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AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer - Associate

AWS certification validating technical ability to implement production machine learning workloads and operationalize them; earned through the applicable proctored examination and valid for three years.

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AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer - Associate
Accommodations And Identity
Request accommodations before scheduling. Valid government-issued identification and the relevant online/in-person ID requirements apply; sanctioned-country restrictions are preserved in the registration evidence.
Age
Candidates must be at least 13 at scheduling; ages 13–17 require parent or legal guardian consent.
Agreement
The AWS Certification Program Agreement must be accepted when registering and before starting the exam.
Applicability
Current English initial qualification by the MLA-C02 beta, already delivered from September 29, 2026; no future GA version or non-English MLA-C01 route is added.
Award
Passing the applicable proctored beta examination earns the AWS Certification; the credential is active for three years.
Beta Attempt
The beta version can be taken only once; a retake requires waiting for the standard version to become generally available.
Changes
Reschedule up to 24 hours before the appointment, at most twice; within 24 hours cancellation/rescheduling normally forfeits the fee, subject to the documented illness/emergency exception. Check voucher expiry before changing appointments.
Prerequisites
All AWS Certifications may be earned without completing specific prerequisites. The guide's one year of AWS/related-role experience and ML/GenAI knowledge are recommendations, not mandatory eligibility or another exam dependency.
Results
Beta results are available within five business days in the AWS Certification Account.
Scheduling
Create/sign in to the AWS Certification Account and select the exam with Pearson VUE; select an available test-center or online-proctored appointment. English proctoring is available 24x7, while test-center appointments depend on location availability; this is not a fixed annual application window.

AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer - Associate

Provider
Pearson VUE
Format
English beta; multiple choice and multiple response; test center or online proctored
Exam questions
Total questions: 85; The total includes the scored and unscored questions.
Time limit
170 minutes (beta)
Exam fee
75 USD (beta)
Examination outline
  • Data Preparation for ML and AI (28%)
    • Collect and store data.
    • Perform data transformation, feature engineering, and pre-processing.
    • Validate data quality and manage bias.
  • ML Model and Foundation Model (FM) Development (24%)
    • Choose appropriate modeling approaches for ML and AI solutions.
    • Train, fine-tune, and customize models for ML and AI solutions.
    • Analyze and evaluate the performance of ML and AI systems.
  • Deployment and Orchestration of ML and AI Workflows (24%)
    • Manage deployment infrastructure for ML and AI model types.
    • Provision and configure resources for ML and AI workloads based on existing architecture and requirements.
    • Implement automated orchestration and continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines for MLOps and AI workloads.
  • Operating, Monitoring, and Securing ML and AI Solutions (24%)
    • Monitor ML and AI model inference and performance.
    • Optimize and manage ML and AI infrastructure costs and performance.
    • Secure ML and AI workloads and model endpoints.
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