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Excel Associate

Microsoft Office Specialist: Excel Associate (Office 2019)

This pathway gives learners the spreadsheet confidence required to work with data, formulas, tables, charts, and structured workbooks. It supports practical workplace readiness by helping learners organise information, perform calculations, and present data clearly.

Duration
6 weeks
Schedule
Saturday mornings, 09:00 to 13:30
Investment
R5,950 excl. VAT
Format
Facilitated certification preparation

Executive Summary

Data Handling and Spreadsheet Confidence

This pathway gives learners the spreadsheet confidence required to work with data, formulas, tables, charts, and structured workbooks. It supports practical workplace readiness by helping learners organise information, perform calculations, and present data clearly.

Learner Outcomes

What Learners Will Build.

  • Create and manage worksheets, workbooks, cells, ranges, tables, formulas, functions, charts, and objects.
  • Apply Excel to practical outputs such as budgets, financial statements, performance charts, invoices, and data-entry logs.
  • Strengthen data confidence for office, study, entrepreneurship, and early career environments.
  • Prepare for a Microsoft Office Specialist credential that validates practical Excel capability.

Credential Alignment

Based on Microsoft Learn.

  • Microsoft positions the Excel Associate credential as proof that learners can apply the main features of Excel 2019.
  • The exam is assessed across worksheets and workbooks, data cells and ranges, tables, formulas and functions, and charts.