Tour Guiding | P00301-AA | Course

Entry Year

07/09/2026

Location

Castlereagh

Duration

16 Weeks (Part-Time)

Course Code

P00301-AA

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Overview

Level 3Tour Guiding

Castlereagh

Part-Time

Further Education

Start Date: 07/09/2026

End Date: 31/01/2027

Qualifications

OCN NI Level 3 Certificate in Tour Guiding (603/1349/3)
Day of week: Wednesday
Times: 09:30 - 16:30

Overview

The OCN NI Level 3 Certificate in Tour Guiding is designed to build on the OCN NI Level 2 Award and will develop and enhance tour guiding skills and practice.

It will provide learners with the practical skills and knowledge that are required to research and deliver tour commentaries and lead groups on walking tours and moving vehicle tours within a city.

Learners will be introduced to business enterprise and planning and will investigate the importance of customer service in relation to tour guiding.

This qualification is for learners who are currently working or volunteering as Tour Guides within the travel and tourism industry.

Please read our Terms and Conditions before applying for or enrolling on any of our courses.

Advice

Pre-Entry Advice

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Requirements

Minimum entry requirements are pre-defined by the College’s admissions criteria, which can be found by visiting our entry criteria page on this link

Enhance entry criteria for this course is listed below:

Learners should have completed a Level 2 Award in tour guiding.

Proof of qualifications MUST be provided when you enrol, e.g. exam certificates.

All courses within Belfast Met are delivered and assessed in English, apart from language-specific courses. Your competence in English must be verified prior to enrolling on your chosen course.

It is therefore essential that learners who do not have English as their first language hold a minimum of a level 2 ESOL qualification in written and spoken English.

Achieved and pending qualifications can be recorded now by logging into your online application account.

Please note that students will use Microsoft Word for this course.

Fees

Fees:
Academic period 2026:
Examination / Registration Fee = £70.00
Tuition Fee = £495.00

Fees are payable annually.

Please note:

If you are an employee of a NI Business with less than 250 employees, your employer may be eligible to apply for funding towards the cost of this programme.

Further eligibility criteria will apply to confirm Funding and all Funding remains subject to continued availability.

Please contact Business Development team on businessdevelopment@belfastmet.ac.uk for more information.

Assessment

Applicants are advised that elements of this course can be physically demanding to include compulsory walking tours that can last more than three or four hours.

Made for More

Careers

The OCN NI Level 3 Certificate in Tour Guiding enables progression into further learning in this area or into employment. Successful outcomes may enable you to use it towards Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning- (APEL) to progress on to the Level 4 Certificate in Higher Education in Tour Guiding (validated by Ulster University) held at the Belfast Met.  