outdoor activities coordinatortoactivity leader
A outdoor activities coordinator already meets 44% of what the activity leader role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.
44%
60.2/ 100
1 Share of the activity leader role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the outdoor activities coordinator profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A activity leader role treats 11 of its required skills as things a outdoor activities coordinator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- animate in the outdoors
- assess risk in the outdoors
- communicate in an outdoor setting
- evaluate outdoor activities
- give feedback on changing circumstances
- implement risk management for outdoors
What stands in the way is 11 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 16 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A activity leader role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a outdoor activities coordinator background worth leading with.
- already held assess risk in the outdoors information skills
- already held give feedback on changing circumstances communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held react acordingly to unexpected events outdoors communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held empathise with outdoor groups management skills
- already held research areas for outdoor activity information skills
- already held evaluate outdoor activities information skills
All 16 carried skills, including the 11 the activity leader role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 26 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held communicate with youth required
- required, not held demonstrate games required
- required, not held entertain people required
- optional, not held promote recreation activities optional
- optional, not held cooperate with colleagues optional
- optional, not held liaise with colleagues optional
- required, not held organise camp activities required
- required, not held plan youth activities required
- required, not held apply organisational techniques required
- optional, not held develop recreation programmes optional
- optional, not held coordinate events optional
- optional, not held manage budgets optional
- required, not held play with children required
- required, not held supervise children required
- required, not held support children's wellbeing required
- required, not held communication required
- required, not held communication principles required
- optional, not held table tennis optional
- optional, not held features of sporting equipment optional
- optional, not held geographical areas relevant to tourism optional
- optional, not held outdoor activities optional
- optional, not held recreation activities optional
- optional, not held sport games rules optional
- optional, not held geographic areas optional
- optional, not held geographical routes optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a activity leader role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 organise camp activities skill · occupation specific
- 02 plan youth activities skill · sector specific
- 03 apply organisational techniques skill · cross sector
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 16 skills that carry over
- already held animate in the outdoors skill
- already held assess risk in the outdoors skill
- already held communicate in an outdoor setting skill
- already held evaluate outdoor activities skill
- already held give feedback on changing circumstances skill
- already held implement risk management for outdoors skill
- already held manage feedback skill
- already held manage groups outdoors skill
- already held manage outdoor resources skill
- already held plan schedule skill
- already held react acordingly to unexpected events outdoors skill
- already held coordinate community arts activities skill
- already held empathise with outdoor groups skill
- already held manage visitor flows in natural protected areas skill
- already held research areas for outdoor activity skill
- already held structure information skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held monitor artistic activities optional
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held table tennis optional
- optional, not held develop recreation programmes optional
- optional, not held features of sporting equipment optional
- optional, not held geographical areas relevant to tourism optional
- optional, not held outdoor activities optional
- optional, not held promote recreation activities optional
- optional, not held cooperate with colleagues optional
- optional, not held coordinate events optional
- optional, not held geographic areas optional
- optional, not held geographical routes optional
- optional, not held liaise with colleagues optional
- optional, not held manage budgets optional
- optional, not held monitor artistic activities optional
- optional, not held recreation activities optional
- optional, not held sport games rules optional
15 held skills the activity leader role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assemble health and safety resources in cultural venues skill
- not needed by the target role augmented reality knowledge
- not needed by the target role ecotourism knowledge
- not needed by the target role educate on sustainable tourism skill
- not needed by the target role engage local communities in the management of natural protected areas skill
- not needed by the target role improve customer traveling experiences with augmented reality skill
- not needed by the target role manage conservation of natural and cultural heritage skill
- not needed by the target role monitor interventions in the outdoors skill
- not needed by the target role monitor use of outdoor equipment skill
- not needed by the target role promote virtual reality travelling experiences skill
- not needed by the target role skateboard knowledge
- not needed by the target role support community-based tourism skill
- not needed by the target role support local tourism skill
- not needed by the target role use e-tourism platforms skill
- not needed by the target role virtual reality knowledge
10 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held communication required
- required, not held communication principles required
- optional, not held table tennis optional
- optional, not held features of sporting equipment optional
- optional, not held geographical areas relevant to tourism optional
- optional, not held outdoor activities optional
- optional, not held geographic areas optional
- optional, not held geographical routes optional
- optional, not held recreation activities optional
- optional, not held sport games rules optional
Other moves recorded from outdoor activities coordinator
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.