Skills Snowmobile Operations Guide near Saanich (BC)

Find out what skills you typically need to work as a snowmobile operations guide in Canada. These skills are applicable to all Outdoor sport and recreational guides (NOC 64322).

Tasks

  • Escort groups on outdoor sport and recreational trips
  • Assemble camping gear and supplies
  • Operate and maintain firearms
  • Advise on specific regulations such as hunting and fishing laws and boating regulations, follow environmental guidelines and prevent violations
  • Operate and maintain watercraft
  • Operate off-road vehicles
  • Plan trips
  • Operate photographic and video equipment
  • Prepare meals
  • Operate communication (including emergency) devices
  • Set up and take down camps
  • Operate GPS (Global Positioning System) and other navigation equipment
  • Maintain equipment
  • Provide outdoor, wilderness and wildlife instruction
  • Handle and care for livestock
  • Orienteering and/or survival
  • Prevent legislation violations
  • Set up emergency shelters
  • Address customers' complaints or concerns
  • Assist clients/guests with special needs

Skills and Knowledge Checklist

The following skills and knowledge are usually required in this occupation.

Skills

Handling Goods and Materials

Working with goods and materials manually or with machines.

Building

Working with materials to construct, renovate and maintain structures.

Operating and Repairing Equipment, Machinery and Vehicles

Working with and/or repairing vehicles, machinery or stationary equipment.

Working with Technological Equipment and Machinery

Working with technical equipment, instruments, machinery and other systems.

Service and Care Help - Service and Care
  • Serving Others
  • Protecting and Enforcing
  • Treating People/Animals

Service and Care

Taking care of the needs of people and animals.

Serving Others
Assisting the public by answering questions, making recommendations, and providing information or support in response to requests.
Protecting and Enforcing
Responding to public safety and security needs and ensuring compliance to rules, standards or laws.
Treating People/Animals
Providing emergency care, therapy or other prescribed treatment for people and animals.
Communication Help - Communication
  • Teaching and Training

Communication

Using communication skills to share information, advise and influence.

Teaching and Training
Facilitating the acquisition of new knowledge and skills.

Creative Expression

Using various materials and formats to create work that is intended to be artistically satisfying, entertaining, instructive or functional.

Information Handling

Creating and using systems for the storage and retrieval of knowledge and data.

Analysis Help - Analysis
  • Planning

Analysis

Examining and evaluating information.

Planning
Determining phases and steps, defining activities and tasks and establishing schedules to complete objectives on time and within budget.
Management Help - Management
  • Co-ordinating and Organizing
  • Leading and Motivating

Management

Taking charge of the direction and resources of an organization.

Co-ordinating and Organizing
Organizing and co-ordinating the activities of groups and individuals to align their activities with organizational objectives.
Leading and Motivating
Reinforcing an organization's vision and monitoring compliance.

Knowledge

Manufacturing and Production

Knowledge related to the delivery of a series of operations in large-scale production or processing of goods or crops, according to safety and quality standards.

Communications and Transportation Help - Communications and Transportation
  • Transportation

Communications and Transportation

Knowledge related to the provision and transmission of systems of communication and entertainment and the delivery of consumer goods or services.

Transportation
Knowledge of the principles, methods and systems for moving people and goods by air, sea, rail or ground transportation, including relative costs, advantages, risks and limitations.
Law and Public Safety Help - Law and Public Safety
  • Public Safety and Security

Law and Public Safety

Knowledge related to the provision and enforcement of laws and regulations that safeguard the effective functioning of a democratic society.

Public Safety and Security
Knowledge of public safety and security operations and systems, of policy, regulations and procedures for the protection of people, data and property.
Social Sciences and Arts Help - Social Sciences and Arts
  • Geography

Social Sciences and Arts

Knowledge related to culture, origins and patterns of human activity, and the development and expression of thought.

Geography
Knowledge of principles, methods and practices for studying the location and distribution of land, sea and air masses including their physical locations, interrelationships and characteristics.

Education and Training

Knowledge related to the theory and practice of teaching, and the methods used in the design, delivery and evaluation of the provision of knowledge or information.

Health Services

Knowledge related to the provision of medical science and technology for the physical and mental well-being of others.

Mathematics and Science

Knowledge related to specialized areas of research such as measurement, living organisms, physical substances, and properties and relationships of quantity, space, and matter.

Engineering and Technology

Knowledge related to the design, building, use or repair of machinery, equipment, systems, and structures.

Business, Finance and Management Help - Business, Finance and Management
  • Client Service

Business, Finance and Management

Knowledge related to organization and control of business activities.

Client Service
Knowledge of principles and practices of providing service to clients to maintain and build organizational success.
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