This course is intended to train guides to work at an apprentice level while they gain the experience and knowledge to move on to the Professional Interpretive Hiking Guide Accreditation.
Becoming an Apprentice Hiking Guide requires successful completion of:
1) Apprentice Interpreter Course
2) Group Management course
Each of these courses has some pre-reading and the Group Management course has some prerequisites. For more information on the accreditaion process for each of these courses click the respective links above.
Successful guides will receive an Apprentice Hiking Guide certificate. To maintain an active certificate, guides must:
- Have an active membership with the Interpretive Guides Association
- Complete a minimum of 10 hrs of continuing professional development (CPD) per year.
Read more about CPD requirements in this document: 
Continuing Professional Development (CPD)