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27 Mar 2017 Being an outdoor or tour guide can be a tough industry to enter, especially with the never-ending spectrum of technical gear and knowledge that comes with being in the outdoors. These positions will come with full safety and adventure training, allowing for new skills and the ability to start from scratch. 22 Jan 2013 I sat down and chatted with Carrie Fitchett, a sought-after tour director working with Educational Travel Adventures, about what to know if you're thinking about pursuing her line of work. “When I researched jobs that said 'TRAVEL FOR A LIVING!,' they were all things where people go, stay in the hotel, drink There are entry level positions available and by gaining experience you can build your skills and get a better sense of your ideal adventure career path. Learn more about the national standards of being an outdoor adventure guide through emerit, and visit the go2HR Job Board, Training Directory, and career profile for 2 Apr 2013 Do you want to be an adventure travel guide? This article will help you sort out the realities and decide if it something you want to pursue. The following pages describe and provide examples to illustrate each of these core competencies. These competencies align with and expand on ISO 21101 and TR 21102 which defines the role of an adventure travel guide as follows: “The role of the leader, regardless of the adventure tourism activity being undertaken, 2 Feb 2013 Before we get started with this month-by-month regimen, let's review a few helpful hints: First and foremost, if you want to be in charge of a group in the backcountry, you better have the hard skills to back you up. Hard skills are starting a fire, pitching a tarp, packing a backpack, etc. Don't forget, employers Nothing can replace experience on an outdoor adventure guide's resume. For example, if you're applying to a whitewater rafting leadership position, you had better have a decent list of personal trips to prove that you have the fundamental skills necessary to be a whitewater rafting guide. This rule of thumb applies to any 24 Nov 2015 Being an adventure guide gets you in really great shape. Really amazingly great shape. I stopped rafting over five years ago, and I haven't really done that much exercise since then. I'm 44 years old and people ask me how much I work out. I never work out, but fifteen years of pushing a raft down a river Guides have to be experts on the natural and human history of their corner of the world. Cook: Yep, our guides cook. A lot. Don't worry, we'll teach you. Hike, bike, backpack, raft, kayak: We look for guides who are adept in outdoor adventure sports, but most importantly people who simply love to get out there and learn! When speaking to former tour guides and tour directors who are in charge of hiring new guides, they consider the most important factor above all others, to be the ability to get on well with people. One tour manager pointed out: “You can't do this job if you don't like people. You have to love and care about people, enjoy their