Job details
- JobBank Id: 44721653
- JobSeekr Id: 395772
- Tour Guide
- Markham, ON
- Part time
- Jacco Tours Inc
- $150.00 to $300.00
- 25 to 40 hours per week
Overview
Languages
English
Education
- College/CEGEP
Experience
Experience an asset
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Asset languages
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
Work site environment
- Outdoors
Work setting
- Outside Canada
- Staff accommodation available
- Staff accommodation provided
- Willing to relocate
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Confirm transportation and accommodation reservations
- Collect administration or entrance fees
- Resolve itinerary and other problems
- Assist clients with check-in procedures for accomodation and/or transportation
- Attend to international border crossings
- Provide information on tipping customs, currency exchange rates, metric conversion and other details
- 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
Credentials
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses
- Local Tour Guide Certification
Experience and specialization
Type of guide
- Escorted group travel guide
Tours focus
- Foreign countries
- Historical sites
- Sightseeing
- Bus tours
- Walking tours
Geographical areas of specialization
- Canada
- Mexico and Central America
- United States
Additional information
Security and safety
- Airport security clearance
- Driver’s validity licence check
- Driving record check (abstract)
Transportation/travel information
- Valid driver’s licence
- Willing to travel
- Willing to travel cross-border
- Willing to travel for extended periods
- Willing to travel regularly
- Travel expenses paid by employer
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Personal suitability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
Benefits
Other benefits
- Free parking available