CyberTracker has grown from a simple hypothesis: The art of tracking may have been the origin of science. Science may have evolved more than a hundred thousand years ago with the evolution of modern hunter-gatherers through persistence hunting which is one of the oldest forms of hunting, practiced long before humans invented bows and arrows.
Built on this foundation the CyberTracker Tracker Certification enables trackers to gain employment in ecotourism, as rangers in anti-poaching units, in wildlife monitoring and scientific research. The tracker certification has since 1994 resulted in increasing levels of tracking skills in Africa, USA and Europe, thereby reviving tracking as a modern profession.
CATHSSETA are the Culture, Arts, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport Sector Education and Training Authority who offer an accreditation service to certain persons or organisations that offer education, training and/or assessment in the tourism industry. FGASA is accredited through CATHSSETA to provide Nature Guide training.
Once you have completed your FGASA qualification, if you are planning on becoming a Field Guide in South Africa, your qualification and achievements will need to be uploaded onto the CATHSSETA database who will then issue you with a CATHSSETA certificate which allows you to register as a legal field guide with the National Department of Tourism.
