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.