Training of Tourist Guides |
(a) 2018-2019 |
(i) What total number of tour guides have completed their training in each province in each month.
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Kruger National Park Orientation January 2019 Mpumalanga (MP) – 20 guides Limpopo (LP) – 3 guides February 2019 MP – 14 guides LP – 8 guides A total of 45 guides were trained. |
(ii) (aa) What total number of students started the course and did not complete the course. |
All participants that started the course completed it. |
(ii) (bb) What were their reasons for not completing the course. |
N/A |
(iii) (aa) How are potential students identified. |
Adverts were developed and circulated to guides from MP and LP (via the respective Provincial Registrars) to apply for the up-skilling opportunity. The advert was also distributed to guides that work in the Kruger National Park and this was done via SANParks. |
(iii) (bb) What criteria are used in this regard |
Applicants needed to be registered tourist guides with a minimum qualification or competency as a Nature Site Guide with Kruger National Park being listed as one of the areas of operation. Those with qualifications over and above the minimum requirements were also acceptable. |
No training of tourist guides was done with SANParks in the Financial Years of (a) 2019- 2020, 2020- 2021 and (b) since 1 January 2022 to date.
(i)- (iii) Not applicable