Pentravel Travel and Tourism Internship


Advertiser: Pentravel
Location: National

Pentravel is South Africa’s leading leisure travel agency group with shops in 27 locations countrywide. We are the travel specialists, offering professional advice, innovative ideas and seamless organising of travel to match our clients’ needs, advising on all aspects of their itinerary. From flights and hotel accommodation, to visas, transfers and tours.

At Pentravel we're passionate about finding the best people to work for us who can offer the best service, expertise and knowledge in the market and have a great time doing it.

We are excited to offer Internship opportunities in our KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng and Western Cape region to Travel and Tourism Graduates that meet the following criteria. As part of our program you will work very closely with a shop team supporting their activities and learning how to become a fabulous travel consultant.

If you meet the above criteria and you believe strongly in excellent customer service and are driven to succeed, why not apply to become a Pentravel Intern today? It's as easy as downloading our careers brochure from our website and sending an application letter answering just six easy questions:

Please answer the following questions in your application:
1. What is your affirmative action status?
2. Where have you travelled to by airplane?
3. What is your favourite travel destination and why?
4. Why are you interested in working in travel?
5. What work experience do you have and what were your achievements?
6. What is the secret of sales success?

Minimum Requirements
- Only Travel and Tourism FET or HET Graduates may apply,
- Must have some work experience together with references,
- Preference will be given to applicants that have travelled by plane domestically or internationally,
- Only affirmative action candidates should apply.

Closing date: Not indicated in advert

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Definitions:

Internship:

There are basically two types of internships:

  • The Undergraduate Internship: Usually with bigger organisations that pick undergraduates to attend the internship. It often takes places during the holidays and the average durations is a few weeks. In most cases the intern will receive some sort of stipend or salary and this type of internship may lead to a job offer to the intern once he / she is finished with their studies.
  • The Graduate Internship: This type of internship could be paid or unpaid and it is to gain practical work experience after the qualification has been completed and in a job related to the qualification. It could be from a few weeks or even one or two years long. This type of internship could also lead to permanent employment.

Learnerships:

A learnership is an occupational qualification and it consists of theory and work-based experience and practical skills, with formal assessment and a qualification. At the end of the learnership the candidate may be offered permanent employment.

In-service training:

In-service training is to gain practical work experience during studies. It usually takes place after a few years of theory has been successfully completed. It is essential work experience that is part of the qualification and the in-service training is necessary to achieve the qualification. It could be paid or unpaid.