As a Tour Guide What Practical Training Do I Need?
Useful Experience
Useful experience for tour guides includes:
- Work in the tourism and hospitality industries
- Work involving contact with the public
- Public speaking
- First aid training
- Travel experience
- Experience dealing with people from other cultures.
Other Attributes that Help to Make a Great Guide
Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
History and Archeology — Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.
English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Public Safety and Security — Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
Training on the Job
Skills such as first aid, basic team rescue, fire-fighting and cultural etiquette may be learned on the job.
