: L1, or a completed technical trade apprenticeship

On completion the learner can

Maintain, calibrate, diagnose and return a fleet to service against a documented standard.
Perform component-level repair and teardown on at least two robot classes.
Configure and segment an OT network for a robot cell to IEC 62443 zone and conduit principles.
Build, train and validate a perception model against a defined performance envelope.

Module sequence

Weeks 1–4	PAI-201, PAI-210, AAI-201	170 h
Weeks 5–8	PAI-220, PAI-240, CPS-201	150 h
Weeks 9–12	PAI-230, AAI-210, CPS-220	160 h
Weeks 13–16	AAI-220, CPS-210, vertical overlay L2	160 h

Credential issued

Technician type rating with documented return-to-service authority

Assessment

Continuous practical (35%), two simulation gates (15%), supervised return-to-service audit on a live fleet (30%), written examination (20%). Pass mark 70%, safety elements pass/fail.

Physical AI Engineer

$42,000

Duration: 26 weeks · 1,040 h
Cohort size: 18
Delivery: 65% simulation, 35% physical; adversarial block at flagship only
Entry requirement: L2, or a STEM degree plus L1 bridging block

On completion the learner can

Design, train, evaluate and deploy an embodied policy with a defensible performance envelope.
Quantify and close a sim-to-real reality gap on a named platform.
Assess and defend the attack surface of an autonomous fleet, and hold a bay under live attack.
Complete an ISO 10218 / ISO/TS 15066 risk assessment and validate the resulting safety functions.
Operate competently in one vertical on that vertical's own control and safety stack.

Module sequence

Weeks 1–5	PAI-301, PAI-310, AAI-301	205 h
Weeks 6–10	PAI-320, AAI-310, AAI-330	180 h
Weeks 11–15	PAI-330, PAI-340, AAI-320	165 h
Weeks 16–19	CPS-301, CPS-310, AAI-340	160 h
Weeks 20–23	CPS-320, CPS-330, PAI-350	155 h
Weeks 24–26	CPS-340 blue team rotation, vertical overlay L3	175 h

Credential issued

Engineer type rating with policy deployment authority

Assessment

Continuous practical (25%), policy portfolio with evaluation evidence (25%), blue-team rotation (15%), live fleet practical examination (25%), technical defence before two examiners (10%). Pass mark 70%.

Fleet Systems Architect

$56,000

Duration: 20 weeks · 760 h
Cohort size: 14
Delivery: 70% simulation and design studio, 30% physical
Entry requirement: L3 plus two years documented field deployment

On completion the learner can

Architect multi-fleet, multi-site autonomous operations including their defence and their economics.
Lead an authorised red-team engagement against a cyber-physical estate and report to a defensible standard.
Command an incident involving compromised, energised, mobile assets.
Deliver a brownfield commissioning plan that a plant manager would actually sign.

Module sequence

Weeks 1–5	PAI-401, AAI-401	125 h
Weeks 6–9	PAI-420, CPS-410	100 h
Weeks 10–13	CPS-401 red team rotation, AAI-420	120 h
Weeks 14–16	CPS-420, PAI-410, AAI-410	130 h
Weeks 17–20	Vertical overlay L4 and capstone	285 h

Credential issued

Architect rating with multi-fleet design authority

Assessment

Capstone architecture and defence (40%), red-team engagement and report (20%), incident command exercise (20%), design review panel before industry assessors (20%). Pass mark 70%.

Assurance Authority

$68,000

Duration: 14 weeks · 532 h
Cohort size: 10
Delivery: Flagship only; Zone 9 Certification Centre
Entry requirement: L4, examiner nomination, and Safety Board interview

On completion the learner can

Author a safety case for an autonomous fleet that withstands independent audit and adversarial challenge.
Design and witness acceptance tests that would fail an unsafe fleet.
Examine human candidates to a calibrated standard, and defend a failure decision on appeal.
Represent HeliX in standards and regulatory proceedings.

Module sequence

Weeks 1–4	PAI-501, AAI-501	115 h
Weeks 5–7	CPS-501, standards and regulatory practice	122 h
Weeks 8–10	PAI-510, examiner calibration	135 h
Weeks 11–14	Supervised examination practicum	160 h

Credential issued

Examiner warrant and safety case signing authority

Assessment

Authored safety case assessed by the Safety & Assurance Board (40%), witness testing (20%), supervised examination practicum with inter-examiner calibration (30%), Board interview (10%). Pass mark 80%.

Overlay hours are taught exclusively in the corresponding physical bay — 70 h at L2, 115 h at L3 and 85 h at L4.

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