Marine Dynamics Coastal-Marine Nature Guide Course
The Coastal-Marine Nature Guide Course is a six-week full-time course and is perfect for those who aim to become full-time Nature Guides on a professional level.
Cost:
- R35,000 per student (includes accommodation)
- R25,000 per student (excludes accommodation)
Certificate:
After final assessments competent guides will be awarded the following certificates:
- FGASA (Field Guides Association of Southern Africa)
- CATHSSETA (Culture, Art, Tourism, Hospitality, and Sport Sector Education and Training Authority)
These certifications will allow you to register as a legal guide with the National Department of Tourism and allow you to guide in an area that you have been declared competent to guide in.
Additional certification:
If you would like to add additional certificates to your Coastal-Marine Nature Guide Certificate, Marine Dynamics Academy offers training at an extra cost. Courses include:
- Nature Guide (NQF2)
- Culture Guide (NQ4)
- Fynbos Biome
The course includes modules on:
- Guiding skills
- Coastal marine environment and the two oceans
- Geology and the coastal environment
- Astronomy
- Weather and climate
- Ecology
- Basic taxonomy
- Plants and sea plants (algae)
- Marine and terrestrial invertebrates
- Amphibians
- Reptiles
- Fish
- Birds
- Mammals
- Animal behaviour
- Historical human habitation
- Conservation management
The Marine Dynamics Coastal-Marine Nature Guide Course Programme will entail:
- Indoor and outdoor lectures
- Practical training boat trips
- Visits to surrounding nature areas
- Self-study
- Workbook completion
The learning materials for the course include:
- Learner manuals
- Workbooks
- Logbook
- A full reference library available for further reading and research purposes
For more information about the Marine Dynamics Coastal-Marine Nature Guide Course dates for 2019, contact Marine Dynamics Academy directly.
