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Quest for Knowledge
Quest Staffing Solutions is proud to support the people of South Africa and Lead SA by joining the national effort of all citizens to “stand-up, improve, and prosper”.  To this end, we have crafted Quest for Knowledge, an e-learning tutorial on Microsoft Office Suite, the most frequently deployed business software internationally.

What is Quest for Knowledge?

Quest offers online access to MS Office tutorials and assessments.
There are only three prerequisites for participation:
1) Internet access;
2) an email address;
3) an id or passport number for assessment retrieval.

How is the tutorial accessed?

Candidates can access the Quest for Knowledge on the Quest candidate website. Candidates send an email to Quest asking for access to the tutorials. Quest’s reply email gives candidates login details with a password to start the tutorial. The tutorial is accessed online and on-demand.

What happens next?

The candidate completes the tutorial module and then emails a request for assessment.

What happens if the candidate does not pass? Candidates who don’t pass the assessment may retake the tutorial module.
What happens if the candidate passes? Candidates may request access to a higher level tutorial in the same programme, or they may choose to select tutorials in a different software programme in the MS Office suite.

What are the benefits?

The benefits of Quest for Knowledge include:
  • Candidates raise their employability by increasing their technology skills.  
  • Candidates are provided a score that may be used as proof of competence.
  • Candidates develop a record of training that Quest may use to match individuals to employment opportunities.
  • South Africa gains a more technoloically competent workforce.
Anyone living in SA is eligible to participate by sending an email to knowledge@quest.co.za. The email must request training in one of the MS Office software programs and indicate the candidate’s current level of proficiency in the software requested.

Applications

Quest for Knowledge offers tutorials on the following Microsoft Office applications:
  • Access 2003
  • Access 2007
  • Excel 2003
  • Excel 2007
  • Internet Explorer 5
  • Internet Explorer 6.0
  • Outlook 2003
  • Outlook 2007
  • PowerPoint 2003
  • PowerPoint 2007
  • Word 2003
  • Word 2007