Thirteen Outdoor Nature Guides Fit For The Service

Nicole Bouteau, Minister of Tourism, traveled to Bora Bora on Thursday to present 13 successful trainees who have completed more than seven months of training as part of a full-service physics guide. nature, mention lagoon activities.
The mayor of Bora Bora, Gaston Tong Sang, the head of the Tourism Department, Bruno Jordan, the director of SEFI, Hina Grepin-Louison, and the director of the DJS (Directorate of Youth and Sports), Antony Pheu, and that representatives of the hotels partners of this formation, and the trainers, were also present for this ceremony.
Led by the Institute of Youth and Sports of French Polynesia (IJSPF), in partnership with the Tourism Department and the Employment Service of Training and Professional Integration (SEFI), and with support of the town hall and the tourism committee of Bora Bora, this training delivers a diploma conferring prerogatives to supervise and animate the physical activities in an objective of discovery of the natural environment, while respecting the regulations in force.
It concerns snorkling, coastal strip walking, recreational fishing, kayaking, stand-up paddle, va’a and jet-ski. With regard to fishing, the decree restricts the prerogatives of the guide to fishing known as “leisure”. In the same way, concerning the nautical activities, such as kayak, va’a and stand-up paddle, the conditions of intervention are strictly defined in terms of the number of boats and the public, and limit the action of the guide to initiation. The aim of this diploma course is to promote the development of quality services, under optimal security conditions, and to diversify the range of services in order to meet, in particular, the expectations of an international clientele.
This training took place from March 1st to October 13th, in Bora Bora, because of the tourist development of this island. Indeed, in addition to its lagoon, the hotel structures of the island represent a diversity of welcome for trainees and a real life situation. In addition, the large number of existing activity providers is a pool of potential candidates for future training, with also a large number of training facilities for practical training and potential employers for those trained. In coordination with the SEFI, this training is aimed primarily at jobseekers.
A first selection last February had allowed to retain thirteen candidates, including four residents of Maupiti and one of Huahine. Of these, 12 are job-seekers and have the status of “trainees in vocational training” and, as such, a monthly allowance SEFI.
This training allowed the trainees to address the topics of creation and development of the activity, organization of discovery sessions, aquatic activities in aquatic hiking and lagoon fishing, as well as water activities, coaching , the animation, the respect of the optimal conditions of safety and the regulations in force. Thirty-three full-time weeks, or seven and a half months, consisted of alternating training between “center training” and “practical internship”.
Minister Nicole Bouteau reminded the recipients that Tourism was the country’s leading industry, and a real engine for the economy that generates both business and employment, with more than 10,000 direct jobs in Canada. Polynesia. She also emphasized the importance of quality, diversity and the safety of the services they will be able to offer.
 
(Source: Tahiti News Tourism 23 October 2017)