CONTROLLED EMPLOYER PILOT

Start small. Measure what matters. Improve before scale.

The Academy pilot pathway is designed to test practical AI capability with a real workforce before making broad claims or committing to large-scale rollout.

WHY PILOT FIRST

Evidence before expansion.

A controlled pilot gives employers and the Academy a chance to test whether the training is useful, realistic and appropriate for the workforce it is intended to serve.

REALISM

Does it fit the work?

Test whether the language, scenarios and workflows reflect trades, mining and industrial supervision rather than generic office examples.

VALUE

Does it improve useful work?

Measure time, clarity, structure, confidence and practical usefulness on appropriate lower-consequence tasks.

JUDGEMENT

Does it improve review behaviour?

Test whether participants are better at recognising unsupported assumptions, confidentiality issues and high-consequence AI use.

PILOT PROCESS

A simple six-step pathway.

01 — SELECT

Choose the cohort

Identify a small group of tradespeople, supervisors or frontline leaders with realistic workloads and a clear reason for participating.

02 — BASELINE

Measure before training

Agree suitable baseline tasks, time, quality indicators and behaviour measures before the pilot begins.

03 — TRAIN

Deliver practical learning

Use realistic industrial scenarios, RISE™, consequence thinking, verification and platform-aware guidance.

04 — APPLY

Use it on real tasks

Participants apply the training to approved lower-consequence tasks such as communication, planning and information organisation.

05 — MEASURE

Compare outcomes

Review time, quality, judgement, confidence and practical usefulness against the agreed baseline.

06 — IMPROVE

Refine before scale

Use participant and employer feedback to improve the content before broader rollout.

PILOT PRINCIPLES

Controlled, transparent and reputation-first.

The pilot is not designed to prove that AI is always better. It is designed to find where it adds value, where it does not, and what controls people need.

BUILDPrepare the learning and agreed scenarios.
PILOTRun with a defined cohort.
MEASURECollect evidence and feedback.
IMPROVERefine before scale.
WHAT AN EMPLOYER CAN EXPECT

Clear scope before anything starts.

  • Agreed pilot objective
  • Defined participant group
  • Baseline measures where practical
  • Approved task and scenario boundaries
  • Workplace information and confidentiality expectations
  • Pre/post feedback and outcome review
  • Recommendations for refinement or next-stage rollout
WHAT WE WILL NOT DO

No inflated claims.

We will not promise guaranteed productivity gains, replace competent-person review, make safety-critical decisions, or publish performance claims without evidence.

POTENTIAL FIRST COHORTS

Where the pilot can start.

Frontline supervisors

Handovers, meetings, team communication, planning and administrative workload.

Trades & maintenance

Communication, learning support, work preparation and lower-consequence documentation tasks.

Training & capability teams

Workforce AI awareness, responsible-use education and development of approved practical scenarios.

REGISTER INTEREST

Interested in running a controlled pilot?

We welcome conversations with mining, maintenance, trades, industrial and training organisations interested in testing practical AI capability with a defined workforce group.