About this role
Tour Guides escort visitors on sightseeing, educational and other tours, and describe and explain points of interest.
What you might do day-to-day in this job
Typical tasks for a Tour Guide include:
- meets and greets visitors
- controls visitors' access to exhibits
- plans and rearranges schedules and itineraries
- plans, organises and conducts tours
- arranges transportation and accommodation for visitors following planned itineraries
- arranges entry to places of interest
- answers questions, provides commentaries, issues brochures and tour literature, shows audio-visual presentations, and explains components and procedures at tour sites
- may assist with installing and dismantling exhibits.
Courses that can lead to a career as a Tour Guide
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Certificate III in Tourism
SIT30125
- Traineeship
- On-the-job training
- 2 years
- Cost varies
- Financial help available
- No entry requirements
- Partially online
- Part-time may be available
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- Traineeship
- On-the-job training
- 18 months
- Cost varies
- Financial help available
- No entry requirements
- Partially online
- Part-time may be available
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- Traineeship
- On-the-job training
- 2 years
- Cost varies
- Has entry requirements
- Partially online
- Part-time may be available