If you love dolphins and whales then turn your passion into a professional career and Help Protect our Marine Mammals.
Share your passion and inspire others as a Marine Guide for the World Cetacean Alliance!
Marine Guide Training
WCA Guide Online Training: Levels 1 - 4
Level 1
ONLINE: RWDG Course
Would you love to gain experience with Seasoned Professionals helping Whales and Dolphins?
Are you willing and able to be a Volunteer or Intern to gain experience?
The WCA Level 1 (RWDG) Responsible Whale and Dolphin Guide Certificate is an introduction focused on the WCA Global Guidelines and how to be Responsible around Cetaceans. This is targeted at Unpaid Experiences within the WCA Network of 120+ Partners.
Level 2
ONLINE: CMG Guide Course
Do you have a love of Whales and Dolphins?
Would you love to share that passion with people from all over the world?
Then you should become a qualified tour guide – and get paid to do what you love!
Become a Certified Professional Guide and start a rewarding Career Path.
The WCA Level 2 (CMG) Certified Marine Guide Certificate is also accepted by New Zealand Immigration as a required Skill Shortage qualification.
Level 3
ONLINE: SMG Guide Course
After 12 months working as a Level 2 Guide for a WCA Partner you can complete an (SMG) Senior Marine Guide Certification to become a recognized Professional Guide.
Already in the Industry and seek recognition for the experience you already have as a Marine Guide? ( 24 months prior experience needed to apply)
This course focuses on Expert Guiding Skills so you will become the BEST.
The WCA Level 3 Certified Marine Guide Certificate is also accepted by New Zealand Immigration as a required Skill Shortage qualification.
Level 4
ONLINE: Guide Trainer Course
As a WCA (GT) Guide Trainer, you move into the management level of Responsible Tourism.
After 12 months working as a SMG Guide (Level 3) you can complete a WCA Guide Trainer Certification to become Management Level.
Prior Training Experience of 36 months is accepted upon application to become a WCA Guide Trainer. (Level 4).
The WCA Level 2 Certified Marine Guide Certificate is also accepted by New Zealand Immigration as a required Skill Shortage qualification.
About us
The World Cetacean Alliance (WCA) is the world’s largest marine conservation partnership. We are a network of NGOs, operators, researchers and individuals around the world with a commercial, educational and/or emotional attachment to the welfare of cetaceans and the preservation of their populations.
WHO ARE WE?
The WCA is the world’s largest marine conservation partnership. WCA Partners are businesses, individuals, NGO’s, performers, lawyers, artists, (just to name a few) working across the world on a united mission to protect our oceans and the communities that rely on them.
How do Guides effect change ?
20,000,000 people visit Cetacean experiences every year, 25% of those people remember what we tell them, that’s 4 million people a year who can hear the WCA message.
OUR VISION
A world where cetaceans are only found in the wild, are respected and fully protected, and live in sustainable habitats and in harmony with people everywhere.
120+ WCA Partners Worldwide
Protect whales & dolphins by becoming a WCA Marine Guide
