4.7 KiB
4.7 KiB
Competences — mountain guide
Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/86e8e172-234d-4e85-b9ae-6a4aecc2c321).
Essential
- administer tour contract details (skill/competence)
- animate in the outdoors (skill/competence)
- assemble visitor supplies (skill/competence)
- collect visitor fees (skill/competence)
- educate on sustainable tourism (skill/competence)
- engage local communities in the management of natural protected areas (skill/competence)
- ensure health and safety of visitors (skill/competence)
- escort visitors to places of interest (skill/competence)
- follow ethical code of conduct in tourism (skill/competence)
- geographical areas relevant to tourism (knowledge)
- handle personal identifiable information (skill/competence)
- inform visitors at tour sites (skill/competence)
- local geography (knowledge)
- maintain customer service (skill/competence)
- manage conservation of natural and cultural heritage (skill/competence)
- manage tourist groups (skill/competence)
- manage visitor flows in natural protected areas (skill/competence)
- provide first aid (skill/competence)
- provide tourism related information (skill/competence)
- read maps (skill/competence)
- register visitors (skill/competence)
- select visitor routes (skill/competence)
- sightseeing information (knowledge)
- support local tourism (skill/competence)
- use different communication channels (skill/competence)
- welcome tour groups (skill/competence)
Optional
- adapt to different weather conditions (skill/competence)
- adjust sporting equipment (skill/competence)
- advise on nature conservation (skill/competence)
- analyse weather forecast (skill/competence)
- animal species (knowledge)
- apply first response (skill/competence)
- apply foreign languages in tourism (skill/competence)
- assist clients with special needs (skill/competence)
- camping gear (knowledge)
- conduct educational activities (skill/competence)
- distribute local information materials (skill/competence)
- handle customer complaints (skill/competence)
- implement risk management for outdoors (skill/competence)
- instruct in sport (skill/competence)
- local area tourism industry (knowledge)
- maintain incident reporting records (skill/competence)
- manage emergency care situations (skill/competence)
- manage outdoor resources (skill/competence)
- measure customer feedback (skill/competence)
- monitor use of outdoor equipment (skill/competence)
- perform clerical duties (skill/competence)
- tourism market (knowledge)
- use e-tourism platforms (skill/competence)
- work with different target groups (skill/competence)
Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 5 ads, as of 2026-07-18)
Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.
Hard skills
- first aid — 40 %
- tour guiding — 40 %
- trip planning — 20 %
- verbal communication — 20 %
- waterfall rappelling — 20 %
- safety management — 20 %
- skiing — 20 %
- ridge hiking — 20 %
- fly fishing — 20 %
- geological history interpretation — 20 %
- group guiding — 20 %
- group leadership — 20 %
- belaying techniques — 20 %
- customer service — 20 %
- equipment operation — 20 %
- emergency response — 20 %
- hiking — 20 %
- logistics — 20 %
- mountain hiking — 20 %
- paddling — 20 %
- rappelling — 20 %
- rope skills — 20 %
- rope systems proficiency — 20 %
- route navigation — 20 %
Responsibilities
- equipment maintenance — 40 %
- resource provision — 20 %
- safety assurance — 20 %
- safety briefings — 20 %
- professional representation — 20 %
- question answering — 20 %
- outdoor experience guidance — 20 %
- incident communication — 20 %
- instruction delivery — 20 %
- environmental assessment — 20 %
- equipment organization — 20 %
- equipment preparation — 20 %
- expert instruction — 20 %
- descent leading — 20 %
- emergency handling — 20 %
- communication — 20 %
- guest safety assurance — 20 %
- guest safety monitoring — 20 %
- guest service delivery — 20 %
- guest supervision — 20 %
- guest tracking — 20 %
- guest transportation — 20 %
- guided tour delivery — 20 %
- guided tour leadership — 20 %
- rope management — 20 %
- staff communication — 20 %
- stargazing tour leadership — 20 %
- terrain hazard assessment — 20 %
- tour guidance — 20 %