spa managertorecreational facilities manager
A spa manager already meets 71% of what the recreational facilities manager role asks for. The move turns on 1 required skill not yet in the profile.
71%
37.8/ 100
1 Share of the recreational facilities manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the spa manager 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 recreational facilities manager role treats 13 of its required skills as things a spa manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- develop recreation programmes
- establish daily priorities
- liaise with local authorities
- manage budgets
- manage logistics
- manage recreational facility
What stands in the way is 1 required skill 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 46 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A recreational facilities manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a spa manager background worth leading with.
- already held inform customers of activity changes assisting and caring
- already held manage recreational facility management skills
- already held supervise the management of an establishment management skills
- already held develop recreation programmes management skills
- already held schedule recreation facilities management skills
- already held manage payroll management skills
All 46 carried skills, including the 13 the recreational facilities manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 27 missing skills fall into 6 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 organise participation in local or international events required
- optional, not held manage a small-to-medium business optional
- optional, not held create safe working protocols optional
- optional, not held develop organisational policies optional
- optional, not held maintain professional administration optional
- optional, not held manage schedule of tasks optional
- optional, not held organise training optional
- optional, not held perform project management optional
- optional, not held plan medium to long term objectives optional
- optional, not held supervise the work of staff on different shifts optional
- optional, not held maintain relationship with customers optional
- optional, not held maintain relationship with suppliers optional
- optional, not held chair a meeting optional
- optional, not held maximise sales revenues optional
- optional, not held report on overall management of a business optional
- optional, not held speak different languages optional
- optional, not held keep stock records optional
- optional, not held analyse transportation costs optional
- optional, not held keep task records optional
- optional, not held maintain professional records optional
- optional, not held provide cost benefit analysis reports optional
- optional, not held assemble health and safety resources in cultural venues optional
- optional, not held assist customers optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with company regulations optional
- optional, not held budgetary principles optional
- optional, not held quality standards optional
- optional, not held energy conservation optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 1 entries a recreational facilities manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 46 skills that carry over
- already held develop recreation programmes skill
- already held establish daily priorities skill
- already held liaise with local authorities skill
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held manage logistics skill
- already held manage recreational facility skill
- already held manage supplies skill
- already held promote recreation activities skill
- already held recreation activities knowledge
- already held represent the organisation skill
- already held schedule recreation facilities skill
- already held set organisational policies skill
- already held supervise daily information operations skill
- already held accounting knowledge
- already held analyse goal progress skill
- already held assess employees' capability levels skill
- already held bookkeeping regulations knowledge
- already held communication principles knowledge
- already held company policies knowledge
- already held coordinate advertising campaigns skill
- already held coordinate events skill
- already held corporate social responsibility knowledge
- already held counselling methods knowledge
- already held create a financial plan skill
- already held create solutions to problems skill
- already held develop revenue generation strategies skill
- already held evaluate employees skill
- already held fix meetings skill
- already held follow company standards skill
- already held identify customer's needs skill
- already held implement marketing strategies skill
- already held inform customers of activity changes skill
- already held lead a team skill
- already held liaise with managers skill
- already held manage health and safety standards skill
- already held manage payroll skill
- already held manage staff skill
- already held manage workflow processes skill
- already held order supplies skill
- already held plan health and safety procedures skill
- already held plan shifts of employees skill
- already held produce sales reports skill
- already held recruit employees skill
- already held supervise the management of an establishment skill
- already held supervise work skill
- already held train employees skill
26 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held assemble health and safety resources in cultural venues optional
- optional, not held assist customers optional
- optional, not held budgetary principles optional
- optional, not held keep stock records optional
- optional, not held maintain relationship with customers optional
- optional, not held maintain relationship with suppliers optional
- optional, not held manage a small-to-medium business optional
- optional, not held analyse transportation costs optional
- optional, not held chair a meeting optional
- optional, not held create safe working protocols optional
- optional, not held develop organisational policies optional
- optional, not held energy conservation optional
- optional, not held ensure compliance with company regulations optional
- optional, not held keep task records optional
- optional, not held maintain professional administration optional
- optional, not held maintain professional records optional
- optional, not held manage schedule of tasks optional
- optional, not held maximise sales revenues optional
- optional, not held organise training optional
- optional, not held perform project management optional
- optional, not held plan medium to long term objectives optional
- optional, not held provide cost benefit analysis reports optional
- optional, not held quality standards optional
- optional, not held report on overall management of a business optional
- optional, not held speak different languages optional
- optional, not held supervise the work of staff on different shifts optional
24 held skills the recreational facilities manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role administer appointments skill
- not needed by the target role advertising techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role customer relationship management knowledge
- not needed by the target role customer service knowledge
- not needed by the target role discharge employees skill
- not needed by the target role ensure infrastructure accessibility skill
- not needed by the target role guarantee customer satisfaction skill
- not needed by the target role handle customer complaints skill
- not needed by the target role interview people skill
- not needed by the target role keep up to date with spa products skill
- not needed by the target role manage customer service skill
- not needed by the target role manage inventory skill
- not needed by the target role manage profitability skill
- not needed by the target role measure customer feedback skill
- not needed by the target role meet picking standards skill
- not needed by the target role oversee spa maintenance skill
- not needed by the target role plan spa services skill
- not needed by the target role product comprehension knowledge
- not needed by the target role promote cultural venue events skill
- not needed by the target role respond to customers' inquiries skill
- not needed by the target role sell products skill
- not needed by the target role sell services skill
- not needed by the target role sell tickets skill
- not needed by the target role types of spa knowledge
3 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held budgetary principles optional
- optional, not held energy conservation optional
- optional, not held quality standards optional
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.