YouthBuild AI training: from users to builders.
Hands-on AI literacy, occupational training examples, participant progress records, and a path to building with AI. Custom curricula shaped around your cohort and schedule, available wherever your YouthBuild program operates.
Make AI literacy part of the work participants are learning.
A borrowed slideshow can introduce a tool. Your program needs practice that connects to the skills participants are developing. JOSA.AI designs YouthBuild AI literacy training around your education plan, occupational pathway, and the AI commitments in your approved grant narrative.
- Use construction or Construction Plus examples suited to your program.
- Build in time to try a task, check the result, and explain what changed.
- Agree on participant progress records and staff handoffs during planning.
A curriculum mapped to the DOL AI Literacy Framework
The curriculum maps learning activities to the five foundational content areas in the U.S. Department of Labor’s AI Literacy Framework, TEN 07-25. Each area becomes something a participant can practice and demonstrate.
- Understand AI Principles: explain what a tool can do and where it can be wrong.
- Explore AI Uses: choose a useful application for a familiar task.
- Direct AI Effectively: give context, instructions, and feedback.
- Evaluate AI Outputs: check accuracy, completeness, and relevance.
- Use AI Responsibly: protect information and stay accountable for the result.
Connect the practice to your occupational pathway.
We build examples around the work your participants recognize. In a construction program, that could be turning a supplied project description into a draft materials list or organizing a daily work log. The exercise includes finding and correcting mistakes; qualified instructors remain the authority for technical and safety decisions.
- Compare a draft materials list against the instructor’s source document.
- Turn approved project notes into a clear daily work log.
- Rewrite a sample jobsite message in plain language and review an English or Spanish version.
Foundations first. A separate path to building.
The duration, session length, and frequency are planned around your headcount, participant experience, learning goals, and program schedule. Foundational learning covers AI basics, effective prompting, output review, responsible use, and a demonstration of learning. App and agent building can follow as participants develop the skills to take that next step.
- Phase 1: use, question, and revise AI outputs in guided exercises.
- Phase 2: explore a simple app, study tool, or jobsite assistant with approved tools.
- Choose a portfolio artifact that a participant can explain to an instructor or employer.
Give program staff a record they can use.
The training plan can include a starting assessment, a skills checklist, a final demonstration, and an individual record of progress. We agree on the format with your program team so the evidence fits your reporting process. Your grant manager determines how it relates to formal performance measures or recognized credentials.
- Map the proposed activities to the AI language in your application.
- Identify what each participant should demonstrate at the end.
- Keep the record of work, instructor feedback, and next learning steps together.
Plan for the cohort before the first session.
Devices, digital skills, accounts, and language access affect whether learners can participate. We discuss these early, including English and Spanish delivery and approved access for participants under 18. Planning also considers the framework’s seven delivery principles: practical experience, occupational context, human skills, prerequisites, continued learning, staff readiness, and keeping instruction current.
- Check devices, connectivity, basic file skills, and approved tool access.
- Use fictional or program-approved information in exercises.
- Include instructors and support staff in the learning plan.
Curriculum reference: DOL’s AI Literacy Framework (TEN 07-25). JOSA.AI provides independent training; the curriculum and reporting plan are agreed directly with your organization.
Learn with someone who teaches and builds.
Ernesto Josato, founder of JOSA.AI, brings more than 25 years of corporate IT experience and a background in adult education. He builds custom AI agents and automated workflows as well as teaching people how to use AI in everyday work.
Read Ernesto’s biography and speaking experience, or see the websites and apps he has created.
Florida-based. Available wherever your program operates.
JOSA.AI is based in Lakeland, Florida, and can bring YouthBuild AI training to your program’s location. We plan delivery and travel with your team, wherever you are.
Your cohort size, learning goals, and existing program commitments shape the schedule, session length, and frequency.
Questions about planning your training
Can you align the training with our YouthBuild grant narrative?
Yes. Share the AI literacy language in your education section and any related commitments in the approved application. JOSA.AI can prepare a curriculum crosswalk showing how proposed activities and progress records support that scope. This is curriculum planning, not a guarantee of grant compliance.
Does every YouthBuild program need the same number of AI training hours?
No. The total hours, session length, frequency, and overall duration are scoped with your team. We consider headcount, participant needs, learning goals, and your occupational training schedule to build a plan that fits your program.
Will participants learn to build with AI?
The program offers a pathway from foundational AI literacy to creating simple tools, apps, or assistants. The builder phase is planned separately around participant readiness, approved tools, account access, and sufficient practice time.
Can you provide English and Spanish training?
English and Spanish delivery can be included in the training plan. Tell us about the cohort’s language needs, digital skills, and the staff who will support the sessions.
Does the training automatically count as a recognized credential or measurable skill gain?
No automatic reporting classification is promised. We can plan participant assessments and progress documentation; your program, grant manager, and relevant workforce authority determine what qualifies for their reporting requirements.
Where can YouthBuild programs book this training?
JOSA.AI is based in Lakeland, Florida, and can provide YouthBuild AI training wherever your program operates. Share your location, group size, and scheduling needs so we can plan delivery and any travel with your team.
Tell us what your people need to do.
Share your location, group size, current experience with AI, and the task you want the training to support. We’ll discuss a curriculum and quote based on the agreed scope, delivery format, and travel.
Or email info@mail.josa.ai.