Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an outdoor animator can go next

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

Outdoor animators are responsible for planning and organising outdoor activities. They may at times be involved in aspects of administration, front office tasks and tasks related to the activity base and maintenance of equipment. The workplace of an outdoor animator is mostly “in the field”, but can also take place indoors.

Also known as ski teacher, ski instructor, riding teacher, riding instructor, kayak and canoe instructor, canoeing teacher, quad bike instructor, outdoor activities trainer, outdoor adventure instructor, outdoor instructor, rafting instructor, outdoor activity instructor.

Technicians and associate professionals 29 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: activity leader, 43%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
activity leader 43% covered tourist animator 30% covered tour operator representative 26% covered tour organiser 26% covered environmental education offic… 22% covered outdoor animator You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from outdoor animator, 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 outdoor animator already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

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

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

An outdoor animator needs 17 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
  • assess risk in the outdoors information skills
  • empathise with outdoor groups management skills
  • give feedback on changing circumstances communication, collaboration and creativity
  • monitor interventions in the outdoors communication, collaboration and creativity
  • monitor use of outdoor equipment information skills
  • react acordingly to unexpected events outdoors communication, collaboration and creativity
  • research areas for outdoor activity information skills
  • evaluate outdoor activities information skills
  • manage groups outdoors assisting and caring
  • manage outdoor resources information skills
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Outdoor animator 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 outdoor animator’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.