Certificate IV in Guiding

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Average Course Fee: $6400

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Average Course Duration: 6 Months

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Description

This qualification reflects the role of individuals who use a broad range of specialist guiding skills combined with a substantial depth of subject matter knowledge to deliver tours. They operate independently or with limited guidance from others and use discretion to solve non-routine problems.

This qualification provides a pathway to work as a guide in many tourism industry sectors. Guides at this level usually conduct tours that involve multiple products, services and sites involving the management of tour logistics. They are employed or contracted by inbound tour operators, outbound tour wholesalers, local tour operators, or they may be owner-operators of small tourism or travel businesses.

Possible job titles include:

  • cultural guide
  • heritage guide
  • interpretive guide
  • nature-based guide
  • tour director
  • tour guide
  • tour manager
  • walking guide.

    • No occupational licensing, certification or specific legislative requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication.

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    Student Outcomes

    Students who graduate from VET courses are surveyed approximately 6 months after they have completed their training. For more information on the statistics provided in this section, including the different levels (course, field of education, all fields of education) of data available please select the Learn more button below.

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    Satisfied with Training

    Percentage of graduates of this course who were satisfied with the training.

    Improved Work Status

    Percentage of graduates in the Management and Commerce field who started/expanded a business or who have a new job, more highly skilled work, a promotion or higher pay (Certificate IV).

    Salary

    The middle of the range of salaries earned by graduates in the Management and Commerce field starting their first ever full-time job after graduating (Certificate IV).

    Jobs

    Graduates of the Management and Commerce field (Certificate IV) are most often employed as:

    Clerical and Administrative Workers

    29.9%

    Clerical and Administrative Workers
    Managers

    17.8%

    Managers
    Professionals

    17.6%

    Professionals

    Industries

    Graduates of the Management and Commerce field (Certificate IV) are most often employed in:

    Financial and insurance services

    10.7%

    Financial and insurance services
    Administrative and support services

    9.4%

    Administrative and support services
    Rental hiring and real estate services

    9.2%

    Rental hiring and real estate services

    All statistics are supplied by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research.

    Financial Assistance

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    There are programs for all kinds of students; apprentices and trainees, new job starters, those re-entering the workforce, retraining for a new job or upgrading their skills for an existing job.

     


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    Subsidised Training

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    VET Student Loans

    Certain courses are eligible for a VET Student Loan from the Australian Government to assist students with paying tuition fees. The initial debt amount (including the loan fee, if applicable) plus indexation must be paid back once the loan recipient starts earning over a certain amount. The compulsory repayment threshold for the 2019-20 income year is $45,881.

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    Career Information

    Career development is the ongoing process of managing your life, learning and work. It involves developing the skills and knowledge that enable you to plan and make informed decisions about your education, training and career choices.


    Tourism, Travel and Hospitality Career Pathway

    Certificate IV in Guiding is in the Management and Commerce Field of Education. For more information about this kind of career, you can explore Tourism, Travel and Hospitality.


    Stream

    Tour Guiding

    Certificate II

    Certificate III

    Certificate IV

    Diploma

    Advanced Diploma

    Stream

    General Hospitality
    Cookery & Catering
    Asian Cookery
    Patisserie
    Accommodation
    Gaming
    Tourism Operations
    Travel Bookings
    Holiday Parks & Resorts
    Events

    Certificate II

    Certificate III

    Certificate IV

    Diploma

    Advanced Diploma

    Note: Information provided as a guide only. Chart developed by the Australian Apprenticeships & Traineeships Information Service (aapathways.com.au). Information in this chart may be reproduced with acknowledgement of its source: "The Australian Apprenticeships & Traineeships Information Service (aapathways.com.au/jpc) funded by the Australian Government Department of Education and Training".



    Apprenticeships and Traineeships


    Australian Apprenticeships can provide a pathway to a career change for people looking to re-enter the workforce and for people who are currently working. Australian Apprenticeships combine work with training in a national recognised qualification.

    This qualification is available as an Australian Apprenticeship or Traineeship in the state and territories coloured in blue on the map.

     


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    First released in: SIT Tourism, Travel and Hospitality Training Package

    Supersedes: SIT40112 Certificate IV in Guiding

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