Description
Are you the person who goes out of their way to make someone feel at ease and important? Does the thought of working outdoors, no matter the weather, and doing physical work all day get you excited? If so, a Tour Guide role with Arctic Tours Canada could be the perfect fit.
Responsibilities
- Escort individuals or groups on scheduled northern lights experiences and other activities that we offer.
- Utilize microphones or other communication devices.
- Resolve itinerary and other problems.
- Ensure and monitor guest luggage transfers.
- Develop and deliver commentaries;
- Describe points of interest.
- Confirm transportation and accommodation reservations.
- Co-ordinate guided experiences.
- Attend to hotel, airport and other check-in and check-out procedures.
- Co-ordinate activities with local tour guides or leaders of travel groups.
- Assist guests with special needs.
- Collect administration or entrance fees.
- Assist guest to setup photography equipment
- Conduct guided aurora viewing and photography tours, fishing tours, walking tours, sightseeing of museums, gallery exhibitions and historical sites visits, hiking and other guided experiences that we offer.
- Provide historical and scientific facts about northern lights and sell our northern lights inspired souvenir’s.
- Answer inquiries and provide information
- Ensure safety of all tour participants all the time.
- Ability to guide in English and another language Taiwanese, Chinese, Japanese or Spanish added advantage.
Qualifications
Education
College Diploma
Credentials
(certificates, licenses, memberships, courses, etc.)
- First Aid & CPR Certificate,
- Wildlife Awareness Training,
- Food Safety Handling Certificate,
- Cold Stress Training
Experience
- 2+ years experience in guided tours
- Experience in night photography and Adobe Photoshop editing software
Company Info
Arctic Tours Canada is locally based Yellowknife inbound tour operating company that offers unique northern lights guided tours in English and other languages on request. Some of our famous tours we offer includes; Aurora Hunting Tours in coach buses and vans, Aurora Viewing tours in heated cabins and tents, Yellowknife City Tour, Ice Cave Snowshoeing Adventure, Ice Road Tour, Hands-on-Ice fishing experience, Yellowknife sightseeing helicopter tours, snowmobiling tours, Aboriginal stone carving tours, dog-sledding tours, hiking tours, wildlife buffalo viewing tours, Arctic Ocean packages, Banff tours, Jasper tours and customized group activities packages. All of our guides are first aid certified for emergency response and professionally trained photographers to assist you to take the best memorable northern lights pictures. All our aurora holiday packages includes top rated Yellowknife hotels with meal plan options available in locals restaurants for group bookings on request. Book your Yellowknife aurora holiday with Arctic Tours Canada and experience Yellowknife best aurora viewing spots like a local.