Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a park guide can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a park guide already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

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.

Also known as park ranger, countryside ranger, countryside manager, heritage centre worker, area ranger, wildlife centre guide, visitors centre guide, national park guide, national trail officer, park interpretation officer, ranger, visitors centre worker.

Service and sales workers 53 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: mountain guide, 76%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
mountain guide 76% covered host/hostess 57% covered tour organiser 45% covered hotel concierge 36% covered tour operator representative 36% covered park guide You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from park guide, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a park guide already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A park guide needs 33 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • monitor visitor tours information skills
  • administer tour contract details information skills
  • assemble visitor supplies handling and moving
  • collect visitor fees management skills
  • inform visitors at tour sites management skills
  • select visitor routes management skills
  • sightseeing information services
  • train guides communication, collaboration and creativity
  • register visitors information skills
  • escort visitors to places of interest assisting and caring
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a park guide does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Park guide is filed under Service and sales workers, ISCO major group 5. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a park guide’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.