Becoming A Guide
Scottish Tourist Guides Association
Blue Badge Tourist Guide
Training Course
2010 - 2012
- Do you have a passion for Scotland?
- Can you be an ambassador for Scotland?
- Would you enjoy the freedom and flexibility of being self-employed?
- Can you cope with a demanding part-time University based course over two years, involving considerable self study time?
If you have answered yes to any of these questions
we want to hear from you.
The Scottish Tourist Guides Association, the organisation for Blue Badge Guides in Scotland is inviting applications for the 2010 intake for guide training. Successful completion of this course will qualify participants to guide throughout the whole of Scotland. The 2-year course will involve 27 face-to-face weekend sessions at the University of Edinburgh and two summer schools support is provided by web-based materials.
Preference will be given to candidates who are fluent in a foreign language, especially French, German, Italian and Central and Eastern European languages.
Whilst we welcome applications from all over Scotland and beyond, there is a particular need for guides willing to work in the North-East of Scotland and the Highlands
Interviews will take place from 11th to 14th and 18th January 2010 in Stirling to select candidates for the Introductory Course, which will be held on 13th and 14th March 2010 at the University of Edinburgh. The main training commences on 16th April 2010.
Recruitment is now underway
For an application pack: click here
direct Tel: 0141 334 3170; email info@stga.co.uk; website: www.stga.co.uk
The Scottish Tourist Guides Association is the accrediting body for professional tourist guides in Scotland. However the STGA is not directly involved in training guides
The STGA select the student guides, set the criteria for training courses and approve training providers and trainers The STGA also carry out the final membership accreditation& assessment.
Accreditation of our guides is according to STGA Standards of Performance and profesional Code of Conduct and is benchmarked against the following nationally approved qualifications.
STGA Ordinary Membership BLUE BADGE GUIDE at SCQF level 7 (Higher National Certificate) - an undergraduate university course to become a tourist guide for the whole of Scotland.
STGA Regional Affiliate GREEN BADGE GUIDE at SCQF Level 6, for regional tourist guides within Scotland.
STGA Site Affiliation YELLOW BADGE GUIDE at SCQF Level 5, for fixed route tourist guiding, usually in a site or on a fixed open-top bus route. Yellow Badge Guides are usually employed and trained by tourism companies.
For more information on the specific courses for each category please read the relevant pages on this website.
To request an information pack about our courses, please contact us or call 01786 447784 or email info@stga.co.uk
TRAINER TRAINING
We offer trainer training to qualified tourist guides and hold a list of approved tourist guide trainers.
TRAINING PROVIDERS AND COURSES
For guide training, courses and the trainers must be approved by STGA. The criteria for the accreditation of Course Directors, Tutors and Courses can be obtained from the STGA Office.
STGA approved courses follow best practice in tourist guide training and are compatible with the training guidelines set by the Federation of European Guides and the World Federation of Tourist Guides Associations& as well as& with European Standards for the Training and Qualification of Tourist Guides.