Occupation Atlastourist guide
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/b476f45f-2c79-44d5-a4d7-fa357aa83074
tourist guide
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.
Job Zone
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- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 3: Medium Preparation Needed
Medium preparation. Vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or an associate degree, with one to two years of training that combines experience and informal instruction.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
SEASocial · Enterprising · Artistic — the three strongest interests, in order
- S Social5.35
- E Enterprising3.64
- A Artistic3.46
- R Realistic3.33
- C Conventional2.85
- I Investigative2.40
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Tour Guides and Escorts (39-7011.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (24)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- assemble visitor supplies
- assist clients with special needs
- build a network of suppliers in tourism
- collect visitor fees
- conduct educational activities
- create solutions to problems
- educate on sustainable tourism
- 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
Optional (34)
- administer tour contract details
- advise on nature conservation
- animal species
- apply foreign languages in tourism
- augmented reality
- demonstrate intercultural competences in hospitality services
- distribute local information materials
- ecotourism
- environmental impact of tourism
- follow ethical code of conduct in tourism
- geographical areas relevant to tourism
- handle customer complaints
- handle personal identifiable information
- identify plants characteristics
- improve customer traveling experiences with augmented reality
- inspire enthusiasm for nature
- local area tourism industry
- maintain incident reporting records
- maintain relationship with suppliers
- maintain relationships with doctors
- measure customer feedback
- natural areas maintenance
- plant species
- promote recreation activities
- promote virtual reality travelling experiences
- provide tourism related information
- read maps
- research visitor tours
- tourism market
- tourism sector policies
- transport visitors
- use e-tourism platforms
- virtual reality
- welcome tour groups
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 24 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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