SITTGDE023 — Coordinate and operate tours
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What an assessment for SITTGDE023 must cover
40 assessable components: 6 elements (22 performance criteria), 3 performance evidence and 11 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 4 foundation skills. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.
Elements & performance criteria
1 Plan tour delivery logistics.
- 1.1Plan tour delivery according to briefing information or operational documentation provided by the tourism operator.
- 1.2Make tour preparations and consider issues to ensure customer needs are met.
- 1.3Prioritise and action tasks required in advance of tour commencement.
2 Brief and assist customers.
- 2.1Welcome customers to tour and provide briefing on tour practicalities and procedures.
- 2.2Provide additional information and assistance to enhance enjoyment of tour.
3 Liaise with industry colleagues.
- 3.1Liaise with industry colleagues to achieve smooth tour operation.
- 3.2Action requests from industry colleagues promptly and willingly wherever possible and request assistance when required.
- 3.3Make agreements about individual and joint responsibilities during tour.
- 3.4Make forward reconfirmations and bookings in a timely manner.
- 3.5Interpret documentation from other organisations and apply appropriately.
4 Manage the itinerary.
- 4.1Conduct tour to schedule and include all features in itinerary.
- 4.2Advise customers courteously and sensitively about unavoidable changes.
- 4.3Re-plan itinerary when necessary to ensure purchased inclusions or their equivalent are delivered and disruption to customers is minimised.
- 4.4Advise industry colleagues and suppliers affected by changes according to organisational procedures.
- 4.5Maintain contact with those fixing the problem when itinerary delays and changes occur, and use negotiation techniques to minimise time delay and negative impact on customers.
- 4.6Keep customers informed of reasons for changes and actions taken.
5 Deal with unexpected events.
- 5.1Assess unexpected events and select appropriate action.
- 5.2Follow organisational procedures in the case of accidents or where safety of customers or colleagues may be threatened.
- 5.3Identify and access sources of assistance promptly.
- 5.4Amend tour to minimise impact on customer enjoyment.
6 Debrief tour.
- 6.1Provide accurate and complete tour reports according to organisational guidelines.
- 6.2Provide customer and personal feedback and other information to assist with future improvements.
Performance evidence
- plan, coordinate and operate at least two tours for different groups that comprise at least four different products, services or sites
- liaise with industry colleagues regarding tour operation, bookings and reconfirmation for each of the product or service components in the above tours to ensure: tours are conducted to schedule and include all advertised itinerary features; tours are conducted in a manner that minimises impact on culturally or environmentally sensitive areas; the safety of customers and colleagues
- manage issues, situations and problems on above tours to minimise negative impact on customers, including: unexpected events; delays; environmental conditions; customer situations.
Knowledge evidence
- types of tour itineraries and their common formats and inclusions: short tours of three hours or less; half or full day tours; overnight tours; extended tours of two or more nights
- product knowledge appropriate to the specific touring itinerary and its component products and services
- main features of culturally or environmentally sensitive areas to be visited and minimal impact practices to protect and sustain these
- tourism industry supplier networks and interrelationships that impact on the conduct of a multi-product and multi-site touring itinerary
- booking and reconfirmation procedures for tour components
- planning procedures relating to the delivery logistics of a multifaceted touring itinerary
- management processes to be undertaken before, during and on completion of a tour
- tour practicalities and procedures that must be communicated to customers when relevant to the tour content: availability of free time; cultural considerations; group rules and codes of behaviour; health and safety procedures; itinerary or program details; regulations; procedures at tour stops; specific site procedures
- organisational procedures and processes to address tour management issues and problems: accident, injury or illness; breakdown; customer special needs; equipment and resource constraints; itinerary variations; language considerations; natural disaster; theft
- operational reports
- legal and liability issues affecting guides: domestic and relevant overseas consumer law regarding provision of services as advertised; duty of care.
Foundation skills
- Reading skills: interpret tourism industry terminology including product codes.
- Numeracy skills: calculate tour component times; translate time from the 24-hour to 12-hour clock; calculate logistics of group movements.
- Planning and organising skills: coordinate multiple and diverse tour components.
- Technology skills: use industry-current communication systems.
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Questions about assessing SITTGDE023
What does an assessment tool for SITTGDE023 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for SITTGDE023 needs to address all 40 unit components: 6 elements with 22 performance criteria, 3 performance evidence requirements, 11 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.
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