Travel & Tour Assistant [Duration: 1 year, NSQF Level – 4]:

Course Content: The trainee learns about Travel & Tourism Industry, Duties, Responsibilities, Career opportunities of Travel & Tour service personnel etc. The trainee identifies different Components and elements of Tourism. He understands the importance of Tourism motivation, Factors affecting growth and development of International & national Tourism, develop communication skill, personality traits like right attitude, politeness & body language during interaction with the guest. The trainee learns to arrange & setup linkages with hotels, transport agencies & other segments of tourism Industries. He learns about Travel formalities - Passport, Visa etc. He practices Tour planning & programming like Travel Information & cancellation of the Tourism reservation, Ticketing preparation & marking of tour package etc. He learns to do Market research & tour package formulation, assembling, processing & disseminating information in destination, Preparation of Itinerary & post tour managements. The trainee learns about growth & development of Tourism in India, collect information regarding heritage, classical, religious & other attractive tourism resources & facilities available for tourists. He gains knowledge of Tourism promotional festivals, Museum & art galleries, Important Tourism circuits etc. collecting information & preparing calendars, maps etc. He acquires the knowledge of STP(Segmentation, Targeting & Positioning) for tourism Marketing & Sales Promotion. He understands Procedure of travel office management, selling the package by explaining the features facilities learning subjects like Aviation Geography- Time differences, Flight time, elapse time, Booking Familiarization, Important Airlines, Airport of India, coding & decoding of country domestic ticketing etc. The trainee learns to Plan & Programme tour using costing concept, software packages, websites related to the tourism. Identify different sources of accidents & precaution to be considered on tour, Handling the different safety equipment.

Skills Acquired: Travel Guides; accompany individuals or groups on trips, sightseeing tours and excursions and on tours of places of interest such as historical sites, industrial establishments and theme parks. They describe points of interest and provide background information on interesting features.

Travel Agent: Plans travels, provides related information and arranges accommodation, itinerary and other facilities for tourists, officials, businessmen and educational or other parties. Receives information from persons, seeking help and necessary facilities. Answers inquiries, offers suggestions and provides descriptive literature road maps etc., pertaining to trips, excursions, shopping and entertainment features. Plans itinerary and makes travel, baggage handling, passage reservations, accommodation and other arrangements as sought within available funds. Delivers travel and reservation tickets and connected papers to party or authorized person, in forms him of the arrangements made and collects, expenses incurred and service charges either through bank or in cash. May arrange for road transport camping and other facilities if desired. May arrange study travel for students going abroad.

Tourist Guide; Guides tourists and visitors to places of interest and explains historical background and importance of site. Accompanies tourists on their excursions to and around places of tourist interest and explains historical, cultural, social, religious and arch itectural significance of monuments. Answers questions of tourists relating to various economic and social aspects of life or people. May assist tourists in shopping. Mayact as interpreter to tourists to converse with people and or shopkeepers, hoteliers, etc

Other Guides : Travel Guides and Ground Hosts, other include all other worker, engaged in guiding, ground hosting and assisting tourists and excursion parties in their travels and visits not elsewhere classified

Options for employment: Excellent opportunities in the tourism industry and Hotel industry etc.

Options for self-employment / Entrepreneurship Development: To start own business/ agency in tourism, conduct tours, etc.

ITI trade Travel & Tour Assistant is powered by NCVT. ITI trade Travel & Tour Assistant is a job oriented trade ITI trade Travel & Tour Assistant is suitable for government job and private job. This ITI trade Travel & Tour Assistant is very powerful for self-empowerment. This ITI trade Travel & Tour Assistant is perfectly design to fulfill industrial requirement of Indian Industries as well as International industries.

Travel & Tour Assistant accompanies individuals or groups on trips, tours and excursions to the places of interest such as historical sites, industrial establishments and theme parks. Responsibilities are to plan travels, provide related information and arrange accommodation, for tourists, officials, businessmen, educational or other parties. 
Travel & Tour Assistant has a wide scope of Employability ranging from self-employment, contractual employment to Industrial jobs. On successful completion of this course, the candidates shall be gainfully employed in the industries for following occupations:

• Travel Agent 
• Tourist Guide 
• Guides, Other
   

Trades Summery: 

• Perform duties and responsibilities of Travel & Tour service personnel.
• Work with different hotels & Travel agencies at different tourist Zones in National & International levels.
• Communicate with the guests; collect information on tourist places, different types of accommodation & different modes of Transport available for the tourists
• Exhibit right attitude, politeness & body language during interaction with the guest
• Arrange & setup linkages with hotels, transport agencies & other segments of tourism Industries
• Collect information from the concerned tourism authorities and perform travel formalities
• Plan and arrange Tour programmes
• Promote Tourism in India
• Collect information regarding heritage, classical, religious & other attractive tourism resources & facilities available for tourists
• Prepare calendars, maps etc. on tourism festivals, Museum & art galleries, Important Tourism circuits etc. by collecting information
• Promote tourism marketing and sales activities by applying STP (Segmentation, Targeting & Positioning).
• Manage travel office, sell the packages by explaining the features & facilities.
• Plan tour programmes using costing concept, software packages, websites related to the tourism.
• Handle different safety equipment, Identify different sources of accidents & take necessary precautions on tour.

Revision, Project work and Examination

CRAFTSMEN TRAINING SCHEME(CTS)

The Craftsmen Training Scheme (CTS) was introduced by the Government of India in year 1950 to ensure a steady flow of skilled workers in different trades for the domestic industry, to raise quantitatively and qualitatively the industrial production by systematic training, to reduce unemployment among the educated youth by providing them employable skills, to cultivate and nurture a technical and industrial attitude in the minds of younger generation. The Scheme is the most important in the field of Vocational Training, has been shaping craftsmen to meet the existing as well as future manpower need, through the vast network of ITIs spread over various States / Union Territories in the country. The day-to-day administration of ITIs under the Craftsmen Training Scheme was transferred to the State Governments/ Union Territory administrations with effect from the year 1956. From 1st April 1969, the financial control of the Industrial Training Institutes in the States as well as in the Union Territories was transferred to the respective State Governments / Union Territory. The financial assistance was granted to them in the form of bulk grant in consultation with the erstwhile Planning Commission and the Ministry of Finance.

Vocational Training is a concurrent subject of both Central and State Governments. The development of training schemes at National level, the evolution of policy, laying of training standard, norms, conducting of examinations, certification, etc. are the responsibilities of the central government, whereas, day to day administration including an admission in ITIs rests with the respective State Governments / UTs.

Presently, training courses under the Craftsmen Training Scheme are being offered through a network of 15,042 ITIs (Govt. 2,738 + Private 12,304) located all over the country with total trainees enrolled 22.82 lakhs (in the trades of 1 year and 2 year durations) on NCVTMIS portal with an objective to provide skilled workforce to the industry in 138 NSQF compliant trades.