MLA-C01 Resources — Official Links, Docs & High-Value References

Official AWS certification pages

• AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer — Associate (MLA-C01): https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certified-machine-learning-engineer-associate/
• MLA-C01 Exam Guide (PDF): https://d1.awsstatic.com/onedam/marketing-channels/website/aws/en_US/certification/approved/pdfs/docs-machine-learning-engineer-associate/AWS-Certified-Machine-Learning-Engineer-Associate_Exam-Guide.pdf
• AWS Skill Builder exam prep plan: https://skillbuilder.aws/exam-prep/machine-learning-engineer-associate
• Pearson VUE (exam delivery and scheduling): https://www.pearsonvue.com/aws/

Core AWS services and docs (high value)

• Amazon SageMaker (docs): https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sagemaker/
• SageMaker Feature Store: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sagemaker/latest/dg/feature-store.html
• SageMaker Model Registry: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sagemaker/latest/dg/model-registry.html
• SageMaker Model Monitor: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sagemaker/latest/dg/model-monitor.html
• SageMaker Clarify: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sagemaker/latest/dg/clarify-fairness-and-explainability.html
• SageMaker Pipelines: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sagemaker/latest/dg/pipelines.html
• SageMaker Neo: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sagemaker/latest/dg/neo.html
• SageMaker Inference Recommender: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sagemaker/latest/dg/inference-recommender.html

Well-Architected guidance (ML-specific)

• AWS Well-Architected Machine Learning Lens: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/wellarchitected/latest/machine-learning-lens/

Data prep and analytics

• AWS Glue: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/glue/
• AWS Glue DataBrew: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/databrew/
• Amazon EMR (Spark): https://docs.aws.amazon.com/emr/
• Amazon S3: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/s3/

Monitoring, auditing, and cost management

• Amazon CloudWatch: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/
• AWS CloudTrail: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/awscloudtrail/
• AWS Cost Explorer: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cost-management/latest/userguide/ce-what-is.html
• AWS Budgets: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cost-management/latest/userguide/budgets-managing-costs.html

Security fundamentals

• AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM): https://docs.aws.amazon.com/iam/
• AWS Key Management Service (KMS): https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kms/
• Amazon VPC: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/

How to use these resources effectively

Use the Syllabus as your checklist, then use docs to fill in gaps on:

• Service selection trade-offs (endpoint types, orchestration choices, ETL tools)
• Operational patterns (CI/CD, monitoring, drift, rollout/rollback)
• Security and governance (least privilege, encryption, audit trails)

If you want a structured path, start with the Study Plan.