Skillkraft Berlin · AIW
AI at Work
One month for people who already have a job: use ChatGPT or Claude on the Word files, spreadsheets, slides, PDFs, notices and emails you already make — faster, and safely.
1 month · 4 weeks · 12 lessons · 3 stages · No coding required
299 € per person
For: Working people — finance, tax, teaching, office, HR, anyone. No tech background needed.
What you'll be able to do
- ✓For people with a job, not programmers: finance, tax, teaching, the office
- ✓Word, Excel, slides, PDFs, notices and email — the files you already make, made with AI
- ✓Every prompt written for ChatGPT and for Claude, so it works with whatever your employer uses
Places are confirmed by Skillkraft. The whole syllabus is below — read it first.
What you'll use it for
The work you already do, done with AI.
Letters and reports in Word
Drafts from your own notes that sound like you.
Excel without formula fear
Formulas explained, exports cleaned, totals proved.
Slides people remember
An outline first, then a real deck with speaker notes.
PDFs
Read them, convert them, pull the numbers into Excel.
Notices and pictures
A notice read in three seconds, and a picture to match.
Email and meeting notes
Replies in your voice, minutes with owners and dates.
Staying safe with data
What may go into an AI tool, and how to check what comes out.
Your own assistant
Set up for a job you repeat, tested before you trust it.
Every module, in order
A clear step forward, every module.
Stage 1
Meet AI
What AI really is, how to ask it well, and what tokens, limits and models mean for your day — week 1.
Week 1 · Meet AI
Lesson 1
What Is AI, Really?
- Lena Asks About Her Own Town
- See How AI Learned to Guess
- See Why It Can Sound Sure and Be Wrong
- Check an Answer in Three Steps
- Know What It Remembers and Looks Up
- Use It for the Right Jobs at Work
- Back to Lena
- Three Things to Remember
ShipsExplain what AI is, spot its confident mistakes, and check what matters.
Lesson 2
Talk to It & Make Things
- Lena asks for a cover letter
- Give the AI the facts it can't see
- Build your ask from four parts
- Talk back instead of starting over
- Give it a job and save your instructions
- Describe the picture you want in four parts
- Back to Lena
- Three Things to Remember
ShipsAsk AI clearly, fix its answers by replying, and make your first pictures.
Lesson 3
Tokens, Limits & Models
- Lena's Chat Stops at 7pm
- Start a Fresh Chat When a Chat Gets Long
- Know Your Limits and When They Refill
- Pick the Right App and Model for the Job
- Save Your Limit With Five Small Habits
- Stay Safe
- Back to Lena
- Three Things to Remember
ShipsStart fresh chats, plan around your limits and pick the right model.
Stage 2
Your Everyday Files
Word, Excel and slides, then PDFs, notices, pictures, email and meetings — the work you already do, done with AI — weeks 2 and 3.
Week 2 · Your Office Files
Lesson 1
Word Documents That Sound Like You
- Ella's Letter to 600 Patients
- Write a First Draft From Your Notes
- Give the Draft Your Own Voice
- Make a Shorter Version Without Losing Facts
- Check Every Change the AI Makes
- Put the Letter Into Your Template
- Back to Ella
- Three Things to Remember
ShipsTurn your notes into a letter in your own voice, with nothing made up.
Lesson 2
Excel Without the Formula Fear
- Friday at Linden Tiles
- Tell the AI What Your Columns Mean
- Get Every Formula in Plain Words
- Clean the File Before You Add It Up
- Ask for Totals and One Chart
- Check the Total Yourself
- Back to Hannah
- Three Things to Remember
ShipsClean up a messy spreadsheet with AI, and check every total yourself.
Lesson 3
Slides People Actually Remember
- Jonas and last year's slides
- Put one idea on each slide
- Plan the talk in headline sentences
- Turn the plan into a PowerPoint file
- Make a short opener with HyperFrames
- Check every number, date and picture
- Back to Jonas
- Three Things to Remember
ShipsTurn a wordy talk into eight clear slides, with notes and checked numbers.
Week 3 · Paper, Pictures & Post
Lesson 1
PDFs: Read, Convert, Pull Out the Numbers
- Hannah's Week
- Get a Summary You Can Check
- Find What Changed Between Two Versions
- Turn Scanned Invoices into a Checked List
- Convert and Fill In PDFs with Your Own Tools
- Back to Hannah
- Three Things to Remember
ShipsGet a PDF summary you can check, and turn scans into a checked list.
Lesson 2
Notices, Flyers & Pictures
- Jonas and Ella need a notice
- Write one big message for people walking past
- Ask for a picture with no words in it
- Type the words on top
- Make a door sign nobody can misread
- Check it like a passer-by
- Back to Jonas and Ella
- Three Things to Remember
ShipsMake a clear notice with an AI picture and every fact checked.
Lesson 3
Email, Meetings & Notes
- Ella's Monday Morning
- Sort Your Inbox Into Three Piles
- Sum Up a Long Thread
- Reply From Your Own Decision
- Answer an Angry Email Calmly
- Turn the Meeting Into Minutes
- Stay Safe
- Back to Ella
- Three Things to Remember
ShipsSort your inbox, reply in your own voice, and turn meetings into minutes.
Stage 3 · AIW
Make It Yours
Stay safe with company data, check what AI tells you, build your own assistant and hand one real task to it — week 4.
Week 4 · Make It Yours
Lesson 1
Safe & Sure: Privacy, Sources and Checking
- Hannah's Sunday Evening
- Use the Right Account for Work
- Decide What Goes Into a Prompt
- Swap Names for Codes, or Describe the Problem
- Ask Your Employer What's Allowed
- Check That a Source Is Real
- Back to Hannah, Jonas and Ella
- Three Things to Remember
ShipsKeep personal data out of AI chats and check every source you use.
Lesson 2
Your Own Assistant: Projects & Small Tools
- Jonas Types the Same Four Paragraphs
- Choose Where Your Instructions Live
- Write the Instructions in Six Parts
- Add the Right Files, Never the People
- Build a Small Tool by Describing It
- Test a Tool at Its Edges
- Back to Jonas
- Three Things to Remember
ShipsSave an assistant for a job you repeat, and make one small, tested tool.
Lesson 3
Your Time-Saver: Hand One Task to AI
- Three Jobs That Keep Coming Back
- Pick the Right Task
- Map the Task Before You Build
- Build the Assistant From Your Map
- Check It and Time It Honestly
- Explain It on One Page
- Stay Safe
- Back to Hannah, Jonas and Ella
- Three Things to Remember
ShipsHand one recurring task to AI, check it, and prove the minutes saved.
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