Guide Registration Requirements
TRAINING
Get training as a tourist guide from any accredited trainer. A full list of Trainers and Assessors can be obtained on the THETA (Tourism, Hospitality and Sport Education and Training Authority) website www.theta.org.za or you may enquire with the Tourist Guide Registration Office.
REGISTRATION
Once training is complete, you must register with the Tourist Guide Registration Office at the Western Cape Department of Economic Development and Tourism where you will be issued with a unique tourist guide number (WC number), tourist guide badge and ID card.
In order to register you need are required to supply the following information:
- Completed and signed application form, specifying the type of registration.
- Signed original of the Code of Conduct and Ethics.
- Certified copy of Proof of Assessment from the THETA accredited Assessor/Training Provider
- Once you have received it, a certified copy of a THETA certificate (this will be provided to you by THETA).
- Certified copy of your South African ID or passport or of a Permanent Residence or Work Permit.
- Certified copies of all tourist guiding and related qualifications.
- A copy of you valid and certified First Aid Certificate.
- Certified copy of proof language proficiency for each foreign language in which tours will be conducted.
- Four Passport size colour photos (print name at the back of the photos).
- The registration fee of R270.00 per person for first time registrations, R240 for renewals and R30 to register an upgrade in qualifications, (all cheques payable to the Department of Economic Development).
Cashier's Office:
The Ground Floor, NBS Waldorf Building,
80 St Georges Mall, Cape Town.
Open Monday to Fridays from 08:00 to 15:00 (closed from 12:30 to 13:30 each day).
CONTACT DETAILS
Mrs. Noxolo Ntenetya
Registrar of Tourist Guides
Tourist Guide Registration Office
Ground Floor, St. George's Mall
80 Waldorf Building, Cape Town
Tel: 021 483 8734
Fax: 021 483 2957
registrar@pgwc.gov.za