Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an activity leader can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an activity leader already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Activity leaders provide recreational services to people and children on vacation. They organise activities such as games for children, sport competitions, cycling tours, shows and museum visits. Recreational animators also advertise their activities, manage the available budget for each event and consult their colleagues.

Also known as workshop leader, leisure activities leader, activities coordinator, holiday resort activity leader, youth coordinator, youth activities coordinator, workshop presenter, cultural activities leader, holiday village activity leader, youth leader, youth activities leader, recreational activities leader.

Technicians and associate professionals 42 skills on file 5 career moves 4 above 60% overlap Closest: assistant outdoor animator, 88%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
outdoor animator 71% covered specialised outdoor animator 71% covered outdoor activities coordinator 70% covered child care coordinator 27% covered assistant outdoor animator 88% covered activity leader You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from activity leader, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role an activity leader already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

An activity leader needs 22 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • organise camp activities management skills
  • demonstrate games communication, collaboration and creativity
  • assess risk in the outdoors information skills
  • give feedback on changing circumstances communication, collaboration and creativity
  • react acordingly to unexpected events outdoors communication, collaboration and creativity
  • evaluate outdoor activities information skills
  • manage groups outdoors assisting and caring
  • manage outdoor resources information skills
  • plan youth activities management skills
  • play with children assisting and caring
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an activity leader does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Activity leader is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an activity leader’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.