How is a reading traced to what the person did?
When a result says that a person did something, AIRS-J/1 requires the evidence to be in the record, where it can be pointed at.
AIRS-J/1 · CERTIFICATION
When a result says that a person did something, AIRS-J/1 requires the evidence to be in the record, where it can be pointed at.
The short answer
Section 8.8 of the Standard sets the rule: "Every observation must be traceable to identified evidence in the transcript. An observation whose evidence cannot be pointed at does not exist". In plain words, if nobody can point at the evidence, the observation does not exist.
What is recorded?
The transcript retains "the full decision trace: decisions, artifacts, sources consulted, stated rationale, revisions and timings" (Section 8.7).
Keystroke capture, affect inference, video analysis and biometric signals are never scoring inputs (8.7). Self-assessment, survey response, declared experience, training attendance and manager endorsement "generate no observations" (8.2). For a remote sitting commissioned for hiring, screen and camera are also recorded, as integrity evidence and never as a scoring input (9.1, 8.7).
What must each observation carry?
Annex C sets each observation's fields. Among them are the anchor text applied ("Verbatim from Section 7.5") and the transcript evidence ("Direct citation of the candidate's action, artifact or statement"). "An observation missing any field is void."
Is the result a published rule or an opinion?
Rule-based scoring applies published rules to the retained trace: "every level cites the events and the rule that produced it" (Section 11.4). For rule-based scoring, the same transcript always yields the same observations and levels (11.2).
A model-generated score "is not an observation and never stands alone". A qualified human assessor confirms or overrides it (11.4).
What does the candidate see?
The candidate receives the anchors applied and the evidence cited for each observation, whether or not they certify (Section 12.5). They may obtain their own transcript and ask for factual errors to be corrected (14.5).
How is a trace challenged?
A candidate may appeal a certification-status decision or an employment-grade result released to an employer within 30 days. Grounds include "misapplication of an anchor" and "an observation not supported by transcript evidence" (18.5, 18.6).
In an appeal, re-running the rule is not the review. The appeals reviewer looks for a wrongly applied rule or anchor, evidence extracted wrongly, or a technical or procedural failure (18.5).
What this does not claim
- One act does not give a level.
- This page makes no claim that reading it improves anyone's chance of certifying (20.2).
- A reading describes what a person did. The credential is not "a measure of intelligence or personality" (2.1).
Judgment is how well a person decides once AI has given the answer. AIR APAC publishes the standard for judgment in AI-enabled work, certifies people against it through its official instrument, and stands behind every result.