The Institute of Professional Tourist Guides of Southern Africa
IPTGSA Cape Town Roadshow
IPTGSA wish to invite all interested tourist guides in Capetown to come attend the the first Roadshow meeting of the Institute and acquire first hand information about the new career path for Tourist Guides.
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Click Register to apply for IPTGSA membership
What you need to register.
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Be registered tourist guide with one of the provinces
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Have valid First aid certificate.
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Have proof of at least 5 years as active tourist guide
When you start the registration process, have the following ready for upload.
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Passport type picture (max 800KB)
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Image of your ID (max 1MB)
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Image of front of Registration card
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Image of back if Registration card
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image of SAQA qualification
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Copy of CV
Proceed by clicking the green Register button, most detail is to be completed online and with above uploads.
Your profile will be activated and you will be able to check up on the Status of your application by going to "My Account".
AGM / Launch 2017
As one of the inaugural members I would like to to thank all the people that showed interest and the people attending the first AGM and the launch yesterday on 22 June 2017 .This will be a date to remember ,though small all organisations have to start some where.
I would also like to thank Michael Tellinger for making our launch an interesting event with the presentation on the stone circles
Swaziland guide training
About 60 SA Guides and 20 Swazi Guides attended the Swaziland training course from the 12th to the 15th
June 2017.
Can tourist guides make a living
Can tourist guides make a living just from guiding?
It's Time to take Language Learning Seriously
It is a bonus for any tourist guide to be multilingual as it will mean increasing the possibility of jobs and/or increased client satisfaction. Government departments thus regularly make money available for tourist guides to acquire more languages.
South Africa's Forest Birds
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Do you struggle with Forest Birding?
Need an update on forest bird calls?
Book for the next CBC course on 22 July 2017
Why The Institute of Professional Tourist Guides of South Africa?
Professional bodies have been a major feature of life since early in the 18th century. They emerged as trades and professions became more and more specialised, skilled and knowledgeable. They are a major feature of modernised, progressive societies.
Panel Interviews 11 May 2017
On Thursday 11 May the panel interviews took place at Open in Maboneng and the committee would like to welcome the following Tourist Guides as full members of IPTGSA
- Read more about Panel Interviews 11 May 2017
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IPTGSA collaborative office space
Tourist guides are always on the run and spread all over Africa , as we know its difficult to get a group of guides together ,never mind having a proper office.The IPTGSA is organised and run by working tourist guides for working tourist guides have signed up with OPEN collaborative workspaces to have a more permanent home and office space.