tour guide

Arctic Tours Canada
Yellowknife, NT, CA
$17 an hour
Full-time
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  • Durée de l'emploi : Saisonnier
  • Langue de travail : Anglais
  • Heures de travail : 30 to 40 hours per week
  • Education :
  • Expérience :

Education

No degree, certificate or diploma

Asset languages

  • Mandarin
  • Japanese
  • Spanish; Castilian

Work site environment

  • Outdoors
  • In / on water

Work setting

  • Urban area
  • Remote location
  • Various locations
  • Staff accommodation available

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

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses

  • Local Tour Guide Certification
  • First Aid Certificate
  • CPR Certificate

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

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

Screening questions

  • Are you available for the advertised start date?
  • Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
  • Are you willing to relocate for this position?
  • Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
  • What is the highest level of study you have completed?

Experience

7 months to less than 1 year

Workplace information

On the road job

Financial benefits

  • Bonus
  • Gratuities

Other benefits

  • Learning / training paid by employer
  • 10 days ago
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