Driver Tour Guide Red Centre - Recruitment Process

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The Recruitment Process

Stage One: Submit your online application form

Please review the position information carefully. If you think you have what it takes to be a member of the Adventure Tours Team please complete our online application form. Only online applicants will be considered

Stage Two: Adventure Tours Australia Presentation and Round One Interviews

Successful round one applicants will be contacted via email. We will invite you to our first round interviews. This will include a short presentation on the position and the company, followed by a short first round interview. During your interview, you will be given ten minutes to tell us about yourself, why you would make a great tour guide and why you would like to work for our company. Please prepare by viewing our website.

Please bring the following to your round one interview:
• A copy of your resume. You will need to include two professional referees who we can contact for verbal support of your reference

Please also bring a copy of the following should you have them:
• Current Senior Level First Aid certificate
• Current NSW or Interstate Driver’s License
• Current NSW or Interstate Driver’s Authority
These copies may not be returned to you.

Candidates who have successfully passed round one will be invited to attend a round two interview.

Candidates who are deemed unsuccessful after round one will be advised via email.

Stage Three: Round Two Interviews

Round two involves personal interviews. If you are successful you will be offered a place on the Adventure Tours training programme.

If you accept the training placement our Recruitment Manager will forward your details to the Alice Springs Operations Department. They will assist you with final preparations and relocation to ensure a smooth transition into your new job

Stage Four: The Training Program

The two week comprehensive Adventure Tours Australia Guide Training Program must be completed before you can become a tour guide. Our training gives you the tools you need to conduct safe, fascinating, informative and fun outback tours. Discover the big picture as you learn about:
• Australian history, aboriginal culture, geology, flora and fauna
• National Parks and Wildlife training
• heavy vehicle driver training, basic diesel mechanics
• camp-oven cooking, food hygiene and bushcraft

We are also proud to offer a unique cultural component. Learn first-hand from a local Traditional Owner, who will share with you the arts of story telling, bush tucker and bush medicine. Allow the power of this ancient land to wash over you, changing you in ways you could only dream of….and change other’s lives as you share this knowledge and splendor. Enjoy the magic of tour guiding.

Note: (1) You will be assessed throughout the entirety of your training and employment is not guaranteed until you successfully pass both the training program and subsequent surveys (see below “Trainee Surveys”). (2) While you are unpaid during your two week training course, all on-the-road training will include meals, accommodation and associated costs free of charge.

Stage Five: Trainee Surveys

We take the responsibility for the safety and wellbeing of our guests very seriously. We must also support and prepare our guides for the real thing. Between 1 and 5 of your first tours are conducted with the support of an experienced Adventure Tours Australia tour guide. We call these “Survey Tours.” The number of survey tours each trainee requires differs from person to person. Survey Tours give you instant constructive feedback. When it is deemed you are ready to “fly solo”, you will spend three months as a probationary tour guide after which you become a fully fledged professional tour guide

Note: Survey and Probationary Tour Guides are paid positions

Reapplying:

Should you be unsuccessful at any of these stages, please do consider gaining further suitable life/skills/employment experience and reapplying at a later date.

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