The course will cover:
16 excursions, four in each of the four focus areas, combined with expert led reflection workshops to learn and improve from the experience.
Communication Skills- How to get your customers attention, and keep it! You will also learn how to give your customer confidence in your ability as a guide, how to inspire your entire tour and the importance of language.
The Customer Experience- it’s all about the customer- What works for them and, as importantly, what doesn’t work for them. How to understand and work with different ‘customer’ types.
The Knowledge. Guiding is knowledge driven and this knowledge has to be well organised. The course will be focused on Tenerife- History, Nature, Culture, Folklore and lots of gossip. The process of organising knowledge can be applied to any setting/background.
An overview of guiding work around the world, using case studies as examples, and how to best apply them. This will include a wide range of great contacts for you to use in your future career. You will also cover what potential employers are looking for, or how to kickstart your own career and be your own boss.
How to be a Global Ambassador. As a nature guide you have a unique and powerful position to influence a large range of people around the world. We believe in encouraging people to be Global Citizens and to live ethically; it's a huge part of our overall mission as a foundation. Therefore it is integral to all of the courses that we run. Through workshops and seminars we will cover a broad range of topics around the theme of global citizenship with the overall message that we can’t do everything, but we can all do something, and if we all do something everything gets done.
The course will be delivered in Tenerife. There will be additional two week ‘masterclasses’ where modules will be available in both Tenerife and Sri Lanka (coming soon).
These modules include:
Whale Watching
Star Gazing
Trekking
Birds & Flora
Jungles (Sri Lanka only),
Elephants & Big Cats (Sri Lanka only).
Students, young professionals, older wildlife and nature lovers, people looking for a career change.
Why should I choose this course?
All of our courses are run and accredited by experts. This is to ensure you receive the best possible education and have the best chance at securing your dream job in the future. Our commitment to this means that we will always provide the best quality experience and training possible. Our accredited courses are run by experts in their specific field, giving you access to the best possible training on the market and assuring the quality of every course we deliver.
Included in your course is the following:
Shared accommodation. Think cosy, comfortable and communal rather than a 5 star hotel. A €100 course discount is available if you would prefer to arrange your own accommodation. We can also provide camping/hostel options if you need to reduce the prices further.
Food (for full priced shared accommodation guests only): Half Board / Breakfast and Dinner included.
Transport: All transport within Tenerife during the course. Please note: This does NOT include airport transfers.
Equipment: All equitment is provided to successfully complete the course.
Courses 1 week or more includes at least 2 trips on the water in our Conservation Research Vessel
Mentorship: Each course participant will receive one on one mentorship as well as being involved in group learning. This is in addition to practical workshops. The mentorship doesn't end there; individuals will have access to mentors to further their understanding and knowledge on an ongoing basis. Participation in the course automatically joins you as part of our Global Citizenship network where you will have access to; newsletters, communication with the organisation, with the option to keep in touch with mentors.
Experiential learning programme: We believe the best way to learn is to get out there and do it for yourself. All of our courses have a strong experiential learning focus, meaning that you will receive hands on learning in the field alongside all the essential theoretical knowledge.
Essential daily reflection meetings, to build the information into your learning process. Reflection of the experience and learning from that day is the heart of experiential learning.
Global Citizenship Resource Centre: Access to our worlds first resource library to learn and help you to open your eyes to the world and see how you can be part of the conservation change we are trying to create.
Certificate of Completion: This is not an ‘attend-and-pass course,’ candidates will have to successfully pass an end of course examination to receive the qualification. There are three levels of certificate of completion; Pass, Merit or Distinction. For the PADI and RYA courses, you will also receive your respective accredited certificates.
Transferable skills to put on your CV broadening your career prospects; team work, clear communication, time management, wider reading, broader knowledge, practical application, experience working in another country with people from different cultures.
On successful completion of the course and dependent on the quality of participation, we are happy to provide a professional reference for any future job application.
Participating in the course means you are joining a wide network of people in your given field.
Global Citizenship Voucher: Each participant will receive a symbolic €50 voucher to donate towards whichever of our three focus areas they deem most suitable; climate change, plastic pollution, community action.
Career Pathways Session: Our team will help you to outline further career pathways you can take as your next steps after the course.
FREE workshop on working in marine conservation around the world.
There are no prerequisites or prior qualifications needed to complete this course. We only want to work with enthusiastic individuals and people with great positive attitudes. We work with small groups so that we can work at different levels of ability, with tailored learning and mentorship to suit all abilities and previous experience
This 4 week course: ONLY €1195 including accommodation & food.
or
€835 for the COURSE ONLY (provide your own food and accommodation)
Discounts are available for groups, families and course bundles, please contact us here for more information on pricing and discounts.
In Partnership with The Fair Earth Foundation
Additional Info
Course Structure
Duration: This four week course is designed to make you employable. It combines theory, knowledge and expert mentoring along with real experience.
4 Themes that make up this course:
Whale & Dolphin watching
Trekking (Flora/Birds)
Stargazing
Gastronomy
In each area there will be four practical sessions, leading groups of ‘tourists’ on excursions with workshop sessions following each excursion to learn from the experience.
At the end of the course you will be confident of yourself, experienced, and highly employable or, if preferred, better equipped to start yourself up in your own business.
Subject to change