Tour Guide
Key Responsibilities
- Organise transport where required, ensuring tourists are collected and dropped off on time at the correct location
- Meet visitors and make introductions, ensuring guests attend the correct tour
- Lead tour groups and potentially drive coaches
- Advise tourists of local places of interest
- Prepare and present tour commentaries on suitable sites, attractions or monuments
- Maintain contact with transportation companies
- Coordinate tour activities such as visits to local attractions, restaurants or shops, train rides, cruises, extended tours, white water rafting, bushwalking and mountaineering
- Research local area, ensuring knowledge is always current
- Attend to operational problems such as booking errors and amendments, lost luggage or illness
- Provide first aid if needed
- Maintain written reports of daily activities and carry out other administrative work
Snapshot
Growth: Moderate to Strong
Education Pathways: SIT30116 Certificate III in Tourism
SIT30316 Certificate III in Guiding
SIT40116 Certificate IV in Guiding
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Sea Kayaking Guide| Bushwalking Guide | Raft Guide |Cave Guide | Cycle Tour Guide
Mountain Bike Guide | 4WD Guide