The qualification has been developed to assist professionalism across the nature guiding industry and focuses on the skills needed by a guide operating in a natural or conservation area. A learner who has achieved these unit standards will be able to implement operational knowledge and skills within a conserved area in the subject field of the unit standards.
The Occupational Qualifications certificates and skills development programmes are designed to be occupationally relevant and are composed of various credits which can be used towards a nationally recognised qualification.