Train the Trainer with HOT
The Train the Trainer course starts with Hands-On Tourist Guide Training (HOT), so future trainers learn by observing their own trainers.
Who is this course for?
The course is designed for active tourist guides who would like to become trainers, or tourist guide trainers who would like to improve their training skills and gain WFTGA accreditation to train tourist guides in their own country.
Why it starts with HOT
- Analyse the required guiding skills
- Break down complex skill sets in order to train and assess them
- Learn by observing their trainers during the HOT course
Course content will include
Practical guiding and training skills
- Role of WFTGA and WFTGA Trainers
- The two-day Communication Seminar, including presentation of modules by trainee trainers, self and partner evaluation, video sessions and feedback
- Coaching skills
- Practical training skills: tutoring on a walk, in a museum or site, and on a coach
- Feedback and assessment skills
Applied knowledge
- Approaches to and methodology of adult learning
- Standards for professional tourist guide training programmes
- Procedural steps for training
- Designing guide training courses
- The power of feedback
- Organising practical assessments and written examinations
Business studies
- Business plan for a guide training programme
How you qualify
Practical assessments of training and tuition skills, and written and/or oral examinations. Depending on individual results, WFTGA issues either a Certificate of Successful Completion of the course or a Certificate of Attendance. For courses conducted at the WFTGA International Training Centres, certificates are issued jointly with the University of Cyprus or Yerevan State University respectively.
Interested in this course?
Contact our Training Division to discuss dates, location and an in-house course for your association.