Accredited Tourism Training

THETA Scope (Soft Touch Trading (Pty) Ltd Accreditation No. 613/P/000089/2007

National Skills Programme - Culture Site Guide NQF Level 2 (Theta Code TGD/CulSGd/2/0028

The primary focus of this skills programme is on tourist guiding, specifically with an emphasis on culture guiding in a limited geographical area (i.e. site guide). Secondary focus is tourist guiding is a subfield of the tourism, travel, and hospitality industry. This program will also explain the natural progression along a career path in guiding, emphasizing the need especially for good communication and interpersonal skills.

National Certificate Programme - Tourism: Guiding (Culture) - NQF Level 4 - Course Code / SAQA ID: 20155

The primary focus of this certificate programme is on tourist guiding, specifically with a regional (provincial) emphasis on culture guiding. The secondary focus is tourist guiding is a subfield of the tourism, travel, and hospitality industry. The program therefore covers the requirements to effectively align with, and operate in this industry. These include, inter alia, the skills to effectively operate in a tourism business enterprise, function in the greater ‘team’; and to enhance functionality with essential business, administrative, financial, communication and interpersonal skills.

Understanding SAQA, NQF and Outcomes-based Training

The workshop is designed for participants who need to function within the framework set by SAQA. Participants who will benefit are trainers, training managers, as well as functional managers. Acts such as the Skills Development Act and Skills Development Levies Act will be discussed and the impact thereof on organisations, trainers, and training managers will be elaborated on.

Facilitation Skills for Trainers

The programme is aimed at any person in the field of training who will benefit at skills in facilitation techniques. The workshop is based on one of the NQF unit standards required for ETD Practice. On completion participants will receive a certificate with credits.

Assessor Training

The assessor-training programme is designed for participants who assess or intend to assess candidates against unit standards and/or qualifications. Furthermore participants will be given skills to design and develop assessment instruments and guides based on given source documents, including unit standards.

Moderator Training

In order to qualify for Moderator training the participant must qualify as follows:Have been assessed and certificated against unit standard ASSMT01 – Plan and conduct assessment of learning outcomes. Have competence and experience in his/her field of assessment.

Train the Trainers Programme

The Train the Trainers programme is aimed at giving trainers basic skills in training and programme presentation. It is an NQF outcomes-based programme that will give trainers the foundation of qualifying themselves as Education, Training and Development Practitioners (ETDP). On completion of the programme the learner should be able to:Plan learning programmes, Develop training materials and Facilitate a learning using a variety of methodologies.