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Express Tour Guide Ready - Round 2
Tender ID: 504369
Tender Details
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Status:
Closed
Publish Date:
1 September 2022
Closing Date:
31 March 2023
Tender Description
Tourism NT is providing $50,000 (excluding GST) in grant funding to assist with building a capable tour guide workforce in the Northern Territory (NT).
Up to $5,000 is available for NT-based tour operators who conduct tours in Kakadu and/or Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park to train new tour guides (entrants). The express program is designed to streamline training for entrants and offers flexibility.
The express program will reimburse the tour operator (applicant) up to $2,500 per entrant (maximum of 2 tour guides per business) upon completion of the following training components:
VTP230 Kakadu Knowledge for Tour Guides, or VTP229 Uluru and Kata Tjuta Knowledge for Tour Guides
Heavy vehicle training and license (Medium Rigid or Heavy Rigid)
HLTAID011 Provide First Aid, or HLTAID005 Provide First Aid in Remote Situations.
At a minimum, tour guides are required to complete either VTP230 Kakadu Knowledge for Tour Guides or VTP229 Uluru and Kata Tjuta Knowledge for Tour Guides accreditations. Tour guides that already hold a current accreditation are eligible to apply for component 2 and 3.
Tour guides will have a maximum of 4 months to complete all approved training components from the approval date, with all training completed by 31 May 2023 for applicants to receive reimbursement.
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