WHAT IS THE
YELLOW BADGE COURSE?
The Scottish Tourist Guides Association (STGA) offers a Yellow Badge course for tourism companies throughout Scotland who utilise the services of their own guides. These guides may be volunteers, seasonal staff or fully employed.
The STGA Yellow Badge Training Programme builds on experience gained training guides in Scotland over the past six decades, and incorporates the most recent national, European, and international standards. The Scottish Tourist Guides Association’s courses are accredited by the World Federation of Tourist Guide Associations to the EN15565 standard: “Tourism Services – Requirements for the provision of professional tourist guide training and qualification programmes
Yellow Badge Guides are employed by tourism companies or organisations.
Examples of Current or Previous Organisations/ Companies with STGA Site Affiliates
- City Sightseeing Glasgow
- Oban Walks
- Stromness Town Walk and Ness Battery
- Mercat Tours, Edinburgh
Benefits of Yellow Badge Site Affiliation
As a member of the STGA, you will benefit from its backing and support. The STGA promotes the services of professional tourist guides in Scotland by protecting their rights, stressing quality in guiding, whilst maintaining high standards and promoting Continuous Professional Development of their members
Being accredited by the STGA means you gain points on the SCQF scale (Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework), thus enabling progress in professional development to higher SCQF levels. Site Affiliates/Yellow Badge Guides are accredited at SCQF Level 5.
GET IN TOUCH
For all Yellow Badge enquiries, please contact a member of our Training office team:
Training Manager
trainingmanager@stga.co.uk
07831 051733
Training Support Administrator
trainingsupport@stga.co.uk
01786 451 953