Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Certification

The Microsoft Office Specialist certification program is the only comprehensive, performance-based certification program approved by Microsoft to validate desktop computer skills in these Microsoft Office desktop productivity programs:

• Microsoft Office Word - see available classes in Word Processing
• Microsoft Office Excel - see available classes in Spreadsheets
• Microsoft Office Outlook - see available classes in Communication and Organization
• Microsoft Office PowerPoint - see available classes in Presentations
• Microsoft Office Access - see available classes in Databases
• Microsoft Office Project - see available classes in Project Management

The Microsoft Office Specialist certification program provides computer program literacy, measures proficiency, and identifies opportunities for enhancement of skills. Successful candidates receive a Microsoft Office Specialist certification credential that sets them apart from their peers in the competitive job market.

The certificate is a valuable credential that is recognized worldwide as proof that an individual has the desktop computing skills needed to work productively and efficiently. By encouraging individuals to develop advanced skills with Microsoft business desktop software programs, the Microsoft Office Specialist certification program is helping to fill the demand for qualified, knowledgeable people in the workplace. Microsoft Office Specialist certification also helps satisfy an organization's need for a qualitative assessment of employee skills.

The Microsoft Office Specialist certification program offers four levels of certification: Specialist, Expert, Master and Master Instructor.

• Learn more about Microsoft Office Specialist, Expert and Master certification requirements
• Learn more about Microsoft Office Specialist Master Instructors

Florida Community College at Jacksonville not only prepares you for taking the MOS certification test(s). We offer certification testing at our Urban Resource Center Testing and Assessment offices.

If you have questions, contact us at gethridg@fccj.edu or call 904.632.5059.