Occupation Atlaspark guide
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/26105840-8abb-4f91-a888-1211cb798b0b
park guide
Park guides assist visitors, interpret cultural and natural heritage and provide information and guidance to tourists in parks such as wildlife, amusement and nature parks.
Job Zone
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
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
SRISocial · Realistic · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- S Social4.87
- R Realistic4.38
- I Investigative4.24
- A Artistic3.74
- E Enterprising3.46
- C Conventional3.43
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 Park Naturalists (19-1031.03): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (33)
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.
- administer tour contract details
- 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
- follow ethical code of conduct in tourism
- geographical areas relevant to tourism
- handle personal identifiable information
- handle veterinary emergencies
- inform visitors at tour sites
- local area tourism industry
- local geography
- maintain customer service
- maintain relationship with suppliers
- manage conservation of natural and cultural heritage
- manage health and safety standards
- manage tourist groups
- monitor visitor tours
- perform clerical duties
- provide tourism related information
- provide visitor information
- read maps
- register visitors
- select visitor routes
- sightseeing information
- speak different languages
- support local tourism
- train guides
- use different communication channels
- welcome tour groups
Optional (20)
- advise on nature conservation
- animal species
- apply foreign languages in tourism
- assist clients with special needs
- demonstrate intercultural competences in hospitality services
- distribute local information materials
- environmental impact of tourism
- handle customer complaints
- identify plants characteristics
- inspire enthusiasm for nature
- maintain incident reporting records
- maintain relationships with doctors
- measure customer feedback
- monitor nature conservation
- natural areas maintenance
- plan measures to safeguard cultural heritage
- plan measures to safeguard natural protected areas
- plant species
- promote recreation activities
- tourism market
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 33 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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