Job details
- JobBank Id: 42465738
- JobSeekr Id: 316010
- Tour Guide
- Yellowknife, NT
- Full time
- Arctic Tours Canada
- $17.00
- 30 to 40 hours per week
Overview
Languages
English
Education
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No degree, certificate or diploma
Experience
7 months to less than 1 year
On the road
Work locations may vary. Frequent or constant travel is required from the employee.
Asset languages
- Mandarin
- Japanese
- Spanish
Work site environment
- Outdoors
- In/on water
Work setting
- Urban area
- Remote location
- Various locations
- Staff accommodation available
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Deliver commentaries
- Drive sightseeing or tour vehicle
- Confirm transportation and accommodation reservations
- Co-ordinate recreation activities
- Describe points of interest, answer questions and supply information
- Resolve itinerary and other problems
- Ensure and monitor luggage transfers
- Assist clients with check-in procedures for accomodation and/or transportation
- Utilize microphones or other communication device to provide directions and other pertinent information to visitors
- Co-ordinate activities with local tour guides or leaders of performance groups
- Provide information on tipping customs, currency exchange rates, metric conversion and other details
- Sell souvenirs
- Assist clients/guests with special needs
- Conduct guided tours of museums, gallery exhibitions and historical, heritage and other sites, answer inquiries and provide information
- Transport or escort individuals or groups on tours of cities, waterways and industrial and other establishments
- Transform digitized images using retouching systems, graphic palettes or specialized software
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Local Tour Guide Certification
- First Aid Certificate
- CPR Certificate
Experience and specialization
Type of guide
- Step-on local guide
- Meet and greet local guide
- On-site local guide
- Driver-guide, local
- Walking tour guide
Tours focus
- Historical sites
- Sightseeing
- Boat tours
- Bus tours
- Walking tours
Number of tours guided
- 1 – 4 tours
Additional information
Transportation/travel information
- Valid driver’s licence
- Willing to travel
- Vehicle supplied by employer
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
Personal suitability
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
Benefits
Financial benefits
- Bonus
- Gratuities
Other benefits
- Learning/training paid by employer