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Where a sport facility manager can go next

1 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a sport facility manager already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Sport facility managers lead and manage a sport facility or venue, including its operations, programming, sales, promotion, health and safety, development, and staffing. They ensure it provides excellent customer service whilst achieving business, financial and operational targets.

Also known as swimming pool manager, sport hall manager, stadium manager, sport venue manager, fitness club manager, director.

Managers 33 skills on file 1 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: sport administrator, 58%

Fig. 2 · Career map 1 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1

70% and above · short step
50 to 70% · real move
Below 50% · substantial retraining

The 1 nearest destinations from sport facility manager, 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 a sport facility manager already covers. All 1 are listed in the tables below.

Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Only one move is listed. Few other occupations share enough of this job's skills for a fair comparison, and jobs that share almost all of them are left out as the same work under another name.

sport administrator 58% covered · difficulty 50.4

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A sport facility manager needs 23 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

supervise maintenance of sport facilities management skills
manage personal professional development in sport communication, collaboration and creativity
manage physical resources management skills
manage sport facility finances management skills
ensure health and safety of customers assisting and caring
involve volunteers management skills
organise facility activities management skills
promote equality in sport activities communication, collaboration and creativity
handle incidents assisting and caring
ensure health and safety of staff assisting and caring

Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a sport facility manager does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

sport administrator 54% covered · difficulty 51.1

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Sport facility manager is filed under Managers, ISCO major group 1. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a sport facility manager’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.