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Tour Guiding
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- A tour guide is a person who leads groups of people around a town, museum, or other tourist venue. The tour guide provides a commentary on the features and history of the location, the tours can be from as little as 10-15 minutes to extended periods over many days. Considerable importance is placed on the guide's knowledge of local stories, history and culture depending on the location of the tour." Wikipedia:Tour Guide August 2007
This is a course for learning or refreshing yourself with the skills and duties involved in tour guiding for a tourism organisation. Below are the areas available for study. Each area has a range of learning objectives with a variety of learning activities and web resources. If you find a good resource please add it to the resources listed in each area. If you have an idea for a new activity please add it to the activities list for the unit. Feedback for this course is welcome on the discussion page.
This course is used in the following programme
Learning Support
The following services are available for offering learning and assessment for this course:
- Otago Polytechnic offers learning support and assessment services through the Tour Guiding course weblog.
- Course schedule - a time table for when the next course will start and the periods in which the study will be supported by teachers and learning facilitators.
Units
Below are the areas under development for this course. Each contain resources and activities to compliment the objectives for assessment. Some are still in very early stages of development.
Prepare and implement an interpretation plan
People credited with this unit are able to: describe the principles of interpretation; describe and compare personal and non personal interpretation. This also incorporates a local course looking at preparing and implementing an interpretation plan for New Zealand attractions, activities and events (focused on our local region)
Manage health and safety and first aid in an emergency situation
Through this unit people will be able to demonstrate knowledge of risk management theory; explain the health and safety roles and responsibilities of an individual working in a tourism organisation; demonstrate knowledge of the health and safety policies and procedures of a tourism organisation; and identify, record in writing, and take action on potential risks and hazards in a tourism activity.
Demonstrate leadership skills in a tourism context
In this unit you will learn how to describe a range of leadership styles, and identify leadership styles for specified tourism contexts; and demonstrate interpersonal skills when leading in a group situation.
Prepare and serve a hot and cold non-alcoholic beverage
In this unit you will learn how to prepare for service hot and cold non-alcoholic drinks, and serve hot and cold non-alcoholic drinks in a commercial environment.
Demonstrate basic food handling skills
In this unit you will learn how to maintain effective personal hygiene when working with food as per establishment requirements; Prevent cross contamination in a food business; measure, record, and act on temperature of high risk food.
Demonstrate an introductory knowledge of the New Zealand native flora and fauna and key geological process
In this local course you will have an introduction to New Zealand's unique geology, climatic zones, wildlife, plants and trees.
Communication technology in Tour Guiding
Equipment used to communicate in the tourism and particulary tour guiding area.
Administration
Below is a page generator that will initiate templates for a new Learning Objective and its two sub pages called Resources and Activities. Please type the title of your learning objective in the box below
