Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

sport administratortosport facility manager

A sport administrator already meets 54% of what the sport facility manager role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

From sport administrator
54%
Overlap1
To sport facility manager
17 Skills carried over
10 Required, not held
51.1 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 51.1

This move: 51.1 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the sport facility manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the sport administrator 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A sport facility manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a sport administrator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held manage personal professional development in sport communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held manage sport facility finances management skills
  • already held facilitate physical activity in the community communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held ensure health and safety of customers assisting and caring
  • already held involve volunteers management skills
  • already held promote sport activities in public health management skills

All 17 carried skills, including the 13 the sport facility manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 16 missing skills fall into 3 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 management skills 6 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held organise participation in local or international events required
  • required, not held supervise maintenance of sport facilities required
  • required, not held manage physical resources required
  • required, not held organise facility activities required
  • required, not held coordinate events required
  • required, not held recruit employees required
  • optional, not held coordinate marketing plan actions optional
  • optional, not held manage budgets optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held promote healthy fitness environment required
  • required, not held handle customer complaints required
  • optional, not held apply conflict management optional
  • optional, not held cooperate with colleagues optional
  • optional, not held sell products optional
  • optional, not held sell services optional
03 assisting and caring 2 required
  • required, not held handle incidents required
  • required, not held provide first aid required
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a sport facility 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

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 17 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held contribute to the development of a sporting estate skill
  • already held ensure health and safety of customers skill
  • already held ensure health and safety of staff skill
  • already held implement operational business plans skill
  • already held implement strategic planning skill
  • already held involve volunteers skill
  • already held lead a team skill
  • already held manage a team skill
  • already held manage customer service skill
  • already held manage personal professional development in sport skill
  • already held manage sport facility finances skill
  • already held perform project management skill
  • already held promote equality in sport activities skill
  • already held contribute to the safeguarding of children skill
  • already held facilitate physical activity in the community skill
  • already held promote sport activities in public health skill
  • already held support sport activities in education skill
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held apply conflict management optional
  • optional, not held cooperate with colleagues optional
  • optional, not held coordinate marketing plan actions optional
  • optional, not held manage budgets optional
  • optional, not held sell products optional
  • optional, not held sell services optional
15 held skills the sport facility manager role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role CA Datacom/DB knowledge
  • not needed by the target role apply for external funding for physical activity skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate the administration of a sports organisation skill
  • not needed by the target role develop opportunities for progression in sport skill
  • not needed by the target role develop practices to conduct effective sport club management skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure the provision of resources for physical activity skill
  • not needed by the target role establish collaborative relations skill
  • not needed by the target role impact of politics on sport delivery knowledge
  • not needed by the target role liaise with board members skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with sports organisations skill
  • not needed by the target role manage athletes touring abroad skill
  • not needed by the target role manage internal process of a sport organisation skill
  • not needed by the target role manage sport competition programmes skill
  • not needed by the target role manage sports events skill
  • not needed by the target role respond to enquiries skill
Index
Note

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.