Field Guide Skills Programme

The programme consists of the following unit standards: 8840 – Conduct a guided nature experience in a limited geographical area 8478 – Create a guided experience for customers Identify major living and non-living features of the natural environment in which he/she operates and interpret them at an observation level. Create and conduct a local guided tourist experience, based on local natural and cultural resources, that entertains and informs visitors. Practice as a tourist guide in a local area, as envisaged in the Tourism Amendment Act. A cathsseta certificate will allow the individual to register as a legal field guide with the National Department of Tourism.

It is assumed that a learner entering this qualification will be competent in (*these courses can, however, be taken concurrently with the anti-poaching course if no prior learning is in place):  

• Communication and Mathematical Literacy at NQF Level 1