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Description

AI and Technical Trades: Exploring Use Cases, Practising and Setting Limits

Explore what AI brings to technical trades and define the conditions for responsible use

  • 1 day — 7 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • Foundation
  • Up to 6 participants

In technical departments, AI arrives through the tools themselves: anomaly detection on networks, support for scheduling interventions, automated reading of drawings or field photographs. Technical staff hear about it without being able to separate operational reality from vendor promises.

This one-day awareness programme is designed for technical staff in public sector organisations. It presents the main families of tools, the use cases already proven on built assets, utility networks and roads, and then the ethical questions raised by automation: the role of the officer in the decision, monitoring and field data.

Learning objectives

  • Distinguish the main families of AI tools used in technical trades
  • Identify the technical tasks where a tool delivers genuine value
  • Use an assistant to draft an intervention report
  • Identify the risks attached to data collected in the field
  • Define the conditions for acceptable use within the department

What makes this programme different

Use cases are grounded in roads, utility networks and building maintenance work
Each participant tests a tool on a task from their own daily work
The ethical discussion results in written usage rules for the department

Programme

1Overview of AI Tools

Separating real use from vendor promises

  • Families of tools and how they work
  • Image analysis and anomaly detection
  • Failure anticipation and works scheduling
  • Writing and document search assistants

2Use Cases in Technical Trades

Testing the tools against daily work

  • Intervention reports and technical notes
  • Working with field survey data and photographs
  • Support for drafting tender documents
  • Scheduling interventions and managing priorities
  • Searching the department's technical documentation

3Responsible and Ethical Use

Setting limits before scaling up

  • The officer's role in technical decision-making
  • Personal data captured during interventions
  • Reliability of detections and cases not covered
  • Transparency towards users and decision-makers
  • Usage rules to be formalised within the department

Who is it for

Technical services staff and supervisors, municipal and public sector engineers and technicians, asset and roads managers, and team leaders of field intervention crews.

Prerequisites

No prerequisites

Dates & locations

36 scheduled dates between November 2026 and December 2027. Seats are confirmed in the order enquiries are received.

November 2026

December 2026

January 2027

February 2027

March 2027

April 2027

May 2027

June 2027

September 2027

October 2027

November 2027

December 2027

None of these dates suit you? We open additional sessions on request, and any programme can be run privately for your team.

Practical details

Before the programme
Online positioning questionnaire. Your development objectives are shared with the trainer, who tailors the practical case studies to your context.
Teaching methods
Theoretical input, workshops and practical case studies. Digital course materials and method sheets provided.
Assessment
Multiple-choice tests and role-play exercises. Assessment of learning at the start and end of the programme, with immediate and 60-day follow-up evaluations.
After the programme
One year of access to the e-learning platform. Self-assessment of the skills acquired and a 30-day follow-up session with your trainer.
How to register
Registration online or on the basis of a quotation.
Lead time
11 working days after confirmation of registration.
Accessibility
Accessible to people of determination. Contact our accessibility coordinator to design a suitable solution: contact@mpf-academy.ae
Start dates
Rolling intake: in addition to the scheduled sessions, this programme can start on request.