Tourism technician (Tour guide)
Professional direction: Tour guide
Full-time course
Profession ID: 5 1015 23 07
(Previously: OKJ 54 812 01 Idegenvezető )
If you apply for this course, you will participate in dual training.
It means that:
- in the second year a significant part of the practical lessons are organized at partner companies cooperating with the school,
- you can practice your future profession in a real environment, thus you gain labor market experience and references even before the end of the training,
- therefore you increase your chances of landing a job.
In addition, you receive a monthly allowance (based on a state grant scheme in the first year and on a state grant scheme OR an employment contract in the second year).
IMPORTANT!
In the second year, practical lessons are completed within the framework of a dual employment contract at our partner companies, the duration of which is anticipated to be 6 months. No state grant is provided for this period, but you will be entitled to a much higher wage than the grant.
In the case of a 40-hour internship employment contract salaries can range from HUF 100,000 HUF gross to HUF 168,000 gross (12/2020 (Government Decree II.7 § 253).
Who are our internship partners?
Our school has established professional relationships with the following cooperating partners in order to ensure that dual practice can take place according to the highest possible standards:
Matthias Church
Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, commonly known as the Inner City Parish Church
The Primatial Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Adalbert, also known as the Esztergom Basilica
D50 Hotel & Event Center
Saint Adalbert Event Center (Esztergom)
Hotel Adalbert (Esztergom)
Prímás Pince (Primate Cellar) Restaurant and Wine Tunnel (Esztergom)
New student grant system (technical school, first profession):
HUF 8,000 per month in the 13th grade and HUF 16,000 (current amount for the academic year 2022/2023) after a successful sectoral basic exam.
In the 14th grade: performance-based amount between HUF 16,000 and HUF 59,000, depending on results. In addition, in case of a successful final exam students are given a one-time career start support (depending on results, between HUF 130,000 and 302,000.)
(Grants may change according to statutory regulations.)
What do tour guides do?
Tourism technicians, or tour guides, perform complex tasks, as they are organizers, sales representatives, world travellers, interpreters and in a certain sense, performers at the same time – they play multiples roles in one person. However, all of these are inspiring to them, as they are truly in their element when events are taking place around them.
Thanks to their open and always on the go personality, they constantly develop themselves, and are up-to-date with the events in their immediate environment and in the wider world alike. As a tour guide, they do not only introduce local sights and landmarks, but also make the trip memorable for their group.
Guides are said to be professional tourists who are totally aware of the history, role and function of the places they visit. Learning is a never-ending journey to them. They have up-to-date knowledge of the political and cultural life of the country, its customs, the society of the people living there and its cultural values and attractions. They are up-to-date on the catering units, gastronomic specialities and local tourism system of the actual areas and settlements.
Tour guides are charismatic individuals you must pay attention to, they are the leaders of the groups. Through guides, tourists observe conditions in the given region and draw conclusions about the given area. If you get into trouble, you can count on them without a doubt. They have a high level of administrative and financial knowledge so that they can provide assistance to tourists even in such matters.
To whom do we recommend the tourism technician course?
Are you good at making connections? Do you like hanging out with people and talking to them? Do you like to get to know new landscapes, discover the values and beauties of Hungary and foreign countries? Would you like to learn as much as possible about the culture of certain regions of the world, the customs, art, history and architecture of the people living there?
If you have answered yes to the above questions, then the tourism technician tour guide training course is definitely for you!
Be the ambassador of culture! Organize, influence, be a central figure!
Study with us and establish your career in tourism, be the best tour guide!
The tourism technician (tour guide) training course is ideal for all those who like working with people, communicate well and are open-minded.
They are interested in the world of hospitality, logistics and tourism, and are good organizers at the same time.
They are interested in the culture, art, architecture, history, folk culture & customs and values of different countries and regions.
We also recommend the course to those who would like to improve their language skills and whose goal is to be able to communicate confidently and sophisticatedly in a foreign language.