From park guide to tourist guide
21 of the 24 essential skills of a tourist guide are already essential for a park guide — about 88% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 21
- skills carry over
- 3
- would be new
- 88%
- of the target job covered
- 24
- essential skills of a tourist guide
What a tourist guide does
Tourist guides assist individuals or groups during travel or sightseeing tours or at places of touristic interest, such as museums, art facilities, monuments and public places. They help people to interpret the cultural and natural heritage of an object, place or area and provide information and guidance in the language of their choice.
What carries over
21 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- assemble visitor supplies
- collect visitor fees
- conduct educational activities
- create solutions to problems
- engage local communities in the management of natural protected areas
- ensure health and safety of visitors
- escort visitors to places of interest
- inform visitors at tour sites
- local geography
- maintain customer service
- manage tourist groups
- monitor visitor tours
- perform clerical duties
- provide visitor information
- register visitors
- select visitor routes
- sightseeing information
- speak different languages
- support local tourism
- train guides
- use different communication channels
What would be new
3 skillsEssential for a tourist guide and not for a park guide. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
Other moves from park guide
2 roles- mountain guide22 skills in common
- tour organiser10 skills in common
No account needed to start
How far are you from being a tourist guide?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.