Plant Tour Guide

Work Term: Seasonal
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 30 to 40 hours per week
- Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: Experience an asset
**Work site environment**:

- Outdoors
**Work setting**:

- Rural area
- On-site customer service
**Tasks**:

- Collect administration or entrance fees
- Co-ordinate recreation activities
- Describe points of interest, answer questions and supply information
- Sell souvenirs
- Conduct guided tours of museums, gallery exhibitions and historical, heritage and other sites, answer inquiries and provide information
**Student status**:

- Full time enrollment
- Part time enrollment
**Type of guide**:

- Meet and greet local guide
- On-site local guide
- Walking tour guide
**Tours focus**:

- Historical sites
- Manufacture
- Walking tours
**Number of tours guided**:

- 1 - 4 tours
**Geographical areas of specialization**:

- Canada
**Security and safety**:

- Criminal record check
**Transportation/travel information**:

- Valid driver's licence
**Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Attention to detail
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Walking
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
**Personal suitability**:

- Client focus
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Reliability
**Screening questions**:

- Are you currently a student?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
**Other benefits**:

- Learning/training paid by employer
- Other benefits
**Support for youths**:

- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports youth employment