Challenges the common assumption that AI awareness training satisfies ISO 42001:2023 competence obligations, noting that Clause 7.2 requires far more than an attended session.

Sets out a seven-step methodology for building an AI competence framework that fully satisfies Clause 7.2 and integrates with the AI Management System under Clause 7.5.

Distinguishes awareness under Clause 7.3 from competence under Clause 7.2, noting both are required and neither substitutes for the other.

Illustrates the methodology through a fictional case study, Meridian Telecoms in Amman, which had delivered awareness workshops but built no competence architecture.

Written for ISO 42001 implementation practitioners, internal auditors and HR professionals, producing the audit-ready evidence pack that distinguishes managed AI governance from performed governance.