From travel consultant to tour operator representative
11 of the 29 essential skills of a tour operator representative are already essential for a travel consultant — about 38% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 11
- skills carry over
- 18
- would be new
- 38%
- of the target job covered
- 29
- essential skills of a tour operator representative
What a tour operator representative does
Tour operator representatives act on behalf of the tour operator to give practical information, provide assistance, handle services and sell excursions to tourists while at their destinations.
What carries over
11 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
What would be new
18 skillsEssential for a tour operator representative and not for a travel consultant. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- assist clients with special needs
- collect tourist information
- communicate with customers
- create solutions to problems
- develop inclusive communication material
- devise special promotions
- engage local communities in the management of natural protected areas
- handle personal identifiable information
- make logistical arrangements
- manage conservation of natural and cultural heritage
- manage health and safety standards
- manage visitor flows in natural protected areas
- measure customer feedback
- provide customised products
- provide performance feedback
- support community-based tourism
- support local tourism
- work in a hospitality team
Other moves from travel consultant
1 roles- travel agent18 skills in common
← travel consultanttour operator representative →The other way round
No account needed to start
How far are you from being a tour operator representative?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.