tourist guidetohost/hostess
A tourist guide already meets 57% of what the host/hostess role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
57%
45.9/ 100
1 Share of the host/hostess role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the tourist guide profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A host/hostess role treats 10 of its required skills as things a tourist guide already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- assist clients with special needs
- demonstrate intercultural competences in hospitality services
- distribute local information materials
- escort visitors to places of interest
- handle personal identifiable information
- maintain customer service
What stands in the way is 7 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 14 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A host/hostess role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a tourist guide background worth leading with.
- already held escort visitors to places of interest assisting and caring
- already held manage tourist groups assisting and caring
- already held provide visitor information assisting and caring
- already held welcome tour groups assisting and caring
- already held demonstrate intercultural competences in hospitality services communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held apply foreign languages in tourism communication, collaboration and creativity
All 14 carried skills, including the 10 the host/hostess role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 12 missing skills fall into 3 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held inform tourist groups on logistical times required
- required, not held identify customer's needs required
- required, not held maintain relationship with customers required
- required, not held promote the use of sustainable transport required
- required, not held communicate verbal instructions required
- required, not held answer incoming calls required
- required, not held greet guests required
- optional, not held answer questions about the train transport service optional
- optional, not held assist passengers optional
- optional, not held be friendly to passengers optional
- optional, not held check tickets at venue entry optional
- optional, not held handle guest luggage optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a host/hostess role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 inform tourist groups on logistical times skill · occupation specific
- 02 identify customer's needs skill · sector specific
- 03 maintain relationship with customers skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 14 skills that carry over
- already held assist clients with special needs skill
- already held demonstrate intercultural competences in hospitality services skill
- already held distribute local information materials skill
- already held escort visitors to places of interest skill
- already held handle personal identifiable information skill
- already held maintain customer service skill
- already held manage tourist groups skill
- already held provide tourism related information skill
- already held provide visitor information skill
- already held welcome tour groups skill
- already held apply foreign languages in tourism skill
- already held create solutions to problems skill
- already held handle customer complaints skill
- already held speak different languages skill
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held answer questions about the train transport service optional
- optional, not held assist passengers optional
- optional, not held be friendly to passengers optional
- optional, not held check tickets at venue entry optional
- optional, not held handle guest luggage optional
44 held skills the host/hostess role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role administer tour contract details skill
- not needed by the target role advise on nature conservation skill
- not needed by the target role animal species knowledge
- not needed by the target role assemble visitor supplies skill
- not needed by the target role augmented reality knowledge
- not needed by the target role build a network of suppliers in tourism skill
- not needed by the target role collect visitor fees skill
- not needed by the target role conduct educational activities skill
- not needed by the target role ecotourism knowledge
- not needed by the target role educate on sustainable tourism skill
- not needed by the target role engage local communities in the management of natural protected areas skill
- not needed by the target role ensure health and safety of visitors skill
- not needed by the target role environmental impact of tourism knowledge
- not needed by the target role follow ethical code of conduct in tourism skill
- not needed by the target role geographical areas relevant to tourism knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify plants characteristics skill
- not needed by the target role improve customer traveling experiences with augmented reality skill
- not needed by the target role inform visitors at tour sites skill
- not needed by the target role inspire enthusiasm for nature skill
- not needed by the target role local area tourism industry knowledge
- not needed by the target role local geography knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain incident reporting records skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relationship with suppliers skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relationships with doctors skill
- not needed by the target role measure customer feedback skill
- not needed by the target role monitor visitor tours skill
- not needed by the target role natural areas maintenance knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform clerical duties skill
- not needed by the target role plant species knowledge
- not needed by the target role promote recreation activities skill
- not needed by the target role promote virtual reality travelling experiences skill
- not needed by the target role read maps skill
- not needed by the target role register visitors skill
- not needed by the target role research visitor tours skill
- not needed by the target role select visitor routes skill
- not needed by the target role sightseeing information knowledge
- not needed by the target role support local tourism skill
- not needed by the target role tourism market knowledge
- not needed by the target role tourism sector policies knowledge
- not needed by the target role train guides skill
4 further entries not listed here
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.