Skilled occupation profile

Tour Guide

ANZSCO 451412

Escorts visitors on sightseeing, educational and other tours, and describes and explains points of interest.

CSOL

Assessing authority: VETASSESS | Community / Personal Service

Occupation guide

Occupation details and migration pathways

This guide brings together the key occupation tasks, possible visa pathways and skills assessment information for Tour Guide ANZSCO 451412.

Typical tasks and duties

Tour Guide may perform the following tasks:

  • meeting and greeting visitors
  • controlling visitors' access to exhibits
  • ensuring safety of collections
  • maintaining attendance records
  • planning and rearranging schedules and itineraries
  • planning, organising and conducting tours
  • arranging transportation and accommodation for visitors following planned itineraries
  • arranging entry to places of interest
  • answering questions, providing commentaries, issuing brochures and tour literature, showing audiovisual presentations, and explaining features and procedures at tour sites
  • may assist with installing and dismantling exhibits

Skills assessment

For skilled migration purposes, Tour Guide usually requires a suitable skills assessment. Relevant assessing authorities may include:

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Mohammad Reza Azimi

Reviewed by Principal Migration Consultant

Reviewed by Mohammad Reza Azimi

This occupation page has been reviewed for migration context by Shada Migration Services. Mohammad has assisted clients with Australian migration matters since 2009 and holds a Graduate Certificate in Migration Law from the Australian National University.

Last reviewed: July 2026