Tour Guides and Escorts

Escort individuals or groups on sightseeing tours or through places of interest, such as industrial establishments, public buildings, and art galleries.

Job Task

• Collect fees and tickets from group members.
• Describe tour points of interest to group members, and respond to questions.
• Distribute brochures, show audiovisual presentations, and explain establishment processes and operations at tour sites.
• Escort individuals or groups on cruises, sightseeing tours, or through places of interest such as industrial establishments, public buildings, and art galleries.
• Greet and register visitors, and issue any required identification badges and/or safety devices.
• Monitor visitors' activities in order to ensure compliance with establishment or tour regulations and safety practices.
• Plan rest stops and meals, preparing meals or teaching clients how to prepare meals on such trips as hunting expeditions.
• Provide directions and other pertinent information to visitors.
• Select travel routes and sites to be visited based on knowledge of specific areas.
• Carry equipment and luggage for visitors, and provide errand service.
• Conduct educational activities for school children.
• Drive motor vehicles in order to transport visitors to establishments and tour site locations.
• Perform clerical duties such as filing, typing, operating switchboards, and routing mail and messages.
• Plan and conduct itineraries and activities on specialized trips such as mountain expeditions, rafting trips, hunting trips, fishing trips, photo safaris, nature study expeditions, and trail rides.
• Provide for physical safety of groups, performing such activities as providing first aid and directing emergency evacuations.
• Provide information about wildlife varieties and habitats, as well as any relevant regulations, such as those pertaining to hunting and fishing.
• Research environmental conditions and clients' skill and ability levels in order to plan expeditions, instruction, and commentary that are appropriate.
• Secure any equipment required by a specific type of expedition, such as camping or climbing equipment.
• Solicit tour patronage and sell souvenirs.
• Teach skills, such as proper climbing methods, and demonstrate and advise on the use of equipment.
• Select and care for any animals required on an expedition, such as horses or dogs.
• Set up camp on overnight outdoors expeditions, and prepare base camps for longer expeditions.
• Speak foreign languages in order to communicate with foreign visitors.
• Arrange for the transportation of clients, equipment, and supplies, using horses, land vehicles, motorboats, and/or airplanes.
• Assemble and check the required supplies and equipment prior to departure.

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