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Overview
Specialised outdoor animators organise activities, assess outdoor risks, guide participants and may support assistants, front office tasks and equipment maintenance at an activity base.
In job descriptions, look for outdoor instruction, risk assessment, participant needs, disability support, hazardous environments, equipment checks, activity evaluation and group feedback.
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Search jobsWhat the work can involve
Specialised outdoor animators combine group leadership with risk control. The work can involve high-skill activities, participants with specific needs, changing weather, equipment readiness and coordination at an outdoor activity base.
Skills and specializations
Useful depth includes outdoor risk assessment, clear instructions, adapting activities to ability, giving feedback, maintaining equipment and responding when terrain, weather or group condition changes.
Salary context
Salary context depends on activity risk, participant needs, seasonality, responsibility for assistants, equipment maintenance and whether the role requires specialist instruction in activities such as diving, paragliding or similar fields.
Career paths
Experience can lead toward senior instructor, activity base coordinator, outdoor education, adaptive outdoor programmes, tourism activity management or conservation-linked visitor work.
Good to know
Check whether adverts name the activity, participant group, safety responsibility, equipment duties and required specialist competence. Vague outdoor roles may be less specialised than this occupation.
Editorial note
This guide is editorial career context, not official labour-market statistics or role-specific pay 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, outdoor animator and outdoor activities coordinator.
These 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
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O*NET relationships: 2
Self-Enrichment Teachers
25-3021.00
O*NET occupation is broader
The O*NET occupation covers a broader field of work than this ESCO occupation.
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*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
outdoor animator (3423.1.2)
Source facts
| ESCO URI | http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/a1b32703-a2e5-4e0a-910f-7cdd0293b52d |
|---|---|
| ESCO code | 3423.1.2.3 |
| ISCO group | 3423 |
| Concept type | Occupation |