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Join Our Friendly Team!
Join our friendly team!
If you’re a real people person & think you’d enjoy showing visitors to Australia our most popular and iconic destinations, we’d love to hear from you!
While our industry is somewhat seasonal, we’re busy all year round and are always keen to hear from individuals who are motivated to treat our visitors as our guests and to provide truly memorable travel experiences.
To express your interest in working with us, please email a CV and cover letter to jobs@gowest.com.au.
Benefits
- Work with an amazing team of friendly and outgoing people
- Genuinely enjoy your job while meeting visitors from all over the world
- Earn great money, including significant incentives, overtime and penalty rates (i.e. higher pay rates apply for weekends and public holidays)
- Fully paid training provided
- Provide great experiences and earn valuable tips from your happy guests
- Gain an in-demand skill set that is valued worldwide
To work with us as a tour driver/guide, you will need to have two specific qualifications:
1. Drivers Accreditation Certificate (DC)
- This certification is issued by the Taxi Services Commission and is required in order to legally drive any commercial passenger vehicle within Victoria (including buses, taxis, and Ubers)
- As you will see, this application requires medical clearance. For most applicants, this is a straightforward but somewhat time-consuming process. The medical clearance simply involves a visit to your GP to check on such things as blood pressure, eyesight etc. Essentially, they are checking to make sure applicants are not likely candidates for a stroke or heart attack at the wheel.
- Apply here for the accreditation to drive a commercial passenger vehicle and private bus
- Page 13 of the application form also requires you to consent to the TSC undertaking a criminal record and driving record check through Victoria Police and VicRoads.
2. Light Rigid (LR) driver’s licence
- This is the very first step up from a standard motor car licence and can be attained quickly and easily through any major driving school.
- A Light Rigid driving course – including the licence test – will typically cost around $700.00.
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Staff Testimonials
Go West Tours is a great company to work for. I worked there for a little over 8 years and found that Terry and Fiona have built a supportive, fun culture.
I was given the opportunity to learn many different areas including Reservations, Accounts, Payroll, HR & Project Management. I was also able to build great contacts in the Tourism Industry.
Terry & Fiona show in many ways that they care for their team & were always available for a chat when needed. I felt like I was listened to & that my feedback mattered.
Professionally, Go West helped me to grow & enjoy working in an office environment.
I would 100% recommend joining the Go West team!
Hannah Habgood
2012 – 2020
I have been proud to represent your company over the past two years. As employers, you both have been excellent and your accessible, flexible, and caring style of management has been unparalleled within my working life thus far. You always made me feel an important part of the company and that is something I appreciated greatly.
Luke
Past employee
In my experience Go West was a very well-organised business and this made life as an employee very easy and far less demanding than in other tour companies that I have worked for. Upon commencement, an excellent level of training ws provided to ensure that guides: a) were knowledgeable on all areas before commencing work in a solo capacity, and b) understood any intricacies involved in driving individual vehicles. The tours themselves were very well planned and as a guide, I felt well-supported with an Operations Manager or Supervisor always available at the depot or on the phone to provide anaswers to questions and to provide any required support.
Tim Darke
October 2010 – January 2013
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I really enjoyed my two years working as a guide for Go West, and I can often be heard telling people it’s the best job I ever had. Working for Go West really solidified my passion for tour guiding and I always had a blast on the road. The team is great and always have your back, the vehicles are well-maintained and of course you get to work in the most beautiful locations! I loved the flexible schedule (with plenty of work), the camaraderie and spending all my work days with happy people – clients and colleagues alike. Sadly I no longer live in Melbourne – if I did I’d still be with Go West for sure!
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In my experience Go West was a very well-organised business and this made life as an employee very easy and far less demanding than in other tour companies that I have worked for. Upon commencement, an excellent level of training ws provided to ensure that guides: a) were knowledgeable on all areas before commencing work in a solo capacity, and b) understood any intricacies involved in driving individual vehicles. The tours themselves were very well planned and as a guide, I felt well-supported with an Operations Manager or Supervisor always available at the depot or on the phone to provide anaswers to questions and to provide any required support.
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Go West Tour’s is a great company to work for. I worked there for a little over 8 years and found that Terry and Fiona have built a supportive, fun culture.
I was given the opportunity to learn many different areas including Reservations, Accounts, Payroll, Human Resources and Project Management. I was also able to build great contacts in the Tourism Industry.
Professionally, Go West helped me to grow and enjoy working in an office environment.
Terry and Fiona show in many ways that they care for their team and were always available for a chat when needed. I felt like I was listened to and that my feedback mattered.
I would 100% recommend joining the Go West team!
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I have been proud to represent your company over the past two years. As employers, you both have been excellent and your accessible, flexible, and caring style of management has been unparalleled within my working life thus far. You always made me feel an important part of the company and that is something I appreciated greatly.
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I thoroughly enjoyed my six and a half years working at Go West Tours – both as a tour guide and as part of the marketing team. There is a wonderful camaraderie amongst the whole team, and great leadership from Terry and Fiona.
I would recommend Go West Tours to anyone wanting a job where you can show initiative and leadership, in a supportive environment. For tour guides, there is an opportunity to make Victoria’s best destinations your ‘office’. For other roles you can make a contribution to the Victorian tourism industry and enhance the experience of visitors to Melbourne.
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