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Overview
Activity leaders organise recreation for adults and children, such as games, sport competitions, cycling tours, shows and museum visits during holidays or leisure programmes.
In job descriptions, look for activity planning, group safety, outdoor routes, games, visitor flows, event budgets, promotion, children’s wellbeing and cooperation with colleagues.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Activity leaders work in holiday, leisure, camp or visitor settings where a programme has to run safely and feel welcoming. The work can move between children’s games, outdoor routes, sports sessions, shows, museum visits, budget checks and coordination with other staff.
Skills and specializations
Useful strengths include planning youth activities, managing groups outdoors, assessing outdoor risks, demonstrating games, adapting to weather or visitor flow, promoting recreation activities and communicating clearly with children, families and colleagues.
Salary context
Salary context depends on season length, group size, evening or weekend work, responsibility for children, outdoor safety, event budgets, language needs and whether the role includes programme coordination. This guide does not provide salary amounts.
Career paths
Experience can lead toward camp coordination, visitor programme planning, recreation management, youth work, outdoor guiding, event coordination or supervisory roles for activity teams.
Good to know
Check whether vacancies name the age groups, activity types, outdoor routes, safety duties, budget responsibility, promotion work and schedule pattern. These details show whether the job is mainly entertainment, group leadership or programme planning.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context. It is not official labour-market statistics or role-specific salary data.
Where might this occupation occur?
This occupation may occur in several kinds of economic activity. Here are some examples and other occupations that may be found in the same areas.
Amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.
This is one example. Other occupations in this activity include assistant outdoor animator, specialised outdoor animator and outdoor animator.
Explore this activityThese examples offer an overview but do not show every economic activity where the occupation may occur.
About this information
The selection is based on how occupations are connected to economic activities in ESCO and NACE. Only a few examples are shown to make the information easier to use. The occupations were selected because they are close in occupation area and important skills. The examples are not a ranking. They do not show where most people work, where demand is highest, or which occupation is best suited to a particular person.
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O*NET relationships
See occupations connected to this ESCO occupation in the official O*NET–ESCO mapping. The relationship type comes from the source and is not a ranking or recommendation.
O*NET relationships: 4
Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling
11-9072.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETRecreation Workers
39-9032.00
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
Open in O*NETSelf-Enrichment Teachers
25-3021.00
Close relationship
The occupations are closely related, but the official mapping does not treat them as exact equivalents.
Open in O*NETFirst-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services
39-1014.00
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
Open in O*NETSource and method
These relationships come from the official European Commission O*NET–ESCO crosswalk.
Relationship direction: O*NET occupation to ESCO occupation.
Several O*NET occupations can point to the same ESCO occupation, and one O*NET occupation can point to several ESCO occupations.
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NACE Rev. 2.1
Economic activities linked to this occupation.
93.29Amusement and recreation activities n.e.c.
Alternative labels
Occupation group
Fitness and recreation instructors and program leaders (3423)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/234be692-befb-41df-bdf0-e1b2f4eaf5e7 |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 3423.1 |
| ISCO group | 3423 |
| Concept type | Occupation |